The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-09-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.


Now that the Peace Commissioners (
are well on their wav to Paris. Presi- |
dent Mckinley will complete the COM
mission TO investigate the conduct of !
the war, and VIII get it to work at the /
earliest possible moment. He thinks !
the commission can do all OF its work in /
Washington, calling such witnesses az
were in positions which enabled them |
to possess useful information; and he |
told one of the commissioners that |
every communication sent or received !
by the War Department would be made |
accessible to the commission, and that |
the whole power Of the government
would be used to assist the commission
ers in getting at everything they desired
10 know. The only desire that Presi
dent Mckinley has in the matter is TO
show the people Of the country jus.
bow the war was conducted. and to at
the same time discover the things in
our present system that should be
changed in order TO get the best re-
suits. lie wishes nobody to be shield
ed and nobody 10 be prosecuted.
The gentlemen who have consented
to serve on the commission are so we'll
known that no one would question
their report when it is made. The
words Of such men as these always
carry conviction to the public: Presi
dent Gilman, Of John Hopkins Cniyer-
sity; Hon. Charles DENLY, for more
than thirteen years t. s. Minister to
China; Col. James \. Sexton, the new
NEGLECTED. Commander-in-C Chief Of the
&. \. r.; Gen. Granville N. Dodge,
who gained military fame in tie Civil
War; DR.. W. W. Keen, whose achieve
ments have placed him in the front
rank of the medical profession, not
only of the United States, but Of the
world, and Capt. Evan =. Howell, for
IneTly editor of the Atlanta COnstitn-
ton The lack Of legal authority to com
pei witnesses 10 testify, is not regarded
as a serious drawback to the commits
sion. Few witnesses called are likely
to decline to testify, when they know
that the President wishes them to tell
everything they know.
Tho eae.i,.ra of tI,a paoca Commits
SION f. meet NJ Paris oct arc 70 Inc
h.ld;, .,a f,,,o,,s ..SolIa 10. .n,hae-
sadeUrs," the French Government hay
ing rendered the use of that apartment,
in which have been enacted numerous
international DIPLOMATIC dramas, when
the meeting place of the Peace Com
mission was first announced. Just pre-
yious to the departure of the American
Commissioners from Washington, Hon
VIM. K. Day, who heads the commits
sion, rendered his resignation as Secre-
tarv of state which was accented bv
the President. who then officially an
n0uncel the appoiutncut of Col. John
Hay recently Ambassador f. Great
p,i+a;, ia Ia SECONDARY Of c,ato A,
.ho conc ,i,,,a H., Tab, poesatt
Moore who orco,rnarias the commits
sioncr. os advisor tandarad li- rasi,-
nation no Ei,st Assistant cacrat,rv If
St,,a ana !, va. accantoa Secretary
IT.. ,,.I,a ,,.;1I - :, wa-,;,,,,.a, :,
few DAYS will choose Mr. Noorp's suc-
c.ssor Tho instructions given orr rem
resentatives on the Peace Commission
bav4. been = wnII-knnt secret curmisas
h.,.a i,.or ,,lartifuI Lut ,Lara ora no
foot. l,of,ro t,e nnrIic President Nc
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