The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-10-13

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method in the field. however we'll
things may have been managed at
Washington.
On the other hand they who try to
defend the officers who are most
blamed for this condition Of things,
point to . stubborn fact when they call
attention toiwhat happened right UNI
der our eyes in the heslthful climate
Of our own State. Camped on high
ground between the two cities, fed up
on wholesome fare and attended by
competent surgeons who also coun-
seled with the best medical talent in
the State, as large q proportion
of the soldiers of Camp Ramsey was
in the. hospitals as those from any
camp in the south. And the trouble
did not come from over exertion in
marching, the fatalities of q battle
field or the excessive heat of q tropical
sun, but it was typhoid fever in its most
pernicious form.
But these things right themselves in
time just as water finds its level.
President Mckinley has ordered q
thorough investigation with the
avowed intention of bringing the gull
ty, if any shall be found, to justice,
and no one who knows the presidents
sense of justice, firmness and readi-
ness to act can doubt that he will do
just what be has proposed. If the in
vestigation shall disclose that the
death of so many of our brave boys
was untimely and due to criminal neg
lect or incompetency, the offenders
will be exposed and punished. And
Secretary Alger who has been, doubt
less premsturely, held up to ridicule
and censure must stand or fall by the
disclosures OF the investigation.
Both of the old parties of Ramsey
county have held their conventions and
nominated county ticket. It is moth
ing more nor less than the truth to say
that the people without regard to
politics, business or social affiliations
are downcast with disappointment
There are a few good men on each
ticket, but the bulk of them are totally
unfit for the positions for which they
have been nominated. The Republi-
cans started off by turning down
Judge Bum, appointed by Gov.
Clough, gold Democrat, and the
equal, in all the qualities that go to
make a Judge, of any man who ever
wore the judicial ermine in this coun
ty. Those Republicans who haye
been in favor Of keeping the judiciary
above the polluting pool of partisan
politics will now be obliged to vote
for man nominated by the Demo
Gratis or vote for a Republican who is
a chronic Office seeker, and who was
nominated to appease certain nation
atty.
Again the Republicans nominated a
mere boy for the responsible and i'm
portant position of county attorney. He
comes of good family, is fairly bright
and in time may make a good lawyer,
but at present he is no more fit for the
Office for which he has been nominated
than is sail bost to carry freight on
the ocean. Many Republicans turned
to the Democrats, hoping they would
nominate good capable man for this
position, in which event they would be
compelled by the necessities of the
situation to vote for him. But the
Democrats nominated the very coun-
terpart of the Republican nominee
young man with nothing to recon-
mend him to the people, though it is
said that his money recommended
him to the convention which nomi-
mated him. There are other equally
unfortunate nominations on both
tickets and one is compelled to ask the
question: Are there no competent men
left, or do they decline to run for Office?
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