The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-10
VISIT THE SOLDIERS HOME.
BUT Nothing in the Line of Investi-
CATION Thought OF.

CATION Thought OF.
s. A. Stockweu. member Of the house
from that portion of Bennepin county
which embraces the Soldiers home is
IN trouble. The iteniZed list of ''sug-
gestions for investigation" which We're
handed TO- several members Of the
house committee on Soldiers hOma
and the authorship if which he admits,
were first published Yearly a month
ago, but little attention was paid TO
them. even by the members Of the
committee who regarded them as gilt
tering generalities and not to be seri-
CUsly considered. When the committee
made plans some days ago, setting to-
day as the time for the regular visit
Of inspection at the home. a Minneap-
oils evening paper seized upon the
opportunity TO use several of these
suggestions" as the occasion Of a leg
islative investigation This must be so,
for last night Mr.. Stockweu said to &
reporter for the Gil that he had
not made any charges against the home
or its administration. He is inter
viewed in the same paper last night.
however, as having made use of this
language:
The published interview Of Capt.
Castle this morning admits practically
everything which is charged. In some
cases he makes no answers; in others
no defense, but a denial't
II Mr. StOckwells statements to the
G ! o b are correct, he has not been
placed in the right light, for he said
explicitly last night that, as stated
above, he had no charges TO mako
statement which would seem TO be
borne out by a failure to accept tha
committees invitation TO cite witnesses
or give detailed facts about any al
legged irregularities, whereas he is made
10 say he means TO push the charges
and has received the .pramise of the
members 10 take up the investigation.
Chairman Mclean, OF the committee
who has been i'll, was on deck vester
day and entered a vigorous disclaimer
70 the statement that the committee
was in any way pledged 70 an investi-
CATION. Tomorrow, said Mr.. Mclean.
the committee from the house. and I
understood also from the senate. will
visit the home at Minnenaha. according
10 a time-hOnored custom. We viii
probably spend the entire day there
We are going to investigate nothing.
This list OF items given in the Clio b a
was handed TO Mr.. Mahood by Mr..
StOckweH. who. I believe. does NOT
deny its authorship. Mr.. Mahood gave
II 10 me, and, while no action has been
taken, Mr.. Stockwell was given to I'M
derstand that whenever he had wit
-1CSS0o u SpCGL4lC instances OF irregular
tiles TO bring, the committee would
willingly hear them. We shall. under
no circumstances, however, entertain
any proposition to hear witnesses or
complaints during our visit tomorrow
The suggestion made TO Mr.. StockweII
still holds, and, if upon our return he
still wishes TO be heard we are at all
times prepared to take up the matter"
Judge Hicks, himself a veteran. and
another member Of the committee was
seen, and being asked about the mat
ter said: We are going to the Sol
dlers' nome without any knowledge Of
the existence OF such irregularities as
have been suggested, and our trip is not
made IN any sense to- begin or carry
on any investigation. I am loath 10
believe that there can be found the first
thing calling for legislative investiga-
ton, for which Capt Castle is even
indirectly responsible % Ha has given
much Of his time and attention to the
nome. There may be some features
in the administration of the institution
which can be improved, and 1 appre-
bend, if there are, they will be noted
by the committee tomorrow, or,if not,
suggestions on the subject will be
chserfully listened to-
No one member Of the committee
could be found who uldgadmit hav-
ing promised to push any investigation
More than this the committee knows
or several members know, that when
some Of Mr.. StOclSwelIs charges made
some time ago were looked into, they
were found TO be without much founda-
ton, and this fact does not tend to give
much weight TO his current "sugges-
tons"