The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-09-02

Bile about this for words. There is bat
one thing TO be said. Some one was
too blame, and the guilty must suffer
-Kanses City Times.
The lack Of hospital accommodation
and medical attendance at Camp Wi
koff, where Shafter's fever wasted reg
ulars have been lying on the damp
ground, with nothing to eat but moldy
rations unfit for human consumption,
is crime for which some body ought
to be severely punished. Philadelphia
Bulletin
We stand appalled, at what might
have happened IL the president had
needed the suggestions of certain In
diana judges and called out 500 900
instead Of l75, 900. The
Impression conveyed by the manage.
ment of l75,0OO volunteers is sufficient.
ly strong-ot its kind Springfield,
Mass Republican,
A man charged with the conduct OF
a war mry slaughter his countrymen
by els inefiiciency quite as, and even
more, effectually than they could be
killed by the bullets Of the enemy.
To gloss over such official conduct is.
in effect, to a. sert that it is not only
pardonable, but justifiable.- Boston
Herald
Mr.. Alger has declared himself In
terms OF defiance to the public, whose
Inefficient servant he is. He will
not order an investigation OF the
charges of mismanagement of the war
but proposes, he says, Ito stand on
my record" He has chosen lottery
platform Louis Republic.
The investigation will come, and we
hone IL will be thorough II will not
be thorough, however, IL il is limited
TO upearthing facts discreditable to
Secretary Alger. II should 20 much
further and should comprehend the
management of the arm es 10 the field
and in camp.-Boston Transcript.
Secretary Alger acknowledges that
the conditions in the camps and on
transports were very had, but says
tqat inquiry reveals nobody who can
be held responsible. His department
must be very strangely organized II
responsibility cannot be fSed st.
Louis 20 t-Dispatch.
Nothing will satisfy the public save
a disinterested inquiry into the con
duet OF the war by committee of con-
gress, followed, II necessary by the
impeachment OF Secretary Alger. He
is the man responsible to the public
fer bad Administration.-Ph ldhia
Ledger.
The 6rst mistake was made by Pres
ident Mckinley when ne placed at the
head Of the war department a politi,
cal soldier whose political record, like
his army record, is more notable for
self-seeking than for better character
istics. Cleveland Plain Dealer,
In an authorized interview Secre
tAry Alger says he will not investigat,
the war department. Then the peo
pie will and there will be an investi
CATION that will strew the political
sands Of time with selected assert
ment OF official bones. Toledo Bee.
Secretary Alger may deserve eriti
cism, but II the starvation and suffer
ing in the camps were due TO incom
petent and political appointments tn,
blame must rest elsewhere. Presi
dent Mckinley made the appointment
indianapolis News,
The remarkable feature of the sit
uation in which Secretary Alger nov
| fnds himself Is the entire absence o
party politics in the condemnation
which has fallen upon him for tn
failure OF the war department In tn
oare Of our soldiers, boston Post.
Speaking OF the conditions at Cam
Wikof Secretary Alger says: II founr
them better than / expected. Judl
ing from the conditions at other camp
he had good reasons for expecting I
hnd them pretty bad Boston Globe
More than one half OF all the death
and shattered constitutions which tel
the fearful story Of the Santiago can
paign, conld have been averted wit
even ordinary business methods an
energy by the heads Of department.
-Philadelphia Times.
The soldiers who enlisted TO fgt
for their country ought TO be enjoyin
a summer vacation in camp, now tn,
the war Is over. Instead OF that the
are encamped under conditions tina
} are making invalids OF thousands
Kansas City Star.
Already it is apparent that ofici
, ineapacity sic y more OF our gallaI
men than did the Spaniards, We ha'
settled with Spain; let as seek out al
punish the enemy At home.-Ne
! York Journal.
For every soldier that has bee
wronged by inc Impotence there wi
and ought to be singling out OF th
culprit, followed by proper punisl
ment. 81. Louis Globe Democrat.
Sec. .etary Alger should surrender
once md u7.conditiOnally.- BostC
Herald.
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