Little Falls herald., 1903-11-06

Washlngtsa letter 5:'3' ~
Nov. The Roosevelt adminietra.
tion has become vocif iferously motor.
ious Tor the gigantic and unheard
Of frauds that have been perpetrated
since Ito advent to power. and also
for the slight efforts made to expose
them and punish the offenders. 4 few
Of the smaller fry In: the post oface
scandal have been indicted and few
have been tried, but not convicted,
as the evidence adQuoed. by the GOV.
ernment attorneys was not sufficient to
convince q jury Of their guilt. The
delay in investfg fgating these scandals
has been boon to most Of the greater
offenders, for that convenient law. the
statute Of limitations, has run ite
course and the time had expired In
which they could be indicted. That
the statute Of limitations covers g
number of these questions is denied
by eminent lawyers but the republican
attorney general has decided that 1t
does and there is no way Of bringing
the culprits to trial, If the law officers
Of the government refuses to act. Az
hitherto mentioned in this correspon-
dence. one of the principal participants
In the leniency Of this accommodating
statute is Representative Littauer.
who President Roosevelt describes as
"his personal friend and closest poll
tical adviser, Littauer was charged
with sharing in the profits of a large
army glove contract, and that he had
used his position as member Of Con-
gress to obtain the contract notwith.
standing the provision of the law that
no official could be interested in any
such deal. When referred to the re-
publican attorney general. he prompt
ly decided that Mr.. Littauer could
n OF be prosecuted as the statute of
Limitations had run it's course, so the
"closest political advisor Of the pre-.
sident escaped the humiliation Of q
trail and possible conviction. Fraud
and graft is getting mighty close to
the White House when the statute of
limitations has to be pleaded for the
personal friend Of the present occu-
pant.
The postof6ce frauds are not the
only ones that are causing eleepless
nights and bad half hours to many
political patriots. Evidence is accu-
mulating that huge land frauds
amounting in value to $40, 600, 900
have been discovered and that six
United States senators. several repre-
sentat1ves and numerous government
officials are mentioned in connection
with the frauds, though Secretary
Hitchcock, of the Interior department
is continuously entering strenuous
denials. The frauds in oonnectionwith
the Indian lands now being investi-
gated, has only begun, and rumors of
other frauds in other departments are
filing the air at Washington. This
delay In exposing what has already
office scandal be made for the purpose
Of allowing the statute Of limitations
to get in it's work and permit other
republican patriots to escape the tolls
of the law.
A little thing that is causing much
comment here is the attempt of the
Presi dent. through his secretary. Mr..
Loeb, to ape the airs Of the foreign
courts. He Is having his White House
messengers clothed in uniform. and
the report is that the uehers and door
keepers at the executive Office will be
next to don the Uniform prescribed by
Secretary Loeb. with the tacit approx
al of President Roosevelt. AS they
outrank the messengers, the uniform
is to be out In more fashionable style,
and the other officials zof the White
House are to be more brilliantly at
tired 90 that tho social function will
match the gorgeoumees of any foreign
court. The White House viii be made
to blaze with oil the gloey and frippery
and tinsel and gaudy display of the
dunkies Of European @e6ete monar.
chies: These be republican times sure
~. and tho people foot tho bill.
The report Of Fourth Postmaster
General Bristow on the the posto@ce
fraud has been placed IN. the hands OF
the President, consulting Of over one
hundred and ten Thousand words with
appendices sufficient: to make ono mill
ion words. It 10 said that only, con-
.densed version win be- published. If
the parts that will be !. given to the
public contains the real meat, of the
voluminous report, the condemnation
will be desirable as but few people
have time to read the whole report,
but there will be intense dissatiefac-
tion If the public version is garbled
for partisan purposes. The voters want
to know who are the guilty ones,
whether the statute of limitations has
covered their doings or not, and
nothing less than the exposure Of the
whole nest Of thieves will satisfy
them. The only punishment the peo-
pie seem able to bring upon their un-
worthy servants, Is by preventing
positions. and that can only accom-.
plished by the truth being told of all
connected with the scandals from the
highest to the lowest. Any attempt
to suppress the evidence Of the partici-
patton Of those high in the republican
counsels in the frauds, will not satisfy
those honestly in favor of reform, and
will be met BY the demand for the