Show ALGER HEARD FROM He Discusses the Statement Made in Pingrees Address Detroit Mich Jan Discussing the statement made by Coy Pingree in his message that exSecretary Algers ignoring ig-noring the claims of great steamboat interests I with representatives in New York In the shipping of the Spanish soldiers to Spain was responsible for much of the opppsition to him the ex Socrctary said tpnlght there were no olds made by any American line Gen Alger said There wore eight bids entered all by foreign steamship companies aside from the Spanish bid and all were exactly ex-actly similar in every provision All asked 110 for 10 transporting the ofllcers to Spain and 55 for the enlisted men and employees No American line was In a position to submit bids as the War department had control of all other large ships at the time The fact of all the bids received being the same in every way led the department to believe that there was a combine among the steamship companies to prevent pre-vent the cutting of rates Therefore the Spanish bid wiich was = 5 for offlcera and 20 for enlisted men and employees j i was accepted A Spanish Officer whose name > I have forgotten told me afterward that the knowledge that they would be shipped home in Spanish steamers had influenced the Spaniards not a little In surrend ringI relieved the fear that they would be brutally ly tieatcd by the Thncans rflS mar of them feared Ihe Idea of Idca awarding the bids to the Spanish llrm was my own Aboul this time the New York pa pers seemed to redouble their attacks on Sfth Whether this had anything lo do with It IdOnot know |