The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-17
PRESIDENT AND
GEN. MILES.

From the Brooklyn Eagle nBa, Der. :
-rvhp on. rvax atsea. hsaa feo-3 having , &
sers.-s ard aslA being served. - tine @sfEly
have sxo aides They are fns sFtfS lie
sns he osIbsse s3se TIE pflb45e s.a% as 81
s.ctesf by rs tTutafss.Tsss - si1e aatssff-
Sginess % she charges - + 'as army
ssa@. Est = - also ar@efa8 ~ sae eossaa-
Grafton whether ta5ae charges haze Beer
made alse.srrfinG 10 fne legal @aaSss fa@
Traditional methods ard tsfs ossst interests
Of the arm lssef Taesa are Distractions
90 be carried n the ns8aa-
ESsb s~gects - sac question egncsF0 An
naturally afnbsrTsss 80 presse~f4t o si's
tinted states He IL ths had u tae army.
bat he j. also sae heaa % sfse goseTnfsa re.
o. which the army IS qaly part aid a ssF~
yast ard a. araa % lae x0vsfTsrasFsf Sc
nsa3s. sske the puGi.e ~ well ~ tAe n5sii~
fssry estimate - tne charges tGfo af29s'sAt-
We a.s, rot uurBtFdf4! ~ 1As aIfi3esltses,
axe are no. az al o ~ assifsi ~ bl@ 9as3h-
fersstsslYsess. 1rrnBsas O. ls-e!sgfEee. 0Ai1
We d. rot realize tfaai u Is psegtsf4Y sssSseF
To esilt 3 feysQsp0r. every Gas IT, ths gear
than Il = Justly clearly ard prompt y r.
deal with t7is question. Il is 81 xea ff-&-
s;,ng. wi3en St IL presented - Zoe pesss2en'
Of the United State.
The ci.axges ems cate frot4 Gen. Niles.
Cen. Mia r. Understood ~ deur ta&s re
hxs made them Tae statement % thstF
t4ast he has made them mas alse - fa@
asa FACT. ~. believe they asFe been given
out either 10 members - his u5A taFy
fausia, OF ~ close friends Of his- aad
while that ugay enable ain. "a tn uaefz.-ii4-
cal trsthg3luess. 70 aessy mat De nas maze
the charges. II ais guards tb@ statement
that they have snsaGatea from fsifn spn7
,naes-uracy. TIE charges have act yet
been proved. bar they have bssu apparent
liz proved The difference between spia~
rent proof and actual proof il realized
when tbs testimony on 3ns side Or taF CASE
s. accepted al the outset as pr0y@3. and
wsla4l II is arfeTward put IN contrast 81
eomparsaon wish the testimony to TIE con
trary Fair sgs6 experienced men postpone
conf ussssrs untg Ooth assiss have been
heard Impulsivs men rsIsn 20 cone ssziotls
on half tsstl 1sloug. The conclusions o. tfl*
sfnpeluous. whett correct. are correct ~
accident IuiTefuosify. as a measaTe Or
spirit or policy. IL unJadsetal and unjust
Report has Il that the president has been
ureed by Secretary Aissr a. pat Gen Alies
on mai before court martial, for making
thsse charges We understand That the
president ls not sgre that Ger. Niles could
be technically shown 10 Ire tAs Tssp0na be
author ~ tie charges ard tas court mar
fsai might have 10 throw cut tiF, case with
out examination, on that account. Kep9rt
also has II that the president har bsen
NfAtu ny 4fffF% Af fStff|S fsFtf- @1stt+ 81
ths command 81 tie army. ard 10 pat MIN
In charge Of come department. OF on walt
ing 0FdsTs That might make mere bar
Dtony in he war department bat IT would
not make harmony In the army, or bar
mony IN the country II would make Gen
Mixes such unsoa ef martyr anu nero
among sueotionslists, asltatofs. sensation
@iists yellow journalist AMI excttabis pat
riots generally that hs might nos object -
thai pr0eedur. az al
Ordinarily. the president cf tge United
States Is the biggest man rs the souu-
try Those " 40 are arg ~. TIM deposition
OF slp.rseiare OF Gen Niles On President
Mckinley are uTaias aim 30 ms n4gfaet,Ife
a larger personality Than higseif lu pghilc
sitgaa te II Ibis tine Auy6ue Wha Knows
Gen Aiiss. from when. PERHAPS, k(tchec-
- miaShf lsara wsr hut from whom Ger
tsiniy Hanna. German piatt. Bryan Aad
Croker could learn politics VII not doubt
the azaerits Ntth Which hs Nu1sia receive
ard obey any etdcts fragR the president OF
The kind contemplated.
The Eagles eyes haSs not been busted on
uiis matter. We believe justice esp be
one % Gen Niles - t3e president O. Nj
Aiger ani - c1rbiu. b.sgan. i4udinSt lu
and ali the peat ~ hem 81 This tes,t~ TIE
course OF Gen Miles seems to ~ . have
heen technically right lie 80 4 knowing
man. lie understands armies. reEutag ous
and facts. II he has any frlendshlps SO lr
he has any bnlmoslt3ss they do -.s; cause
him to doylste ffou she path whlca 10 puf.
sues A; the sarne time we believe aim 70
he csld. ambitious aud avsn vsndict.ve. bat
Win the clear capacity a. put his oppon
eats IN the path Of natural tsw and 20 les
u and the conseGuals es ~ tAeir own asls
however unviss, deal with them fns.t.sa
81 doing That himself lie Is an uulikabsu
bat a. unsss~'ishis expert "a mis- own n.sss
ness
Tns in'toduc1ian II Atger Corhin Eag.n
and Iudinstoo and the retention 81 : era-
berg la tie war department were mistakes
Had there heeH 40 war. Aver mishs have
sot alons as "a sllY as 80 f,mxi!sn walnut
~ haingFf on stsgefosCh, snd even
Eagwa. i,aiingson sni Coebin NJ gas have
vsttltS around WITHOUT hart a. the gs>ef.r-
mont, s'snlai te the army OF bother 10 ta.
president
eu' The war vas toe be raf them Their
oi!sss ordinarily Hn3npoft1at t. me
E''sdei'ls and ~normes3s'y too large fs-
'hrni They w+rs patnsst. sns tro-
gest~rv7F eXan4pass * oterg.a .e,ueat
Ihss ~efe the victims ~ rrcu.n-
ssanc~S Naieh uia1e fh- fftnY the
srsarnHseni ~ua tae ar.s.1eus ,h- use,
TIN ~ 0~w selves iu turv. Ana tten the
ttwa Themselves kent fh~se heads e* ia.
feHus "a pA@s N} ans pte-e3ure entr. uf
"eAFf mart sN Hnd she - ~tr-tea ny sa't.
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81 thesA 3es7i7-HF .e.4t Ivsv..ss fns e,al ans
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