The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-09-09
CAPT. CARTER TO BEIpUN1sHED. :

The power of the press has again
been made manifest in the case OF Cap
tain Carter, who more than year ago
was tried by court martial and found
guilty Of robbing the United States gov
eminent of nearly $1,6oo,ooo. Being
man with influential friends President
Mckinley and his New Jersey attorney
general have saved him from punish
ment and permitted him to draw his
salary from the government he has en-
bezzled. Their action has been so fla
GRAVITY scandalous that the Republican
leaders grew alarmed and feared that
such dereliction OF duty on the part of
the president would be used against the
party OF God and morality in the ma
tional campaign. Some OF the Repub-
lican papers urged that mo guilty man
should escape" and finally Mckinley
and Griggs have decided to let the law
take its course. 1t is now reported from
Washington that the attorney for the
trusts will report to the president that
the findings OF the court martial are JUS
tilted by the evidence, and that he will
recommend that the sentence be ap-
proved. Carter therefore will cease to
draw his pay and must serve his sen
tence, if Mckinley is not afraid of his
powerful friends and continues to shield
him from the punishment he deserves.
Wayne McVcigh is the senior counsel
for Captain Carter, and as he is an in
lluential politician he may succeed in
lntimidating the president from per-
forming his sworn duty. This may ap-
pear strange to some Of our readers, but
those who know Mr.. Mckinley are
aware that he lacks backbone, and that
he is the obedient tool OF that class to
which the criminal belongs. Had Car
ter been Democrat OF the silver va
riety he would have long since been
wearing the stripes OF ignominy in the
penitcntiary.
The Mckinley press bureau at Wash
lngton is now trying to deceive the
public as to the cause of delay in carry
ing out the sentence inflicted on Carter
by court and jury OF his peers. The
correspondent OF the Chicago Tribune,
one OF the administration organs, ex-
plains as follows why justice has not
sooner been mcted out to the guilty
man:
There is every reason to believe that
Acknowledgement Griggs has been sat
isfed OF Captain Cartcr's guilt ever since
he took up the papers in the case The
delay that has occurred in the depart
ment OF justice has not been in favor OF
Captain Carter. The recent examina-
ton OF the papers in the case has been
for the purpose OF ferreting out the
whole truth. Other men besides Cap
tain Carter were implicated in the illegal
contracts and violation of the law. 1t
can be said that the attorney generals
deliberate and thorough investigation
was for the purpose Of ascertaining who
these men are, and there 10 little deute
that after Captain Carter has been put
in prison other prosecutions will be en-
tered on account of the facts brought
out by the court martial"
That is fimsy excuse. II Griggs
had been satisfied OF Carriers guilt what
was the object in submitting the case
to ex-senator Edmunds and paying him
$1,000 for examining the papers? And
after Mr.. Edmunds had approved OF the
findings why was not the sentence OF
fine and imprisonment inflicted instead
OF allowing the culprit to draw his pay?
If other rascals were implicated and
happen to be men like Carter they GER
lltainly will escape scot free. Attorney