| Show I Let Lct us havo o faith t that at ri right ht makes d I i in that f faith th let us ns to the en end daro dare to do our duty u Y Yas I as we understand it Lincoln I Where here I Is s t the 1 Ie E Evidence f I 1 administration in Washington and DS of or the a v i i FRIE in n Paris defend its course with wIth the genera general tic dc- of bad ad faith lIl incompetency that the charges I extravagance laid Inid at its dour door l r ar arc trifling gell gen gen- i As a part port of tile the the administration the they j parry ari crying for isolated specific ca cases t as IS 1 dho submission of tangible bl e evidence 1 ence Ih Those hose 1 0 se fortu fortu- h. h of t hi hear hea icar Congressman Oscar v Indiana ir in ilL hi hU I. I Lincoln lay day a address ress at the tho Hotel Utah feel fecI I that hat the criticisms of to today ny are aio not idle HUe political political complaints COn Congressman Bland Blunt declares that a specific bill I 1 I 0 oL of r particulars is gradually formulating ng itself Itself before t the e American people from the protests n and d pleadings w which ieh daily le reach ch Washington fro from anxious anxious anxIous fathers 1 I and m Ind citizens He lie is 15 frank 1 when hen he sa says s a full If i r recital cital QI the charges 5 laid at nt the door of or the Democrat t t party part would require reC more IDore time lime and and patience than is J allowed in one meeting Nevertheless Ne he recites re- re r 1 cites eite some of the things thing'S for which h the Democrat administration adv ad- ad v ministration is to bo be held responsible things responsible things that are areso 1 so generally known that specific evidence c would only increase the burden of prot f W WHere i Here Bere arc a few extracts extends from Congressman Blands Bland's s bill against ag the Democrat party 1 f 4 No Ko Ko man can live Jive in n I t the lie he shadow o of the Capitol these these- and nd listen to the tho of anguish of a a. days s 's cry pe peole peo- peo PlC le lc whose patience is at last exhausted without tie dc- T siring to be specific 4 Inefficiency in Iii handling the mail t to tG and from Mho he soldiers rs and the tile complete la a tK l Jc of or system m in rel reS reporting re- re S l porting casualties or the diabolical l plan n to conceal them ha has deprived d anxious ones on both sides of the ocean from hearing bearing from their loved ones in thousands Y 0 of instances s. s 4 At one ti rao c c'S cS eight t carloads carload of mail to soldiers t were wei er returned here undelivered f Casualties of last August arc nrc just bein being leing reported J with wilh much in indefiniteness and apparent indifference it T Shiploads of dead soldiers' soldiers personal effects are arc feathered gathered together without any plan for distribution l. l I Hundreds of thon thousands of of wives and parents of i soldiers have not received their allotments for supPort sup- sup J f port JOlt prom promised Hd by the government go Ten fen thousand soldiers aro arc still missing and the war ar depar department ment has no intelligent i idea a of where they f are Men discharged from the army onny early last sum sum- ner cr and now d dying ng from tuberculosis are still waiting wait wait- i I l ing ng for the war risk rik insurance bureau to furnish them with ith medical treatment and the tho necessities of life The insurance status of men discharged from the f- f nr army n last summer for insanity and now confined in f state o s ate mental hospitals has hns not been determined Tho The cables and wireless were seized by tho the 1 ident ilent nt after the armistice was ns signed in the exercise of ofA A wa war power You arc are denied the use uso of the cables because because be be- cause thc they are aro overtaxed o if you Jou seek to learn what ca le of your darling darling- boy but George Georgo Creel the s v 1 Presidents President's press agent will cable a column about the tho flowers strewn in the pathway ay of royalty and near i f royalty royally nn and paragraphs will be e devoted to the bat and costume of first lad lady of or tho the land l t I Three months o of winter bavo o come and gone since j Germany threw up her hands and yet tho the cantonments fV and nUl military posts of America are aie filled with homesick home home- t. t sick i k boys bos many of whom are arc dying of disease Xo adequate late plan pInn is a adopted for lor deI demobilization Thousands that arc nc needed and have hac jobs sobs to go to are rc I. I held hc d while some somo that have no positions are turned I 1 loose kose to como up-como charges har cs on the country cO i Tho The secretary of war has made an all order concern concern- l in service stripes t pcs placing a n. l h humiliation upon the tho bp who was Tas grieving e his IllS hC heart rt out in a 3 training Draining camp because because be he- heI I cause he was not permitted fo go nl abroad road Tho Tile The pomp pomp- ot 01 colonel comes homo with tho the decorations of ot the 4 bravest t of tho the brave braYe while J. J Gen Leonard Tood Wood wears the silver brand of the i II Administration men are arc vying yng with each other fiS as t to who ho c can n an ad advance c the newest and ant most novel way rny oC oi expending additional fabulous s sums sum's sums ms of monc money whilo while I Congress prays that Providence ence will show new thins things t to ta tax and new wa ways s 's of raising money 0 h y tJ Cantonments and roads 1 a leading to them are arc still rj X being built Jn in favored spots I tv II The The ra railroads telephones and md telegraphs are aro par- par antI and being run at enormous I loss yet now powers for or governmental o control and extension arc nrc being urged From Prom the casual list c cited by br Congressman Bland is isi i to cj come the h to e the ch es' es pro prove charges r and criticisms criticisms critie e w which ch have havo been made against the I 1 r lion tion It js 19 is incomplete but it reaches into thousands of f American homes where its proof may be attested rs i despite e the hc lc the h homp has bas remained silent accepting nci nc- nc i inS inS' its cross n as a necessary burden in m war Fr Friends ends of f the tho administration may rest assured that a no full bill r. r rl particulars will Willo confront o them in the next cam- cam |
