The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-10
War COMMISSION REPORT
DEMOCRATIC MEMBER TALKS OF
ITS WORK
Examined Every Witness Who Had
Any Compfsist Ia Make, snd Tried
Hard TO Bring Ont Faefs-No sup

WASHING Feb s-Tn@ rvpc-s q
:he war Investigating commission is n he
hants os me prsSf1-slt, a:s5 the commission
- dissolved Al las members % tAe CON-
mission. Including tae secretary, Nj
Ne.ghsuaeT. ana the rsaor-e<. Cox Davis.
net BY zPposzs.rz@n. a. the Wh1e House
at As o'eiocE ssis Afternoon. and were a.
once sssosn into tire cSbsU@i room. where
they we're Received by the prsSsaezlg. 's<E-
Dodge, tie cha lrrsaa of tas camusieszo- =
presented the r~.-3rt~ and ia reCr1Y1E5x L
tkse president Congratulated ne c9rnrssa>-
ssone~s ca fae eoErp leslon Of their task.
Seated around .he cabinet t4b.e. me reA-
h@Ts E7snr 0.eF taEir oFz III gtrtsra4
xay. AM al the request II the president
rsad portions OF taei- reporf. hich covered
certain poats upon which -e hsd expressed
a. lntere~s Tie conference lasted eh~9sas
an hour and i1aa. AMI a. the comm SION
ers we're about 10 leave the president stat
&c that he was satisfied that e4ca member
had dsns his whole duty. He himself had
rendered them every assistance rsss<a3le.
and sad TIA: they world bear witness thai
te had not sought 70 influence ta-In II any
manner or in the slightest degree.
In speaking OF tire report today & prom
inent member Of she commission said.
The report does not wnitewash. II
cTtucises but not persons or things not
warranted By the evidence before as. We
conduct OF the war was all risnf. ard
then We went ahead 10 hear and call wit
nesses who said IL MAS not The report
represents tbs honest opinion OF every
member Of The commission We were
unanimous In adopting IL. l say TINS, ana
7 am % the opposite political raith ana
don't expect and don't want any thing
from the administration.
II kanw that every line OF the report
represents my individual view. and IL any
member tried harder than did 10 get At
and hy-f-r gzsss q he I g
see him. There was no suppression or
coneeaImsnt. and 70 point brought cut
IN the evidence Was evaGee or CLOSED
over. We never nlat before hear ug =
witness. and agreed not 10 examine him or
touch upon certain matters mat might
turn out unfayorably. Everything that q
subject Of inquiry and l am satisfied
when the country gets our report tn fail.
that there viii he no complaint. either
az 70 our methods or results.
The president never saw q Ire or GU =
report before hs received IL officially: not
a singis word: nor. indeed. has he ever "a k
81 with any member OF the commission
He has never In any way. by word or
action OF messenger. evidenced uish -
have us develop anything but the truth or
even touch upon the matter OF our work.
We Nave questioned more than so Wit
nasses and the ma jority of them had some
complaint that they wanted TO relate. Ia
no inst aace can Il b proved that We have
brought 70 our aEteuttS1 as having i'm
pevfsnt facts % disclose Bat had We de-
sired 10 'whitewash' the administration
W. could have had 5.0oo witnesses. VINO
could truthtully testify that the condcct OF
the war was ali right
or course There were soma evils, hat
they were % BE- expected The soldiers
liz the civil va never had hospitals or
medical attendance as gooT as was giyec
taem IN the war with Span Ana their
army ration then was not eatable as il
IS now. The man who complained ne
most of the food wc found Were very GER
crafty the rniatiaren from the interior
states and who had been allowed s. Yer
head FOR Subsistence stores while they were
In state camps when they went into the
active lighting they expected the same sort
ot thing.
I'm questioning these men. nearly all
confessed 20 us that they had always re-
ceivei the army ration. They had TO
right 10 expect more I could tell some
funny stories 10 illustrate this
There were many complaints brought
20 US that on their face were foolish and
false bat We went 20 every tFouaie and
expense TO inquire Into every genuine
charge"