The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-09-19
PRESIDENT TRhKS
OF SOUTHERN MEN
Tells The Constitutions Special
Representative Of Treatment
Of Southern Men.
ALL WE'RE ON POST OF DUTY
Chickamauga Just as Much the Front
Line as Santiago-Full Confidence
in the Bravery of Dixie Boys.
By Robert 3. Cramer.

optimistic view of the war and is making
| moves which go to show that he feels it is
| only a question of casning in with three
| pairs.
| At the cabinet meeting today further in
| structions were issued to the peace COM
| missioners and good deal of time was
| spent in discussing the scope and powers
| of the proposed commission to investigate
| the conduct of the war. Without q single
| dissenting vote, 1t was agreed that these
| commissioners should have unlimited pow
| ers and unlimited money, and that they
| should be men Of such character as to
| command the respect of the country.
His Mistake Recognized.
| The president knows he made mistake
| in inviting the services of former secre-
| tares Of war to look into the work of their
| successor in office, and ne will not summon
! Proctor and Elkins or EndicOtt to take
the place of Lamont and Lincoln. On the
| same grounds he Will not appoint either
| Harrison or Cleveland, but he is seeking
| the services of men whose names will mean
| something. and he does not hesitate to say
| that he proposes to select a commission
| whose verdict even congress will not at
tempt to review. Their names will not be
| announced until the end of the week, and
| even then there may be some missing. But
| Mckinley has set sail on the seas of in
| vestigation now and he is not going to drop
| anchor until the harbor OF final results is
| reached He knows that the fate Of mis-
| administration depends upon it, and that
! to quit without pushing the inquiry
| through will be equivalent to a plea of
I guilty.
A Call on the President.
The president accorded to me today the
! honor of personal interview. I called at
! the white house early in the morning ana
mounted the front steps with Postmaster
| General Smith. smiling and genial, and
| Secretary of State Day, sour-vIsaged and
unhappy. A hundred newspaper men had
| told me that l could not see the president.
! but l sent my card in with the messenger,
who trailed along after half a dozen cab
met members, and before these latter had
| found time to take off their hats, the mes
senger came out with an invitation for me
to occupy one of the numerous leather
| cushioned chairs in the ante-room. [ oc-
cupied it for nearly one hour and was bust
| ly engaged in reading one Of the New York
newspapers, when door in the far end
of the room was opened and somebody
moved hrskly in my direction.
1t was the president!
He came forward with a smile and took
the seat next TO mine after a cordial hand
shake. lie never looked better in his life.
From head TO foot his whole frame was
filed out with the vjgor and muscle OF
good health and his first words had the
hearty r;n& that comes only from Il good
conscience and q good nights sleep. He
was smooth shaver, as always, and his
shaggy eyebrows quarTeIod with his smil-
Ing lips as ne taxed. tie wore rough
froch coat of some black material and
trousers Of Il light che6k pattern L2tei,
when he threw AlmSeil mo Il 'ililr hei.Id
the magnificent hahoSaiF "eSN At "hLCIi
presidents Oh 'he INC" 'o,l,9S nay ~
years receiver F'Sl'"IS' i'' VIZ a. Hte'ia
whom one mirht approach with a view to
buying q house and lot.
yUbv Was the South Left Out?
.,la r,i,, tbot 7 had como fo ash, him
v,.b,, nona or Inc volunteer regiments from
~ .rrtI,a,r. etatee. wore sent to the from
..,rl, ,r ,, }a eaid ..,The troops at
r,,ii,a,,,,,,,,, ana Atlanta and JaclSennyfIla
-, 49,. ,T,t,il, ma Nm, Orleans
'lU ~ ,,.rt ~ tho army, Of INVASION
ti - ] (,,,l,., ,liI not involve o,,I,,
~ ,,,,, If,n ,rtuallv landed at San,iaeo.
bI,t an +tYose who formed a part Of the
great force which was Inassed in the south
ern states as a menace to Cuba"
He pressed one Of a number of electric
brt+ous and sent n messenger for a copy
Of the letter which he addressed to Major
General breckenridge at Cnickamau%a,
,,,hon fbn latter urgently requested him 30
,,,,,,., ,sor,b and review the trOonS End