Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-22


der the circumstances VIII he
instruct the Attorney General to
investigate the matterl He cannot
doubt that his Endorsement of Mr..
Littauer would have great weight
with the War Department. Mr..
Llttauer may not have known. i'm
spite of his offer to see certain
official, that Lyon really got the
contracts on the strength of repre-
senting Mr.. Rooseyelt's intimate
friend.
But what will Mr.. Roosevelt do 2
He has not hesitated to give us
his views of official purity. He has
said, Words are good when backed
up by deeds, and only So Win
his words be backed by deeds in
this casel Or is there a difference
between an ordinary individual and
the Harvard graduate who happens
to be the Presidents closest
friend and adviser
The people would perhaps like
to ask MIR. Roosevelt this question:
What can be expected of the Post
Office people if the intimate pO!iti-
cal friend and most trusted adviser
of the President makes a profit of
some ninety thousand dollars on
Government contracts. when the
law says that no member of Con
gress shall profit by such a con
tract, directly or indirectly
Mr.. Roosevelt has said that he
proposes to have everything about
him ''as clean as a hounds tooth. "
Isn't it about time for him to buy
a carload of tooth brushes.
There is another phase of this
glove contract matter that has new
er been exploited in the press of
the country. The people know
nothing about il and it contains
whole lot of meat for meditation
upon the ways that are dark and
the tricks that are vain, as prac-
ticed by the aStute and unscupu-
lous Secretary of War, Mr.. Root.
lie Is at present making "A lot of
fuss about investigating this glove
contract, but he is doing the cuttle-
fish act. He is spewing out lot
of stuff that darkens the waters.
and no one can see his work. In
stead of placing the investigation
of this glove contract i'm the hands
of the regular army Inspector i'm
charge, and who is thoroughly ia
miliar with it in every detail. he
sends for new man, Mr.. Gar
lingtOn, whO-knows nothing about
the true inwardneSs of it, and gives
him his instructions as to how he
is to carry on the investigation and
what he Is to investigate. He cir
cumscribes and limits his discre-
ton in the matter. He tells him
to investigate everything except
one, and that one contains the milk
in the cOcoanut. That is the man
ner in which the contract is drawn.
1t Is drawn in such manner as To
call for a certain and specific kind
of glove. and that kind of glove is
made only by the Littauer Brothers:
glove manufacturers of New York.
Thus, no matter who got the con-
tract from the War Department
he would have To go to the Littauer
Brothers to have the gloves made
and they would reap the profits.
Will President Roosevelt please
have that phase of the contract in
vestigated [! If he does, his "close
political and personal friend and
adviser" is in danger of wearing
stripes. 1t is up to the President.
Let's give him a chance.
Since the Iowa idea has been
knocked over the ropes by the re-
publican party and the American
Protective Tariff League has won
a signal victory for the stand
patterS" there has arisen demand
for sort of tariff revision that
stands u good chance to receive
respectful attention at the Decem-
Der session of Congress. Ii is
something radically different from
the Iowa idea" 1t emanates
from the Sugar Trust, and is based
upon assertions that German car
teP' producers intend to ship enor-
nous quantities of cheap sugar to
the United States as soon rs the alb
clifton of sugar bounties, recently
arranged for at Brussels, goes into
effect on September 1. The mag
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