The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-02
THE WHOLE Truth TO rRaxsrrRE.

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which have ls@1 Fahlls-.-g cu-r fzI1rs es
incozz9sFe1cv. Ine-zsserev a-.s Numbering
- hospitals and camps. ~ fG-zisA Il xsta
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responsibility ezn % Exad aza tAz guilty
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iss invest g1t3ez. wo1l1 = Tot ~ SIS VEL to-
those pzTzs-s which p-a1ea6 - se friendly
% tAs ADMINISTRATION. hzzs which hare uean
elarzerzr- az lis heels with the Democratic
and PopEEilstic pack % cease ths9- attzcss
upon The p<est5ezs ard his advisers untfl
TIE rssGIt can ae made kzow-? Tae a-t4-
administration press Is already 6isccansizg
tsss effect @ favorabse report ~ calling
attention 70 the slfzzglsy experienced ~
sfs president II making Up the member
sap % tsza committee. many &C these rs
aUas-=<. having declined % servs, and
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-~Aica : untrue: that lt has 10 power 70
compel witnesses ID testify. and that i 5
nothing bE. a withdrawing committees,
anyway. EaTsGg demanded an inyextzg2
ton and had taei- demand promptly sem
piled with. they now say he investigation
Will 2n0Qas - nothing.
The attacks made upon President Nc
kinney are ainae3 az him through the war
department and hs IS cezsursI for uot
having removed Secretary AIger when
c'o-zr laints against the department were
GEst heard a. the rirne We were az war
with Spain. and i may D. that Mckinley
had IN mind he o5d adzge shout trading
horses while crossing the stream Il IS
only 5usT - bsar n mind the weight Of
care the president was bearing at this
time. From TIE destruction % The Maine
TIL the signing OF tae protocol, the burden
was not lifted from his shoulders. lie st
was who had 20 conduct the dlgzcal. dip!o-
matte correspondence preceding The Geclar-
alton 81 war No mistake must 30 fnads,
and our conduct mast 5e sslea as would
not reflect upon the high stand we had
taken upon she Cuban problem, or eau n
question the motives which i-IpelIe3 Is %
go % war With Il foreign power. To DO 50
would Ae 70 endAngs-. I'D. only our sue
cess IN the approaching war, bat our
standing as Il nation. Ali the yrea. pow
egS. Win the exception o. England were
eoFertly hostile 20 Us, and only awaited
the opportunity which diplomatic blum
der would afford. 10 interfere n behalf Of
Spain. Not only had the president 10 bear
personally tEA weight oG this responsibility
but also 10 keep i firm hand or an excited
and turbulent congress which was demand
ing the recognition Of the Cuban republic
and declaration of war AZ a time when
iae country was totally uEprepaTed. and il
was tmperativsiy necessary 10 purchase
abroad arms. ammunition and even war
ships.
The nrmness ar6 wisdom which prest-
dent Mckinley displayed during this crit
cal period have been recognized and CON-
menied 1poI over and over again By the
very papers which are now exertsng every
effort ID d.scredit him and his adrnIais+ra-
ton After the breaking out OF hostilitles
the weight OF responsibility was heavily
Increased. The diplomatic service required
the greatest care lest the smoaiderins
spark Of var. ever sluInbering in the Euro
pea1 magazine. should be famed into life
p.sQu!etlEg ru,.oEs from abroad were mag
nitled into active acts az hostility by the
hysterscal sensA ti1cai press and the state
reports in order 70 calm The public mind
From frs: 10 last not q single diplomatic
b.11nder has been made by the administra-
Ton. although the keenest diplomats O.
Europe have been watching and hoping
that soma error would be made q which
.hsy could take advantage and deprive
this coGntr. OF some OF the fruits % It's
victory. Not cnis was this ears upor. the
president. but al army had 10 be created
out q raw material. and the pressure for
staff appointments was bu. one OF the incl
dents which added 10 his burden.
During the continuance Of the gar Pres.-
dent Mckinley aid no1 leave Washington.
he was on duty practically all the time,
and 70 ore not possessed of an exception
ally good physique could have endured the
mental and physical strain Complaints
came 70 him from the camps and from the
friends and relatives ef soldiers IN the
field IT was rnanltestly Impossible fer HIN
personally 70 Investigate these complaints
He could only say that as soon as the pub |
sc service would permit him TO 90 SO, he
would make q thorough inquiry into the
conduct Of the war department and us va /
rtoGs bureaus, and. il blJnders had been |
committed and iucompetency and inef!- |
cheney prevailed as charged, he would fix |
the responsibility AID punish The guilty |
This is what he Is doing and II 10 but fair /
that re should BE- given an opportunity - /
complete the investigation ard ascertain |
just how much of this general criticism Of /
his administration is 5.istfea
The fact that President Mckinley enlisted /
as private soldier in the civil war and |
endured all the bar3shps ana yicizsitpdes |
% soldiers life. enables him 20 acp~e- |
ciale the trails which oar volunteers Gave |
had 10 endure. His sympath:es are with |
me soldiers. ana he can be relied upon n !
rlght their wrongs, II wrong has been |
done them. TIE fact that many staff ar- |
po:n.tncnts are made for political purposes |
IS not the fault n the president or az the |
Republican party. The same kind % ar /