Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-05
AN EVEN TEMPERED CRITICISM
on President Roosevelt and His In
consistency in Retaining Evans
and Hitchcock.

WASHINGTON, January ?, I9o2.
Editor Sunday Globe
always find interesting things IN your
paper and amongst other things IN your
last issue was the cOlloquy with the Eng
l;shman relative 10 the battle OF San Juan
HuI have met President Roosevelt, and
from my knowledge Of character as de-
noted by physiognomy and phrenology'
believe he would go as far III any enterprise
of daring and danger as any man would
and have a similar opinion as to the menin
his command, if they were called upon, 10
perform any desperate undertaking, YET III
ali nv experience ] have never seen as
much glory manufactured on so little cap
ital as there was in the San Juan aiiair.
PROM the best information ! can get am
informed that they lost sir men IN that
charge.
How many hundred instances occurred
DURING our Civil War, wherein the daring
displaved and the danger and loss Of life
incurred far eclipsed the San Juan affair,
and vet scarcely received passing notice
either AT the time or subsequently. / re-
GARD our President as a thorough American,
and his alIusion to the Civil War veterans
I'm his message far eclpsed anything OF the
| tind ever embodied in a Presidential mes
SAGE and every word said is as true as the
words of Holy Writ, and his words had the
true ring of an appreciative American, ana
7 yyou1d hesitate to doubt his honesty IN
| tt,.s declaring his sentiments, yet confess
that am unable to determine how to har-
nonize his noble sentiments as expressed
i, his message with his retention OF
Henry CLAW Evans in the Pension Bureau,
or Hitchcock in the Interior Department.
Eyans whose aim and sole object seems to
he 70 hinder and prevent the allowance OF
the claims of the old veterans when their
allowance is warranted by law and fully es-
tablished by the proofs
Rut not even satisfied by arbitrarily re-
fusing the veterans their dues he attacks
the orphans and widows and those who
tbrouOh their service became insane but
,bapts to the Comptroller Of the Treasury
he has been prevented in the latter case in
his hold attempt to defraud these poor un
eortunates. and when our President speaks
so much of the merit system, / hnd mysel
wondering why he does not apply It to th'
bioher positions and dismiss such men al
; Evans, who violates his official oath ever
! dav of his existence, and insults the ol'
veterans, slanders the pension attorneys
, who as a rule are his superiors in every
7 thing that goes TO make up a man an
a makes use OF this calumuy 10 G0FGl up IA
= harbarous and inhuman treatment OF tn
e veterans and their widows and orphans
D Entirely without heart or conscience hi
o principal ingredient in his composition 0'
{ inc egotism, there is no relative or tfien
l. he would not sacrifice to secure his ow
elevation. At present his victims sacrifice
n to this end are the men who consumed the
l. strength and health in the discharge of the
,f duties as patriotic Americans and til
d widows and orphans of those who haV
% passed away AS rule the old veteran
r were so intensely Republican IN their pol
ID tics that they would sacrifice their own II
a terests to aid their party, but it is to
Sc hoped that after our Legislators havir
le done their whole duty by them that the
n. will not be satisfied with lip service oni
n even from the Executive, but will demar
an the execution of the law as laid down IN o
III statutes, or in case the present practice
or continued, then that they will teach tho
m who misconstrue and evade the law, al
Id those who permit such things to be don
d, that il cannot be done in the future wi
w impunity, as is now being done and she
a their resentment in a way that will be
on fective. We expect very little at the han
in of the Democracy, yet 1t could not be wor
le treatment than we receive al the hands
n. Evans. and we can afford four years me
al of mistreatment if necessary to teach O
Is leaders that laws are enacted to be el
he cuted. Fraternally yours
m AN Ex-SoLDIER