Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-05
DAILY INDEPENDENT.
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER s. 1893
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY's COMMITS
SION.

The treatment at the soldiers in
the various army camps has excited d
storm Of Indignation throughout She
country. This feeling is SD strong in
the Fast that it threatens to engulf
the administration Ill perfect Sea- Of
obl"quy. TO offset ting Presi |. mt
Mckinley has appointed Il commits
sion to in vestigate the conduct of the
war and fix the responsibility for this
disgracernl condition of affairs. BY
this he hopes to allay public indigna-
ton and save hia party from over
whelming defeat at the polls III No
vem"er. What tbs commission is
and what it is likely to do liz told by
the New York Evening Post us fol-
lows:
The are good many things that
might he said abont the committee
OF volunteers which the President is
getting together to Investigate the
conduct Of the war; but probably
what strikes people most is the f,ct
that all the best men asked to serve
refuse. The committee has no real
power; it cannot make anybody test
ify, or protect him after he has testi
fed; it has no way of compelling the
production Of papers. In the present
c"ndi ion II the public temper, pnss-
IDLY even an impntent commission
could find out something II 1T were
headed by such men as General
Schofield. General Weld OF Massa-
chusetts. and Mr.. Charles Stewart
Smith ~ this city, aud surprising it
to he understood that the truth were
really desired by the Administration
"When you inve 'tigate Yourself
yon usually take all the precautions
possible to make the investigation
turn ont success; one Of the most
obvious ways is to deter witnesses
who known to have important adj
verse testimony to give from coming
forward. This accounts for the talk
alb ut removing or :. firing General
Miles II is a threat. wherever it
comes from, to. prevent bis testifying.
He is the chief witness for the prose-
cution, and his testimony hal been
virtually given to the public. 30 that
we know what he would say. He is
at once warned no, to appear. 1t
must be remembered that the dan
Rer0us witnesses, the experts, the
men who know what n camp is. and
what war is, and what is the duty of
those who have sol liers' lives in
their charge, are almost all III the
re :ular army. These, from General
Miles down, are the dangerous wit
nosses- What raw recruit, or offic-
or. te 'tities about army mismanage-
men, is easily met by the reply that
the hardships and suffering of winch
he 60 nplaIns are nothing more than
the usual incidents Of army life. No
one can prove the truth Of the charges
but professional military men, the
future Of every one Of whom is great
ly dependent on the favor OF those to
whom an culpatlon is essential.
"Unler these circumstances, we
might expect the result OF the Presi-
dents efforts to get together board
OF honor, to be exactly what we 500
the re,u +HI to serve Of those whose
service would alone give the inquiry
Oh lracter, and acceptance by those
who will give it none. There is
hardly one Of them who is worth his
salt for such purpose, and the one
or Two who are, are certainly not to
he con sratulated on their position;
Tor the one practical effect that the
whole business seems likely to have
IN to damage the reputation of all
1ho have anything to do with it. IT
deepens the my stery which surrounds
the President's mind and oh ,racter
and which, is explained by his ad :
mirers and henchmen M due 10