Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1899 — WASHINGTON LETTER. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON LETTER.

Ohorn oar ivUanmnetMaAßtU) Mr. MrSbßey faumlt omm lb Thomasville, Gau, wAm hr wfill be fltunn fas m n - tot it. in the tihvy in Thmmwfflk kmfagg nimanbiindaan Senatens wni liw sentatives will gfimt tftin— I~J in addition to d&mflnngMr.Mc£nntoyb venamhndmm matt question of whether tifesAabisBeeds re-elwtti,.n ijtfJSgsierihHr of the House, will fee CHrefrißy gpmr over and decided. Hatwmmdy a question df =——*j—;> ab be considered as aAmndy JbemmL Ifr. McEbiky and - 1 ■.. y„ ■ 1

W ribrtwm as- Rtemkcr, if they thought they eould beat him, but thmre b the rub. They are afraid Ito light Beed, unless they are reasonably certain of being able to (Hantaan enough votes to down him, because ts they do so and fail, they know he would fight back during tike Sb of tike fifty-sixth Congress, which will Be as long as that of the adknih wtratinn . • .* Democrats will be glad if the Bfff ihlft mi party will endorse the ebon of Representative Cannon, of lHL r one of Czar Reed's most obedient henchmen, that real Nicacagiia Canal legislation, which fias-hemi National Conventions, regardless of party, was purposely prevented at the reeent session of Congress by the Republican Bouse. The blame floor the failure of that legislation had been placed upon Reed, but when 3fe Cannon says: “Fortunateliy r tthe House of Representatdives- resisted the enactment of the proposed legislation,” during the tiffily-iffitii Congress, he places the respenmbility on the , Republican pacty.and actually gloats over it as sometthing to be proud of. Will Bite National Convention of his party dare to assume the same atCUlmfa- on this question? While the friends of Gen. Miles db> not go so far as to make the direct charge that the canned meat ftumashedi our soldiers in Cuba and ffbrto- Rieo was horse meat, although; labeled “Roast Beef,” they dtenot hesitate to say that suspietom strongly points that way. It is- known that 350.000 cans of the meat was bought in Europe, where fit Had! been shipped from this country. The labels on the meat said! fti was packed in Chicago, but tthe firm alleged to have packed it “Thefftatirie State Packing Co.” is said to> be unknown either in Chicago) or to> the wholesale trade of the country. That horse meat is being canned in Chicago and shipped to Europe is known, and persons who ought to know have dtedaredi that the meat in question was horse meat. If the Military Cburrt off Inquiry really wishes to get to> the bottom of this business, nt ought not to be a difficult mattear. The contractors who supplied this- meat eould be made to tell who> canned it and where it was canned.. The Court is already accused off failure to eall witnesses tknowm to have information tending to prove Gen. Miles' contention. and iff its members are not careftd their report will meet with the- same reception the country gruw to> t!ie report of the Alger Whitewashing Com mission. Senator Chandler, who has a repntattom far talking against things supported by his party, but always voting with the party, has an acute afltock of anti-trustphobia just now. He talks against the trusts as seriiousfa as though he was a good t&miMfrat or populist, but that is Uo> reason to expect that he will vote against any measures desired by the trusts which may come before-the- Senate, in the future; he-certiaihly has not done so in the e ♦ Stay Department officials say uhaU armor flor our warships canned be- bought flor a ton, the Kmoit sett by the last Congress. A smeememt made before the House Ctommiittee shows conclusively tthntt d could be if there was not am armor trust, formed to bleed fl&r government. One of the members off this trust sold Russia three thousand tons of the same armor fiar ton. It was claimed by » representative of that company that was lost on that order fihr the purpose of introducing tikeiir armor m Europe. This cfaimi was a direct admission that tthe armor only cost $255 a ton; yeCthe- trust get the price fixed at 15391 atom in the bill as first passed by Congress The reducttimn was made by the Senate. Tint is the- sorted business that aasfas rich trusts and disgusts titan® who believe fa old fashioned feonntt dealing with the governnuEta as well as with individuals. Iff the- trust can make armor for 1053; a tea, which its agents say it cam. 31 can certainly afford to srffi it to the- for S3OO a tom. but., of course, that is no ressoui tllnr it will. It will probaMy prefer making the next Contite price, and the next taewdtas. vul pr->bnbly be easier ttocanbor dinn the last was.