The times., 1899-09-07
Welcome Hnne.

/ Welcome Home.
We are as glad to see President Mckinley
home as he can possibly be to see us. He
may not like the White House as well as
| hisdomestic hearthstone OF pleasant memory
in Canton. but we do not violate confidence
in saying that he is perfectly willing to
occupy it for a term of four years beyond
his present lease, at the same rent.
! So, when Mr.. Mckinley drops back among
US, and is always to be seen, by Senators
and the Adjutant General. behind the flap
door, we know that he comes not as one
4 having a grievance, but as man with an
affectionate and glueical attachment to the
premises.
/ Would that we could say he resumes his
studies with nothing to modest or make
afraid! He does not. His home coming is
rendered chilly by the vision of the Carter
case. looming on the back stairs of the
Executive Mansion like a paralyzing spook
I on a long pole. And all the Griggses in
creation cannot lay it, Only his own lit
tie, ancient bell. book. and candle can ex-
orcise this ghost and there is no one in
mis- encourage capable of ringing the first,
reading the second. and eating the third
10 take his place in the skirmish.
Root might do it! Root, the bold and
ulasterful and likewise the American and
the man not afraid Of his shadow.' But
Root IS as busy as dog after snake.
cleaning up the War Department, and may
nor have gotten down to the point of pro-
tecting its Judge Advocate Generals Office
from Illegal civilian interference by
Griggses.
To sum up the situation, it is to be feared
that Mr. Mckinley viii have to consider
the great Carter scandal from the point of
view OF lonesomeness. We are not at all
assured that. in connection with this neces-
sity. he is to have the untrammeled assist
ance and legal ability OF the great juris
consult who is reported to have been add
ed TO the array Of counsel for the prisoner.
Indeed. II may be feared that the publicity
which has been given TO the connection Of
that eminent man and brother. with the
affair, has neediessly rendered his interpo-
sition completely innocuous: in which
case Griggs appears to be at once the hope
of The Administration and of the defence.
Perhaps. considering what both interests
commonly desire in the premises, this is
we'll 1t would be difficult to imagine a
situation so acute that. in relation to it,
Griggs MacVeagh. Platt. Gaynor. Blair.
and Rose could net arrange modus vi
yendi which would exonerate Carter, apol-
ogize to Otis, and release the implicated
contractors from whatever responsibility
the statute of limitations has not hereto
fore wiped out
Other people may entertain doubts. We
are unable to allow ourselves any. Griggs
viii be here after he has enjoyed the priv
ilege of playing golf with "small room
full of papers in the case And he viii
wait until he has listened to an oral argu-
ment from Wayne Macveagh. The fact
that the Attorney General is usurping the
functions and right of General Lieber in
meddling with the matter will not biseet
any icebergs. The Administration never
Stops at triles of law or regulation when
there is friend to save!
So in due course of time and the con
venience of the prisoners counsel, there
will be a hearing and, ultimately, a de
cision handed down by Griggs. There will
be no hurry about it and the result may be
safely predicted. Platt was visitor at the
White House for several hours yesterday
The only thing that worries US is the ques-
tion whether Carter is to be restored 70
duty in the Engineer Department of the
Army or is to be given high command In
the Philippines,