The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-01

all other countries. disconnected char
actsrs ! well ksow: a. also that those
characters ere actuated by very dif-
ferent views. some good. from an opin-
bon mat the general measures OF the
government are impure: some bad. and.
II might be allowed TO use so harsh
an expreestt,n. dfabolicai, inasmuch as
trey are not only meant to impede the
measures OF that government gener-
ally. but more especially as a great
means toward the accomplishment OF
1t, to destroy the confidence which 1t is
necessary for the people to place, I'm
I'll they have unequtvocal proof Of de-
merit In their public servants"
He had led the country successfully
through q war TO . triumphant end.
He had amazed the world with the
Story OF his success. He had raised
the country in the estimation OF every
foreign power. He had persistently
pursued q dignffied diplomatic, but I'm
fiinching course. And he was smarting
ard wrathfui under the reckless attacks OF
irresponsible seekers after notoriety and
place.
No. 1t was not Mckinley: 1t was
G1erge Washington.
In those days were congressman and
newspapers which beIittled everything
that Washington did. and he had milf
tary enemies who prompted these at
tacks. He was charged with corrup-
ton. with selling out to the money
power Of England: the hardships to
which his troops we're exposed was
attributed TO hts incapacity. and. as
he once expressed 1t. he was subjected
alike to domestic malice and foreign
levy. In letter to Gen. Gates. writ
ten BY Gen. Conway. the latter says:
Heaven has determined to save your
country. or weak general and bad
ceunselors would have ruined It," In
congress there was Q party bitterly
hostile to Washington. We know little
Of the members Of that faction now.
for they have ali passed into oblivion.
a. those will pass into oblivion who
have had nothing but sneers for Presi-
dent Mckinley, In spite Of the magnif-
icent success that has been won under
his general direction.
Every man who listened to the
speech by Senator Turner on Satur-
day night felt. II he were just man.
how cheap was the criticism OF the
presidents policy. and how easy 1t was
for Senator Turner or any other ad-
verse critic. to point out how much
better the campaign might have been
conducted. Even the great Napoleon
sometimes went into the field made
quately equipped. and Numbered more
than once before that final blunder
which cost him his empire and his lib
erty. Even the great Wellington was
traduced and vilified for his failure to
make proper provision for the British
army In Spain during the Peninsular
brium by the Populists and Lewisites
Of his day-the Copperheads.
Postcrity rightfully judges Of men by
the success which attends their ef-
forts. Their, Is no man living, there
never has been a man, whose whole
life, whose every act. was a perfect
success. Good Judgment il not always
attended by fortuitous circumstances.
nor we'll conceived plans efficiently
carried out.
A remarkable book has Just been
published from the pen Of Sir George
Mcleod. regius professor OF surgery
In the University Of Glasgow. which
has timely interest He went with
the British army as spectator into
the Crimea. The unexpected death OF
a surgeon in the general hospital led
To = request that DR. Mcleod take his
place. There had been published in the
English newspapers some reports
which led DR. Mcleod To make an in
vestigation. He followed up the COM
plants. OF which he gives two Illus
trations.
In one case nurse had written that
there was an almost total want Of lint
for dressing wounds In the hospital at
Scutari yet the returns showed that
an enormous quantity lay In store
quite close 10 her quarters. Another
person complained the Crimean hos
pitfalls We're destitute Of sage, port wine.
arrow root and line Juice while in
quiry showed that there had been over
1000 pounds az those very stores and
$50 dozen bottles az port wine actin
ally used In those institutions. II Just
happened that Il was Impossible. with
such vast numbers and with So many
places to supply. to keep the demand
ana the supply in a JUST proportion