Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-08-13
TURN THE ;.,.LS OUT
The First Grea. I,::5sorn, Which
Others Will Follow.
sM0THER1NG INVESTIGATION.

The big Kascnls Yet to Re Discov-
creditor Over Two Years the Adj
mfnistrati0n Suppressed Charges
of Frnuds-4A Situation similar 10
That of 1876.
The little of the post Office scandal
that has been allowe d to cone to Ugh.
and the charges made of u... ;;.l short
comings in other departments lil.l.:c it
evident that tho entire official miacl.n-
cry of the nation l., ciG-g,ti with Iii :
honesty. Every d>partni; M and hu-
re:;u that has been even pu:,;a!iy in
vcstigatcd teens With Loot and d Son
esty that parallels, il it does not eN-
coed. the er;l of robb ry that c;l.lnina
cd i'll the election of Tildcn. The :Sia.'
route frauds, the Mullignn letters, the
Credit Mo5lier and the Pacific Mail
subsidy We're crimes for whici the poo
pie held the Republican party rcspon-
siblc
The voters are now confronted with
the postal scandals, the CUBAN footing.
the agricultural Department ruttnnnesS.
the land d>partmrm; frauds. til" Porte
Ric:ln SNUG ling c.:S~s ;s.lGi tic wAr dc
p"rlnent and Philippine imfamics, be
sides charges against the o9he" dcrar-
mcn;s that have not yet been iuvcSti-
gated and which will doubtless swell
the unsnvory record.
The old cry that aroused the coun-
try, Turn the rascals out' will again
he the slogan of the coming prcsidcn-
tial campaign. The cXtortion of tho
trusts and the robbery of the people
by the protection granted to the COM
bines by the tariff. bad as they are. do
not compare With the dclinqucnccs Of
the officials who have been placed in
power to preserve the rights and peck
cts Of the people. without an honest
administration the government becomes
but pillage and piracy. Back of all
economic issues must be ordinary hon
esty in public servants. To pass laws
to reform the tariff or control the
trusts will be worthless unless the ras-
calls who seem to infest every depart
servants installed to administer the
reforms. The first and greatest reform
is to turn the rascals out" especially
those who are the highest in command
and who, either by collision or incom-
petent management, have allowed the
looting without an effort to stay it.
Even now they are trying TO hamper
the Investigations and, by refusing to
give the facts to tho public. are trying
to divert the peoples minds; into other
channels. The interest of those in
charge of the fortunes of tho Rcpul-
lican party is to cover up delin4urncies
for the good of the party and to scl'u-
tinizc as little as possible tho wron@do-
ings of their subortlinateS. 1t is there
fore the leaders that mast be turned
out. and the punishment OF the lesser
culprits will duly follow.
1t is impossible for an administration
to reform itself. Every politician. great
and small, even the honest ones, dis
like to see disclosures made that reflect
on the party. and only just enongll is
allowed to come to light to appear that
purlflcatiOn is intended. The evidence
has been furnished that months before
the post office scandals We're revealed
President Roosevelt was Informed that
gross frauds were being rerpctrated.
Yet no investigation was ordered until
the newspapers took up the get rich
quick" frauds, and these led to the
other exposures. For over two years it
was known and published that .Attor-
ney General Tyner and his associates
were bleeding the publications for per-
mission to mail at the one cent IL pound
rate, but neither President Roosevelt
nor his postmaster general ordered any
investigation of the charges, though
appealed to for that purpose.
4 new deal is therefore necessary,
and the rascals must be turned out
before reform is possible.