Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-03-08
rRY SOME FRESH AIR.

In his address TO the Babcook jury.
Colonel Brosdhead. special counsel for
the Government, said that money enough
had bssn stolen In the last ten years by
men In ofaoial positions to pay the in
tersss Of the national debt.
There 10 no doubt about it. For years
Il has been one huge continuous steal in
which all hands from top to bottom
seem 10 have had q share. There are
no doubt many upright. honest and
conscientious gentlemen in official life,
Who all their positions worthily and in
tslligsntly. bat we regret to say they ap-
pear to be the exceptions not the rule.
Take glance at the record Of the men
who have filed the great Offices Of the
country. Look ct Richardson, late
Secretary Of the Treasury, now Judge Of
the U. 3. Court Of claims; at Williams
late Attorney General; at Delano late
Secretary Of the Interior; at Belknap
late Secretary at War; 1t Schenck now
Minister to the Court Of st. James; OF
Babcock who barely escaped the clutch
Of the Law; Of the long list Of Senators
and Congressman whose names appear
bsfors the country and the world at.
tanned and smirched with actual or gen.
orally suspected fraud. Is it not about
time TO cause thorough and sweeping re-
formation. II II 10 not done, the destiny
Of the country cannot be happy or pros.
porous or glorious. If the government
Of the nation IL not Withdrawn from the
hands OF men who are as familiar with
brides ~ q cobbler is with the shoes he
repairs, disaster and dishonor cannot
fail 10 be the result. As we have often
remarked, this is no party question.
Il ID very little consequence to the notion
ct large which party is in the ascsndsncy.
II 10. however, Of the very utmost impor.
tanos that the persons who are intrusted
with the conduct OF public affairs should
be honest and honorable men. That
they should bs endowed with those quail
tiles In the degree that chsracterizss any
good citizen. Instead Of possessing the
ordinary and average amount Of probity
and honorable feeling which are sup
posed to be the guides Of every gentle
man, what do We fnd9 That the scarcely
concealed ethics. which control official
life. II 10 plumber ct every conceivable
opportunity. That the standard Of merit
10 that Of Claude Duval, the highway
man, only ii lacks his courage and cour-
tssy. The modern model federal func-
tionary. Is he who steals the most and
best conceals his robberies. For Heav-
ems sake lot this uncomfortable, disgrace
full villainy receive sudden and terrible
check. Do not talk about party or polit-
ioal bias. 1t Ia no consequence what a
man Is, whether Republican or Dem,
ocras, or any other politicalism II he Ii
only honest. Get men who will mol
huckster oul their patronage like Bel.
KNAPP, who will not 60 In partnership with
vile quack doctor as Delsno did, who
will not bring dishonor on the diplo macy
Of his country like Schenck, who will not
associate with men suspected and in
diotsd for disgraceful crimes. In short,
secure men Of honor. whose integrity
will mot give way when tempted by the
profits Of swindle. or the artful sophis-
try Of the villains who project them.
Throw party to the dogs, but let the o fl.
cial atmosphere be purified; let the hor-
rible sitting carrion stink of corruption.
fraud and villainy be at once and forever
removed. At present its vampire
vapors are suffocating the very life Of the
nation.