The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-16
ONLY ONE REMEDY.

Scandals and rumors of scandals in the departments
at Washington continue to offend the public ear AS
soon as official placed under the harrow of nves
gaton comfortably indicted it that there IS
another whom similar treatment is due. Notwiti-
standing the reluctance with which the postmaster gen
era yields the necessities of his position new avenues
of compromising disclosures constantly being open
ed As old employees begin to tell what they know other
hearts begin to other heads get ready topic
their fall Nor it unjust in view OF all that has hap
pened to give some credence the persistent rumors
which say that there other departments which need
only as active investigator into their conditions as
Bristow to open similar fangs to the public view
To believe this is only to believe that human nature
is reasonably stable, and that like causes work out I'M
der like conditions to the result The departments
Washington have been for many years under the
control of Republican administration. During that
time they have been administered by men who believe
thoroughly in graceful and gentlemanly application OF
the theory of the spos and who have not wanted for
suggestions from their political managers and TRENDS
and from the and congressman OF their party
1t is betrayng no secret and vocing SANDER to say
that the public service the present moment consists
mostly of men who holding office as the reward OF
political services all of which will bear the light
1t as inevitable that under such an arrangement,
scandals grow and flourish is that men can be found
to grasp at office for its emoluments and not Tor its
duties Not all the Investigators all the grand urles
nor all the courts could make otherwise 1t is part
of the system and belongs it as nseparaby as any
other effect its And we have seen the same
thing happen so often history that voter can
possibly be ignorant of it in doubt about the proper
and necessary remedy.
That remedy is to place in power party that will
give the books and the representatives of those
in authority thorough overhauiing. BY the shit
ing and transfer of power government like ours It's
servants are kept in close touch with the people, and
their responsibility their master is defined and made
real Delay that act too long and corruption spreads
everywhere, while office to be administered no
longer as public 1t is this dry rot that DEGREES
inevitably the fall of party maintained too long IN
power and that leads fatal indiscreons and to acts
that humate and enrage the people its deanty greedy
ofcehoders. This is but to state fact we'll known
as American history and fixed human nature 1tselt
The people of this country may be very sure that
even if there not there abuses IN the body
polite graver than those to which we have referred; II
there were not policies indissouby united with Repub
ican supremacy that lead the intimate connection ct
government with monopoly and that give to nriXate l
terest the fostering of that law which shoudbe
served for questions of public right alone, still 1tWould
be we'll for Them be necessary for them, to de-
cree periodically such auditing Of their accounts such
review of their of authority only oppos
ing political party can be trusted to make The scan
das foued the air of the national eotal will
continue to perpetuate themselves, will and
spread into every niche and crece of the public service
until the old remedy has been applied For the sake Of
honest administration and in behalf of the public honor It
is time for change