The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1903-12-04

The Senate confirmed the nomina-
ton of Willis Sweet as attorney gem
eral of Porto Rico.
Announcement is made from the
War Department that no additional
designations wi. be made Of Candi-
dates from civil life to be examined
for appointment as second lieutenant
in the army,
The secretary of the interior has
suspended from Office ID. +. Campbell.
clerk of the townsite commission of the
Creek nation In Indian Territory. pend
| ing the outcome OF an Investigation
based on an indictment against him for
alleged unlawfully obtaining money
while a member OF the Kansas Legisla-
ture, the indictment charging the re-
| ceipt OF 500 from the clerk OF the
District Court at OsweHo. Kansas. fol-
| lowing the passage of bill raising the
clerks salary The court dismissed the
! Indictment. but Indian Inspector
| Wright is making an investigation and
has obtained an order from the court
for the stenographic minutes Of the
grand jury.
Rumors have reached the safe De
partment that General Reyes mission
to Washington is primarily TO try TO
array opposition senators against the
| ratification OF the Bunau.N arilla'llay
canal treaty. There is also talk OF the
| formation Of combination OF South
| American countries. directed against
the United States. Respecting the
coming Of General Reyes TO Washing
! ton. II Is said at the State Depart.
ment that much depends upon the ma
| turc OF his credentials as TO the re-
| Ceptlon he Is given. II he Is brought
| to the department by the Colombian
| charge, DR.. Horran. he will be accord
ed respectful hearing, But his &C.
| tiyitics must be confined to lawful
| channels as an allen, and any attempt
on his part to influence by direct rep
| reservations any other than the eXccu.
tive branch OF the government would
scarcely be viewed with cluanlmity.
In his meorandum on the report OF
First Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow. In relation to frauds In the
Postoiiico Department, President
Roosevelt says: mo crime calls for
sterncr rcprobatlon than tho crime OF
the corruptionist In public life. and 4
the man who seeks 10 corrupt hinI
The bride giycr and the bride takd
are equally guilty Both alike 81
against the primary law OF the stated
safety, Al questions of difference II
party policy sink Into inRignincanok
| when the people OF this country an
! brought face 10 face with a lucstio|
| like this, which lies at the root d
| honest and decent government. Oh
| this question. and ON all others Ike
we can afford to have no diyiHiof
among good citizens IN the last ~
sort good laws and good ndmlnistrk
| ton alike must rest upon the broak
basis Of sound public opinion. A dull
| public conscience. an ensyEoing AZ
quioaconc" In corruption lnfnllihIl
means dobascmcnt In public lie, ami
such dcbnFemcnt IN the end mean
the ruin OF free Institutions Sci
government becomes farce " the rof
rcEcntatiyoH ~ the people CORFU
others or are Themselves corrupted
Freedom Is not silt which will tarr,
long In the hands nf the dishonest d
of those "a foolish or 20 lncompet"f
RH 90 tolerate dishonesty In their pub
lie servants. Under our system d
power comes from the people, aud q
punishment rests ultimately with al
people, The tolerance Of tho wrnnI
not the exposure Of the wrong. IN ~
real ononse,'
Respecting the statements attribut,
TO General Reyes In New orleans I
toruow that Colombia would SCI
100000 men iuto Panama overland N
fact II recalled that the instructed
10 the United RtateH navy officers 4
the ipthmuH We're such that they wnuI
not admit 70 the nrighbnfho0d ~ n
lFthmuH nny hostile forces, This wi
understood by the officers 10 med
that hostile Colombian troops wuI,
not DO allowed to enter Panama NJ al
point either BY water or by land. q Il
80 far there has been M change In
Instructions given to the naval ofnCI
on this point j.