The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-06-23
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Republicans Engaged in a Proceed
ing That Puts UP a Bad
Odor.

It was charged during the last presi.
Dental campaign that Mr.. Roosevelt
had placed Secretary Cortelyou at
the head of the Republican campaign
committee, in order that he might
avail himself of the knowledge Sc.
cured by Investigations of certain cor.
porations, as a means Of securing
contributions as hush money. In
short, it was charged that the Re-
publican administration had gone into
the business of Matchmaking. Suisse
Quent developments tend strongly to
verify that charge; and nothing lends
greater color to it than the course Of
the president towards the beef pack
erS.
For several years the house COM
mittee on agriculture has had under
consideration a proposition similar to
that which Senator Beveridge, at the
presidents suggestion, sensationally
forced into the agricultural bill as
an amendment, under the threat that
the president would expose the pack
ers if they fought the proposition.
The amendment now On the bill was
pending before the committee as q
separate bill, having been introduced by
Representative Henry, of Connecticut.
It was the purpose of the committee to
consider this measure at the present
session. But the president, for some
reason, saw fit to forestall the COM
mittee, and boldly suspend the sword
OF Damocles over the packers, just
prior to the congressional campaign,
agreeing to withhold all damaging Of
fetal evidence under certain condi-
tons, which he might alter at his
W pleasure. His proposition is to
make the packers pay two millions a
year for inspection" They could
we'll afford to pay one million a year
for immunity, and save money, just
as the gamblers and denizens Of the
red light division in great cities pay
for police protection" We venture
to say that the packers will choose
this course, and that the president
will hold up his evidence, and allow
the Beverage amendment to be de-
feated or e~masculated. 1t looks as if
police Matchmaking methods
had been transplanted to the White
House by a former police commits
sioner. who thoroughly understands
the game. Let us watch develop
IL the Beyeridge amendment
fails in the house, and the evidence is
still suppressed, our theory will be
verified.
The process by which the packers
may be let off, in case they compro-
mise on terms acceptable to the fat
is we'll illustrated by the fol-
incident related in a dispatch
from st. Paul, dated May 90:
I'm an opinion handed down several
ago, Judge A.. l.. Sanborn, of
he United States district court, in de-
the Wisconsin grain inspection
to be invalid, severely censured
he inspection law in force in Mime
sofa. This opinion was part of the
oasis Of Senator McCumber's sensa-
ional charges in connection with the
weighing and inspection of grain in
Minnesota.
Judge Sanborn to-day recalled the
and ordered the addition of a
memorandum stating that while the
criticism is borne out by the record,
nd while there was upon the argu-
nent no substantial denial of the facts
harged, the judge has had presented
him later facts which lead MIN to
hink that on a final hearing the rec
I'd may be disproved, and particular
= the 10000, 900 bushels shrinkage
4 ten years may turn out 4 be an {
xaggeratiOn, II not a mistake I