Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-10-13
Came Near to Buying the Presi-
dency.
ARMY INVESTIGATION DEMANDED,

Waat the deuce was 1 UcS uA 4Ol!
The chances are that John Sherman
In his enforced retirement is not weep
tnR copious tears over the discontinue
Of the man who, al be solemnly charges
In his book, bought his southern dele
gates away from him at Chicago. If the
spirits Of departed warriors take any
c~ognizance Of the affairs Of this lower
world. the souls Of George A. Custer,
RAo died o hero's death ON the Little
Hle Born, and Of Phil Sheridan, the
MArshal Ney d the Union armies, must
b In Q state Of perpetual delight as
they think Of he plight Of the man
whom they Recommended for dismissal
kfom the armyA disgrace for quitting
bis regiment in 'front.' Of the enemy. Had
Russell A. Alger been . private soldier
instead Of q colonel in 1854 he would
have been court martialed and shot as
o deserter, but now, by reason of a long
purse, he IL secretary of war.
What q lucky thing for the name and
fame Of this magnificent republic that
this man did not succeed in buying the
presidential nomination, which that
year was equivalent to an election.
For Truth and Justice.
Let 1t never be forgotten that the war
On Alger is not a Democratic war. 1t Ia
o war for humanity, whatever the
American spanish wal may have been,
and is led by such lifelong Republicans
as John Sherman, Theodore Roosevelt
and Nelson A. Miles OF course Demo
Gratis unanimously demand an investiga-
ton that will Neutrality-suspicious.
Democrats love truth and justice. They
are determined that the men who starved
our soldiers shall DO brought to condign
punishment. They are determined to
have the facts. WITHDRAWING commit
tees will do no good, for congress will
meet in December, and congress before
now has found ways of investigating
men In high places.
II President Mckinley will honestly
and o~ourageously throw Russell A. Al.
| ger and bis boodlers, jobbers and inceIn'
| petents to the lions, all will be well,
but every man in this world has his
bad angel--his evil genius, and Marx
Hanna plays this role for his chief.
Mark recently announced that AlgeI
| should not be made a soapegoat, but
| that President Mckinley would assume
the responsibility and the blame. II
Marcus will place his large and con-
| spicuops auricular appendage to the
| ground, he will discover that the NUT
teFings Of the ~people-the plain people,
as Abraham Lincoln loved to call them
1.-THE common people as Bryan aztec.
tionately names them-sre growing
| into q vesitable roar Of rage and execra'
tfon against those bungling and orimi'
nal officials Of the war department. who
| are responsible for the sickness, suffer
Ing and death Of 30 many Of q sol
| diers. II the president, under Mark
| advice, assumes the responsibility, Sc
| be It.
Private Soldier Has Friends.
The plain people Of the United State'
love the private soldiers because theil
sons compose the rank and file Of thu
army. The names Of the privates may
not and do not figure In the dispatches
but they all have kindred and friend
in their humble homes all over the land
and these will demand the summar,
punishment Of those who have abuset
the generosity Of congress and the liber
atty Of the American people.
Men who have brains in their heads
affiliations, are beginning to inquire, ant
to inquire with an emphasis that can
not be disregarded, why Nelson A
Miles, q veteran and distinguished sol
dier, and General Merritt, one Of tn
most famous young division command
ers Of the civil war, were kept in tn
background while Shafter, a man o
whom nobody ever heard, was givel
not only the post Of honor, but a posi-
ton where he had the lives and wei
being Of thousands Of brave men in hi
Keeping.
They can make as much fun as the,
please OF Miles gorgeous uniforms an
his porcelain bathtub, but they cam
conceal the fact that as q mere boy
without military training or family in
6usnce, in four years he fought his wa.
to the double stars Of a major genera
during the civil war, which fact dem
onstrates that he Is a natural born sol
der.
In addition to that he proved by lon
and brilliant service on the plains tina
he is one of the most successful India
fighters Of the age.
With this splendid military record
why, being o Republican, was he keI
in the background during this Spanis
war, where he could win no laurels? A
first that would appear to be q questio
difficult to answer, but really it is dea
easy. The American people are pecu,