The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-18
Public Life MOI
Black as Painted


CID HE COMMENTS in various places
III by newspapers of = rtdiI sort
ii upon the assembling Of congress
III suggest that. withSt1nding tte
innum"rablc patriotic so1ctics in
the land, there is another needed whose
special province shall he to inculcate
speaking well of the government and the
great body of deserving and patriotic
public men of all grades who administer
it. An observation of thirty years in
Washington. not counting two years
spent i'm earnest effort to learn how to
observe. iustifes the statement that adj
ministra tions. senators and representa-
| tiVoS. department officers. in short, gov
eminent workers of every grad" and
without regard to party. are, in large
aiority, i'm very large ma iority indeed.
| honest and faithful men. II iS not in
| tended by this Statcpcnt to imply that
| there have not been dishonest men IN the
public service or that they have been
| entirely eliminated But il is intended to
| declare a belief, founded on long and
| close observation. with at least fair OPP
| pOrtunities Of arriving at the truth, that
| honest and earnest purpose to faithfully
! discharge public duty is the rule, and
| the opposite tho rare exception. And
| Ncl a contrary belief is undoubtedly
| growing in the country. The moment
| congress meets Il certain portion of the
press begins tO incucato the belief
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| its ways. \ prolific growth of balcful
views of this sort has taken deep root i'm
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10 ialure on 'hr part OF tnosc interested
10 CONFORM TO lno cstapHshou system OF
SoNerlmGm' business IMAM 10 an othcr
causes, me current estimates OF pupiit
men anu .H' Hl"I"E'Hl'h' oI puunc ar
upon tlo 'hrtSholu OF every cohSress are
III essence species Oh andrchlS'lc as
sauit upon SoNcrhllohl' lilcr lelluehcE Is
10 undermine SoV'rhihch' pE destroying
commence III publlc servants. rms Incense
llas p''oiilc hallohal evil lru'hlu' crit
lclsm' as severe ana crushing as inc
iacts warrant, Is proper junction ana
duty OF the press. rms Is one thing'
Nholcsa" denunclatlohs OF pubic men
ana the mahagement OF public anairs'
or worse yet the lnsidlouS assumption
IN everyday writing lhat corruption is
the fulc ana honesty Inc exception, are
, | very dlnefeht thlngS' Technical treason
| consists IN taxing up arms TO overthrow
government hut there Is a moral trea-
son OF NOR" dangerous ana despicable
sort IN dallN taxing up the writer's pen
10 poison tht mlhdS OF the country
against It's pupllc servants. Anarchists
openly proclaim lheir desire 10 overthrow
government These pernicious writers
, | VINO proclaim general corruption are
more dangerous ana damaging TO the
pubhc interests thah the most Dlatanl
) Anarchists because their work strikes
. | a. inc every foundations upon WnlCf