The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-08-27
The Path That Leads From Trou-
BILE to Trouble--But Even
= Worse Than War
Has Been the Needless Suffering
of Thousands of Our Brave
Soldiers
From Lack of Due Provisions For
Their Needs on Camp and
in Field.


annual dinner in aid Of Sanderson
academy was given during the after.
noon, with Charles Elliott Norton, pro.
fessor emeritus Of fine arts Of Harvard d
university presiding. There were ad-
dresses by Rev. John w. Chadwick Ct
Brooklyn; G.. Stanley Hall, president
of Clark university Of Worcester; Rev.
DR.. p. s. Moxom Of Springfield; Sher.
man s. Rogers Of Buffalo, and Booker
T. Washington, the principal of the
Tuskogee institute, Alabama.
The principal address was by Pro.
fessor Norton, who devoted himself to
q discussion Of the late war. He re.
ferred to the aoademy's prosperity dur.
ing the year, and continued as follows:
''And yet our hearts have been heavy
with new weight Of care, and the very
brightness Of the sunshine has but
deepened by contrast the cloud Of our
sorrowful thoughts-sorrowful that our
nation should have turned its back
upon its old ideals and, standing at the
parting ways, should have chosen the
ancient path, familiar to the old world,
worn by the bloody feet Of hapless
generations, and which has never led
to anything but i'll the path Of aggres.
sive war, Of foreign conquest. Of alien
territorial aggrandizement, the path
that leads from trouble to trouble.
Somebody Should Give Account.
.'The black and brutal visage Of war
has indeed been lighted up from time
to time during the summer by the gal.
liant deeds Of our men in service. and
by the good conduct and marvellous
good fortune Of our navy and by the
general temper Of humanity displayed
so soon as the actual fight was over by
both officers and men. But it has
taken on deeper shade Of gloom from
the needless sufferings which our brave
soldiers have had to endure from the
lack Of due provision for their needs,
alike in camp. on field and in hospital.
It has been miserable spectacle Of In
competency. for which account must
be rendered and penalty exacted." )"
Has Resulted In Revolution.
After review Of events leading up
to the war, Professor Norton said:
peace has nominally come. The
actual conflict has ended. but less than
100 days Of war has resulted in q revo-
lution in the United States. The foun.
dations on which the republic has
rested have been unsettled; the princi.
pies upon which the government de-
pends have been violated;- we have
undertaken obligations which neither
our Institutions nor our national char.
acter enable us properly to discharge;
we, the one great non.military power
in the world, have suddenly. joined the
ranks Of the nations burdsned with
great armies and navies; we have load
cd ourselves with an enormous addi.
tional debt, and with an enormous
increase Of annual expenditures; per-
manent oppressive tax upon the indus
try of the people, and further, what
ever disposition may be made Of the
Philippines, we are already, through
holding them and claiming the right
to dispose Of them, brought into en-.
tangling relations with the nations OF
the old world, and run the risk Of los.
ing the inestimable boon which hal
hitherto been, ours, Of freedom from the
complications Of the international poll.
tics Of the old world, and Of remaining
the independent masters Of our own
fortunes. II is indeed q momentoua
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