The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-10
JENKINS NOT
ALONE PUNISHED
BY ROOSEVELT
Case of Young Government
Surgeon Recalled.
WAS JUST NtWLY WED
When, Fatally, He Inspected
Japanese Counsu's Wife.
WAS JUST NEWLY WED

Guthrie, o. T, Dec. 9-The New York
Evening Posts Washington correspond
ent says that jenkins is not the only one
to suffer from President Roosevelts dis
ciplinary attitude as caief executive. The
correspondent says:
The appeal of Mrs. Jenkins, wife of the
governor Of Oklahoma recently removed
by President Roosevelt, shows how little
she understands the temper OF the execu-
tive with whom she has 10 deal. The
president does not know my husband as
know him., she is quoted as saying, with
pathetic fervor, "or he would not have re-
moved him" And she is evidently count
ing upon the assurance of some super
servieeable friend that the president had
said that he did not regard Gov. Jenk-
ms as guilty Of the least dishonesty, bat
that his blunder was one of indiscretion.
This is as absurd misconstruction CT
the presidents attitude as several others
which have been forthcoming from time
to time 1t would be safe to wager any
thing that the president never made such
an assertion What he doubtless did say
was that Governor Jenkins appeared to
be, and doubtless was. quite unconscious
Of having done wrong; but that was ali
the more reason for removing him-not for
letting him remain. His uncOnsciousness
was shown pretty well by his frank state
lnent in his own exoulpation, in which ne
gave in fun the facts which cost him his
official head. a man sensible of his own
guilt does not as a rule 50 about adver-
tising il in quarters where his confession
is sure to be used to his disadvantage.
The trouble with Governor jenkins was,
that, in calling upon a corporation to
which he had given official favor to set
apart a block of stock for distribution at
half-price among his political friends, he
was so blunt of perception as to believe
that he was engaged 10 perfectly virtu-
Gus enterprise. Another bad thing for his
cause was the fact that, in spite of the
general knowledge in the territory that
he had done this he was upheld by the
most respectable citizens. the president
and the secretary Of the interior being
fairly showed under by letters and tele-
grams urging his retention in Office and
commencing his fine moral qualities
These testimonials came from elergymen,
physicians, lawyers, merchants, bankers
from members of all these classes,
whose standards of conduct one would ex-
pect to find Of the highest. When some
Of the governors sponsors were faced
with his own statement OF his case, they
took the same view OF it as he appears 20
have takan-that ne had showed chiv-
alrous sense of duty and q nice regard
for the dignity Of his position in asking
these reciprocal favors for his friends.
Hg1a rf
stock for himself!
In view of the silence maintained by
the president in the BidwelI case. where
he had been strongly urged to let his
reasons be known for substituting an
other collector Of customs at New York,
there was widespread surprise at his de-
liberate publication OF prepared state
ment in the Jenkins case. The two mat
ters are not pareIlel. however, in sew
eral important particulars.
The late governor of Oklahoma is not
the only sufferer from President Roose-
velt's idea Of emphasizing the exemplary
element in the penalties he imposes. 1t
will be remembered that the wife OF
japanese consul was subjected 10 the in
dignity OF a physical examination when
she arrived at Honolulu several months
ago. The officers Of the Marine hospital
service everywhere were on the keen out
look for the buhonic plague. And on the
particular steamer on which this woman
arrived q passenger had been discovered
with a Ioathsome disease which suggest
ed plague infection. This aroused the
anxiety of one of the younger surgeons
who was in charge of the inspection
r..~
fearing the presence Of the plague among
Orientals. in his zeal he ignored all pro-
tests. and put the consuls wife through
the same ordeal as If she were a common
immigrant
OF course, with a people as sensitive as
the japanese. such a thing ranked as
almost nothing else would. The jana
nese government took prompt notice of il.