Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-19
tional motto, "E pluribus unum," to
"Plunderlng Made Easy"
THE INDICTMENT.

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nous and notorious frauds, amounting
to millions. Few were arrested; none
punished. Worn out vessels were sold
and chartered 10 the government. One
transaction 10 described. In 1855 the
government was asked 70 buy two old
hulks. A commission Of experts wss
appointed. but that was not the kind
Of commission the owner wanted. He
got another appointed. which valued
the old hulks At se5O.OO0. The secre-
iary OF the treasury, the quartermaster
general, the third auditor opposed the
swindle theoretically. No use. The
purchase was ordered by very high
authority, -Four months after the old
hulks were put up for saIs At public
auction; So. 900 was the highest bid.
Second cOunt-The land grant acts,
bribed through congress. which gave to
private corporations territory larger
than France and the losuing 10 them
Of t65 .0OO. 900 Of government bonds.
The other counts are railroad wreck
ing; the star route robbery OF 5000
900; stealing standing timber from
public lands-a timber ring in Massa-
chusstIs did vast business stealing
timber 10 Florida, and selling it 10 the
navy department 70 build wooden
ships when iron had entirely suDer-
ceded wood for naval construction;
stock neutrality-suspicious. estimated
AZ 5000, 900 900; trusts; Skam build
ling; destruction Of game for greed
the mOoes. the deer, the buffAlo-only
$40 ODD % ths latter running wild and
456 in captivity In all North Americs;
the destruction Of plumAge Oirds to
adoIn vanity; the destruction OF the
seal; the obstruction o. domestic
stock" west Of the Mississippi; the
Treatment OF the Indians for $50 years,
etc. The point ne desires 70 make In
closing is that these mlsdeeds are oom-
miEted openly, without protest from
federal or state governments or any
considerable portion OF our people.
The motto of our business morals
seems 10 be Successful wrong Is
right" A national standard is estab-
lished and Only one kind Of success is
acknowledged. Morality has no mar
ket value. 1--WE worship the millions
In hand and no questions asked"
A. THE DEFENsE.
Robert Ingereoll appears for the de-
fenss In an article Immediately follow
ing that Of Hawkins. He hints that
Hawkins is dyspeptic, and his case l.
one for q doctor, not for . philosopher;
admits that there were some bad shoes
and worthless muskets, but there were
millions of good ones and millions OF
patriots to use them. IT may be that
Congress was extrAvAgAnt, but that Il
was bribed is preposterOus- The rail-
road subsidy policy was wise aud gave
4 to civilization vast territories that were
otherwise ueeless, and dotted the viii
diIderness with some Of the most
thriving cities in the United States.
Railroads have been wrecked. bnt
mostly through competitions. Corpe
rations. like individuals oomblne-the
strong against the wsAk-and the iitt-
est survive SettlerA have taken tim
Der from the public lands-necesslty
compelled them. IL mar - we'll be
said thGi the settlsrs' cattle dFAnk the
goyerpmsnts wataE., The thirty yenrs
chossn. By Gen. Hawkins 10 prove hil
chAfges OF brutality and syEEice are
the most glorious yeara In the llfs oi
this nation OF any other. Slavery b e
bssa absIIshsd. Speech h made fres'
The republic has been rebuilt and 70
unittd. The slave pen b nov . school
house. The oversstr n . tsAsheI. To,
Icredit Of the republic is second 20 ne
ether country, Byshe high standard
Of its treatment Of women and child
rem America stands nrst among na.
!, !, tions. We have our fAulls; we hav.
our virtues, but our country Is th'
best.
THE JUDoMENT.
To pronounce Judgment is the read
sr's prerogAtlve. In making his de
!. clsion be must not forget that 10 err 4
3 human. that the most sanity among
I us are Of the earth. eArth-thAtamOns
0 poor dozen apostles there was I
9 traitor and swindler-thAt the rsvolu-
( tion had its Arnold, and he won't ex
. peot sixty odd millions Of angels In tn
: United States. We are human. viii
. human faults and fraIltlss; add mp on
virtues; subtract the former from tn
latter, and give us credit for the bal