The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-15
1T IS A FARCE AND A FRAUD.
fBY G. A. EDwARDsJ

Tue Anger relief corflnls9.on, Is corToo0-
railing everything | said OF II in the begin
| ming.
I, has failed utterly to DO what It was
organized for.
| IL has s,arted in a.. the top Of the heap
and is calling before NJ the very men that
have no desire to inerimlnate the war de-
partment.
The men whom subordinate officers. IL
called on, will not care about contradict
ing, especially as the commission has neil
| Their the power nor the inclination to ask
them the questions that Will elicit the
proper Information. When an officer,
yesterday. attempted to volunteer some
very pointed facts about the rottenpess in
tho transportation to Chattanooga or Camp
Thomas. ne was promptly stopped by GEN
eral Dodge, who told him they would take
| up that matter later-perhaps after the
election and all hurt to the republican
party al an end. 1t was a genuine, old
fashioned scare that this officer threw into
THIS Alger relief commission when he was
ready and willing to tell some OF the rot
| tennoSs OF the transportation inconyen-
fences furnished the soldiers by Secretary
Ayers business partner, Colonel Hecker OF
uhe quartermas;erA department. They
sawed HIM off In short order because they
want no daniag CLING truths 10 appear, at Least
| until after the election. Ii is simply wha.
| said 1t would be. a farce aud a fraud and
one process Of l0alsomnlng characters and
reputation. They WILL not even bring in a
ScoNh verdict. 1t Will be as clean Il
! wnitawash was ever seen before In the
history OF Investigations and the flies and
a severe visitation OF Divine Providence
VIII have to stand tao brunf.
| II the president really wanted a thor
ough and an honest Investigation, as he so
often asserted With such unctuous yolu-
blhty, why docs he allow his commission TO
81: behind closed doors?
| Why are experienced newspaper men
barred from fhe Investigation? Reports OF
official stcrosraphers don't count.
| They are not thinkers and critics.
They are mere machines.
They can't tell the world that Is waiting
that these commissioners ask witnesses
only tho kind of questions that will bring
out negative answers
They cant tell whether a witness Is try
ing to conceal the ruth in his answers.
They can't He'll of the kind of questions
asked and The kind dlra- ought 10 have been
AL, ..e,r--- ~, -. -
tons They can't study the faces OF both
ana inte.roos,or n,., ma to.a-ro.,.,., 49,,
tell tho world tbo ruth All ,has. .At
tina corfeoo,-ients could do hn, ,hs, 80
mon allowed TO do 80 .h.a,uas ,bo ,d,n,nls~
sr,,ion ,,sn,, ',t,,, -, '",e 1'',' ms
Ihere Is no other conclusion TO come TO.
il is irresistible,
ma is case where the people are the
pl"'h'iHs ana the piaintif Is barred from
uie hearing OF the ACTON which he has
drought INA anybody ever hear OF such
pn'ns' were intended to be honest
anu thorough ana sSl 81 the bottom OF
''"'ss' " W. were 'i'en'eu Uhat TINS COM
0N'N O''ip ." tne ANIL Oh me
WI "i''' -'''S'' anu '"''n'Pe'ehtS OF this
wa 'tNV " ''So'V e"luplns on Vhe iran OF a
N''''"'e"' '"'N 'SOp"' ana lot GODS sun
'.''"o Nu''"su a'' uhe SslAdy places. then we
80 N ''N'N NNA
Wy .'"o sessions OF mis- remarkable COM
"''N5''"'
\ P'"''o"' u's H'' hept MS word in
""' ''"'o'
'o p'On''Sed investigation and punish-
"'sI''
ne '7 BNans US the very opposite.
"U"lo nave neeA oeaIer II he had re-
'"S"' 20 need 'he demand OF the people for
them 20 itni out the guilty rbe host way
they could.
'ne "ihro'ohins election is the cause o.
- an
~ Is 'ne mink IN the coecannt.
i"' 'h'"-term elections usually portend
'"e ou'Voine OF me next presidential elea-
''n' anu an ihNes0lsation now that would
'A'VS''s"'e "ouii nave advanced far enough
! ny NoVehntr 10 give some idea OF the
''hal conclusion and Mckinley wants thai
conclusion TO be favorable 10 the war de-
( P'rWheN', Tor on the Yinig'-a don of his