The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-06

ton an lnul' l'tmrut, charging that
There has hcon wrong. doing in Wash,
ington, and they have told how tho
greatest rrnhlrms of tho Santiago
campaign have been tho overrom,ug
" gross errors made hy department,
al officials The ontirN enSiucer
corps was Engaged for u week build,
my rontorn bridges aud cuttius
roads III order to transport Gencral
Shaftcr, ard oven then buggy had
IL hc bnilt to carry him from place
70 place Had General Joe Wheeler
boon born in Michigan wo would
HAY" taken Santiago in four days.
Here is what Julian Hawthorne
has to say about the war department
III The Now York Journal of Mon.
day last:
In common with somo million
others, | read in your paper of this
date an interview with Mr.. Algcr,
secretary of war, regarding tho. con-
dltion Of things at Camp Wikoff and
other camps, and in tho ships which
carried our mon hithor. Mr.. Alger
said, among other things: "Investi-
CATIONS will not help matters any.
o. courae there have been mistakes
grave mistakes. | rculiZo that {;
We all realize it. Bnt they arc things
OF tn" past; W" must give our atten-
uon to tn" Important work at hand"
From what | have been able to
gather Of MIR. A gers character from
his acts during the war, his remarks,
rs quoted, are just what should
have expected Of h;m. Whether he
is corrupt or merely ,ncomprtpnt, it
IS not for mo to say. | trust We
shall all know before long. But his
own words slow him to be- rs vet un-
| conscious Of the jul seriousness of
his position aud Of tn. nature of the
feeling IN this country about what
has been done and not done to our
soldiers. He wants to smooth thiDuS
over aud hush them ND. So does
every on" IN any way concerned with
the scandals and outragrs that have
occurrcd. But tho relatives and
friends Of tho suldiers who hnvo suf.
forcd do not wish them smoothed
over, hushod up or explained away.
They want tho guilty persons pun.
i5hed, beginning with the head of
the war department, If he be guilty
and going down TO the steward of
the Mohl'r, if ho he guilty. When
say "tho friends and relatives of the
soldiers,' ] moan Of course every
honest man in tho country. Mr.
Algor says, implicitly, that should
tn" truth about these outragcs come
ont America would be discredited
But our people have never believed
that tho credit which comes from hid
ing crimes is worth having The
credit they value is that of fxino
crlmo on its pcrpctrator and punish
ing him according to law. If thcr,
arc rotten places in our community
they want them shown mp and cut
ont-not enameled over and denied
They desire health, not hypocrisy
And they would rather sec a thon
sand scoundrols, towards and incom
petents hanged, shot or sent to iui
or other Disgrace than go before tn,
world with Il clean bill Of health
which is lie. They care not whe, h
or tho Office of tho culprit be high ol
low; let him suffer impartial Justice
for proved cause.
MIR. Algor went to Camp Wikof
because in my opinion, he was afraif
to stay away. Ho made haste to di
vert public anger from himself anc
from those for whose malfeusance If
oiilce he is responsible, because he
was responsible for their appoint
monts. He SAID smooth things anG
did nice things; enlarged fur
Ioughs and courted popularity with
the mon whom he and his subordi
mates hal brought to tha threshold
of death; but Of those whom he hac
pushed across that Threshold. he
says: "lnvestigations will not helr
matters any; they are things of the
past His are the conduct and tn,
words OF tho overseer who has NAL.
| treated aud robbed the servants who,