The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-06-26
No Quarter for the wrongaoers

with he postal scandals.
Oae is that The wrongdoets are
being sumarily dealt with. The
other is that most of them were In
Office before president Roosevelt
entered the White House, and
some of them were in before Mr..
KcKinley was inaugurated.
THERE'S no politics In the irregular
tiles. Democrats as we'll as Re-
publicans are involved in them.
The man whose name has been
most conspicuously connected with
the scandals, Machen. is demo-
Graf. The politics of the offenders,
will not be considered In
the matter. All will have to 60 as
soon as detected. Whatever pun
ishment is provided by the law
will be inflicted on all of them,
regardless of the name of the Pfesi-
dent who was in Office at the time
their connection with the depart
ment began, and regardless of their
political affiliations.
When President Roosevelt re-
tnrned TO Washington after his re-
cent Western trip and learned
about the postal frauds, he directed
that immediate and rigid investi-
CATION should be entered into, and
that punishment be indicted In
every case where wrongdoing was
discovered. The Presidents orders
are being carried out TO the letter
by Postmaster General Payne and
his as istants. Only few of the
persons exposed thus far entered
their posts during the incumbency
of President Roosevelt. but this is
a consideration which will have no
weight with the administration.
Offenders of all sorts will be pro-
ceeded against vigorously. There
will be driving out of tricksters,
boodlers and incompetents which
will give the country satisfaction.
The President is In thorough
In the work. There can
be no doubt that the same spirit is
by the posimaste; gem
eral. "A clean sweep will be made
Of all of the offenders of every sort.
The promptness of the President
In taking hold of the work and the
candor which he displayed in tell
Ing of his plans please the Ameri-
can people. The work will be
done with a thoroughness which
will leave no necessity for further
labor Of this sort during the re-
years Of President Roose-
velt la Office.
A few Democratic papers have
attempted to make partisan capital
ont of the postal irreg ulaiities.
Those are nnwlse journals. Every
thing that can truthfully be said
bout The affair will reflect credit
On the administration. 1t is i'm
possible to entirely guard against
the perpetration of such offences in
Offices. By detecting
aud furnishing the offenders the
of offenses Is diminished
ind the interval between them is
enlightened. This is what the ad-
ninistration and Its agents are
ioihg. Nearly every day brings
he account of the removal of some
body prominently involved In the
Irregularities. But removal. for
some Of the offenders, does not end
everything. Criminal prosecution,
% some cases, will follow removal.
Wherever the law can be invoked
successfully. the offender will be
made TO feel its rigors. mol
avoritisfn Of any sort will be
'hown by the President or the
postmaster general. The presi-
lent is more in.erested than Is any
,ther American in maintaining the |
honesty and the efficiancy OF the
public service, and he will see 10 II |
hat these qualities are preserved.
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