Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-30
Will The Guilty Suffer i?

Will The Guilty Suffer!
The New York Journal Of Commerce
inquiries Why the secretary Of the treas
ury does not favor the public with tne
result OF the investigation made az ms
instance into the dark places OF ms der
partment under its previous manage
ment. The postmaster general has dis
closed the wrongdoings in his depart
ment. and it was certainly information
to which the people are entitled from
him as public servant. Mr.. Window
seems to act upon the idea that it is
enough for him to know how his de-
partment has been administered, and
that is none of the public's business how,
by whom and to what extent the trea-
sury has been plundered. Evidently this
view of his duty will not l'e taken blythe
country. 1t is not enough to know that
subordinate treasury official has been
dismissed, and that an assistant secreta-
ry has been sent out of the country prob
ably in preparation for his dismissal.
1t is not Just to the implicated officers,
or to the people, that the causes OF
their disgrace are not revealed.
Probably the accused men do not
complain; if they are guilty, they
have no reason to; and when We
see an assistant secretary suddenly sail
ing for Europe when charges of grievous
misconduct are made against him, we
are entitled to condemn him. An innO-
cent man would confront his accusers
and demand trial. So would, it is
true, such. bold rascals as Brady, though
knowing themselves guilty but no con-
sciously innocent person would stink
away. unless indeed his silence was pur-
chased that other hearts" might not
suffer.
The Journal of Commerce, which is not
given to light accusations, plainly shows
its belief in the dishonesty of Secretary
Sherman, and it considers that Secretary
WINDOWS reticence is forced upon him
toprotect his predecessor. 1t declares
that il it was Hooking for the illegiti-
mate use of money in any place that
place would he the treasury department,
and the time the four years of Mr.. Sher'
mans administration
That is a plain accusation but not
SO plain, nor rs circumstantial, as other
accusations that have been currently
made for some time past against ex-
Secretary Sherman's administration of
his department. The New York San
some time ago brought certain very dis
tinctly libellous charges against him
which he did not notice and many people
and many papers have repeatedly de
clared their belief in his dishonesty. II
has never been denied that he has
achieved great wealth in public Office
without having any visible means o:
support but his salary /; and the New
York bank of the favored syndicate ir
placing the government loans is signifi
cantly known rs Fort Sherman.
Secretary Window protects Secretar!
Sherman's reputation, and Postmaster
General James and the attorney genera
seem to be preparing to expose other mel
whom Mr.. Garfield has as much reason
to be tender of, Is of Sherman whom
he does not love. These different way
of treating substantially the same situa'
tion cannot prevail in one administra.
tiOn and if the treasury rascalities are
not to he exposed it may be reasonably
concluded that no great harm will come
to the postofiice thieves, who are quite a!
influential rs Mr.. Sherman, if he is :
senator. If We do not hear of a stopper
being put on the postOflice prosecutions
We will look to See the treasury abuses
uncOrked but we rather think We
won't.