The independent., 1903-06-04
WHERE IS THE PRESIDENT
Mr.. schveyzer Believes That Roosevcit
Should Return to His Duties ~
Washington

uQQ out where tHc W CoiuCh1 10 W ooN
him that he at once should go nome
and tend to his business? Since the
president commenced to swing aroun1
the circle, everything goes wrong Ia
Washington; but 1t seems that that
gentleman believes that we pay hin.
$50,0u0 a year, besides pocket money.
that he may enjoy himself with hunt
ing, sailing, making pleasure trips IN
Pullman cars, ban luetting and enter
tanning people by telling them funny
stories. | believe ii some one had
taken an exact account oi his 'iHie II
would not make three months, count
ing every minute which the president
has spent in his office, since ne moved
into the White house.
Since the president is absent, dar-
ing gang of safe crackers broke III
bright daylight into a room OF the
postofilce department, opened the safe
and stole some public documents. II
is a clear case and the whole gang
should at once be sent to the pe1l-
tentiary. 1t is no excuse Wnen the
burglars say that they took only their
own documents which were put In
there for safe keeping. If give to
friend some vaIuables for putting
them in his safe, that gives me no
right to break into his house and
crack his safe to take my own valua-
bles out and let some of his yaluables
go with them. 1t is an aggravatlon
of the crime, that the head OF the
gang is the wife of an officer OF the
postoffice department under whose
shield the crime was committed.
In the last few years stealing and
robbing public money are alarmlngly
increasing, without ever single one
Of the culprits being punished AMI
urged to give up the booty. All such
defrauders and robbers are put
through newly invented white wash
ing machine out of which they come
Just as white and innocent as a baby
out of his bath. Some of the gentle
men right after coming through the
machine were sent to the United
States senate to make our laws.
Now that white-washing business
must be stopped, and to do that is
DUTY of the president. There is other
business. too, to which the president
should attend at once.
A few weeks ago the report of Gen
eral Miles about his inspection or the
Philippines was published, which
shows and proves that some OF our
officers in the Philippine Islands COM
mitteu atrOcious barbarities just as
horrible as the atrocities of the Span
. ish inuuisition and those committed
by General Weyler in Cuba, the Brit
ish in Africa, and the allies in China.
Such barbarities could not have beer
committed without knowledge or even
order of the highest officers in the ISL
ands and therefore, the honor OF the
United States demands that the full
truth shall be known and every culpr' t
punished, no matter who they are
and if the president does not attacl.
the culprits, then congress must take
that matter in it's hands. Whitewasn
ing and insulting General Miles, as it
was done in the embalmed beef case,
will not do this time; We must show
that this is not nation of barbarians
and freebooters.
Then there are all over disputes be-
tween employers and employed, which
in some cases interrupt all business
and cause great damage and suffering
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cases, too, the executive should inter-
vene and protect the rights of the
people who have to suffer from such
interruption to business, even by
Withholding from them the indispensi
BILE articles for the sustenance. Now
there can be no doubt that it is the
duty of the executive to defend anC
protect the rights of the people il
such disputes and I believe that tina
can be performed good deal better
according to the principles of reason
truth truth and justice than with riot cart
ridges.
For thousands of years government:
had to protect the weak against tn,
strong, the poor against the rich, tn
people against extortions, even th'
Withholding from them of the neces
stiles for living by cornering them
with laws against usury, market ant
t.ade regulations and ordinances. Blu
in this country it is different All sucl
regulations and restrictions wer
abolished, usurers and money prince
usurped unlimited power, might i
right and the most inscriptions an
beastly tyrant is boss All dispute
between employers and employees ar
settled with riot and cartridges an
Pinkerton's police militia and reg