Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-16

.canteen at posts Of the United States
army and every officer from general %
corporal with whom / nave discussed
the matter has expressed himself along
these lines. OF course the Grand Army
has nothing to do with this. but the IS
sue Is the same and regulations rather
than prohibition should apply 20 both
II II generally agreed that 10 Is q
shame 90 treat man whose habits ot
life are fixed. who Is ON the shady side
and whose lifetender h. but Of short du-
ration like the civil war veteran. as IL
BE- We're an uuthinking child ana makes
the soldier feel and many times act like
a culprIL His manhood is taken away
and his self respect Is lost ana he Sits
into conditions which according .0 the
weight Of testimony would bf wholly
different were ne permitted to purchase
his beer and bis light drinks an the cam
teen instead of the dives That BOB very
large measure surround tHe military
reservations on which soldiers homes
are located
THE AMERICAN DREYFUs.
What has come TO be- known as "tna
s. 'I|fI NHI lN|fH AH NNIH'.H 'I'HH" ~.
a. Eathbono. former director general %.
posts of cuba gives pr0mi-. of being
the subject of AN official investigation
st tde hands Uf Congress during tue
next session Mr. RHihbDn. if viii n'
recalled was accused oI high crimes
and mislemaauors while acting boz Do
capacity Of director-gcnoul of posts
of cuba in 1900 which resulted Iu Als
d. q la. I.'
Imprisonment and nnc u Apri. 1909.
Later Dig was released under "a general
amnesty act io an American citizens oH
the cuban congress. since n- freedom
was granted him Mai. kuinlWHe has
haunted the halls of Congress IH au en-
deayor io secure du official lHNr'i.ga
tion OF his acts while serving as me
representative of the American govern
mcnt n cuba 90 the end th.' justice
may bc done him The late Marcus a.
Hanna who WAS succeeded iu 'ht senate
by Charles Dick. was a staunch believe
or iu Rsthbone's innocence ana 1Id an
be could Co bring about an lnfesilgd-
ton as 90 the charges made against
Rathhoue by Gen. Leonard WOOD.
Hanna however. with all DTS ability
and the power which Doe possessed
could never get the senate 10 SANCTION
an investigation Senator DICK. taxing
up the work where his lamentod prede'
cegsor left on, succeeded ln gelunE
resolution through the senate providing
for the printing Of the petition M me
case OF Rathbono and an accompanying
papers and this pamphlet containing
every feature Of the case Is now pre-
seLted % Congress for action.
FAIRNESS DEMANDED.
Major Rathbone bases his claim fot
a thorough investigation upon the
ground that whenever the government
Of the United States assigns one Of
its citizens 10 public service iu "a
foreign land and in the course OF the
performance OF his official duties in
that foreign service DE Is accused Of
high crimes and misdemeanoIs that u
Is the duty OF the government OF the
United states 90 see that such ciu-
zen has q fair and impartial trial
under usual and regular rules Of judi
cial procedure Mai RathbOue insists
that the proceedings winch led To- ais
conviction were not judicial proceed
ings, but were special proceedings
controlled by a person or persons by
VI INNnN All "a. r. NN| % h''NAl ~ N'H' Nf.''N'
lished and controlled and who Boz Voc
lation Of law established rules OF lu-
dicial procedure issued orders. iu-
strucuQns and communication 10 the
courts By whom Rathbone was tried, [
from time TO time, ur!ug the progress
OF the trial. and So influenced ana f,
dominated these tribunals as 10 thwart |
the purpose Of Justice and DO a great |
wrong TO the petitioner.
In many particulars the Rathbone |
case Is analogous 10 the Dreyfus case |
Major Rathbone up 10 the time of his I
Trial and conviction was looked upon |
as one OF the very dbiest men IN the I
postofice department He had served |
the department az a previous time /
with distinguished credit and until /
the disclosures relative 10 Neeiey and |
Reeves were made public Rathbone |
was regarded as q most exemplary /
and heightened officer But he was |
found IN bad COMPANY so the allega- /
lions went and with Neeley and I
Reeves he suffered the penalty which.
IN a manly petition. be now asks Con-
gress 20 investigate.
FREE RURAL DELIVERY.
on Aug. ]. with the returns Tor
July complete. there were 35,167 rural |
free delivery routes In operation in
the United States. 4 total OF 1862 |
petitions had been referred. l4167 PEE
titions had been adversely reported
and 3.0s7 petitions remained for final
action
OF the $50 congressional districts
$40 have one or more routes iu opera
ton The 81 districts which have no
rural routes are metropolitan districts
having city free delivery. and are as
follows The Fourth California. in
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