The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-24
and more menacing day by day. Ac-
cordingly the senator rises up to call
the administration blessed.

| cordingly the senator rises up to call
the administration blessed.
When you tally up the situation
| how silent the great republican state
leaders have been at a time when
the administration needed defenders
| The peoples censure has swelled in
volume as the scandal grew. with
never a senator to open his mouth
until Lodge arose. The togaed bosses
have seemed singularly lethargic and
disloyal Of course, Platta and Quay
are excused-they are not expected
| to talk. Nor is Aldrich-it might be
considered immodest in him to defend
the machine Nor should we care es-
pecially to hear from Addicks, who.
though himself not a senator, yet oc-
ministration. But there are number
of lofty and disinterested dispensers
of federal patronage to the states,
such as Lodge, from whom a word
fifty spoken would doubtless be &C
ceptable and helpful to Mr.. Roosevelt
in these strenuous and trOublous
hours of scandal.
Senator Lodge states with an air
of fnality that he cannot see how the
effect Of the postal and other depart
ment scandals can be "otherwise
than favorable" to the republican par
ty. There is something to still the
troubled breast, There is oil on the
troubled waters! There is logic and
lucidity and especially optimism. All
is grist that comes to the republican
mill-even scandals.
The great republican party, in the
phrase of a contemporary, has long
''usurped the functions Of Providence
in the matter of crops and full dinner
pals" and it would seem now that
even its sins are to be ascribed to its
virtues. 1t is to be hoped that every
body will grasp the universal absolu-
tism of the proposition that good is
essentially good even though it ap-
pears otherwise, because an under
appreciation of the republican party.
TO an appreciation of prosperity" to
an appreciation Of man ythings Per
haps Mr.. Roosevelts famous saying
concerning the trusts will help US to
catch the spirit of optimism and the
principle of absolutism: In con-
templating the lesser evils we should
not forget the greater good"
Just as to the pure all things are
pure, SO to the republican booster all
things are excellent. We should noI
view the postal gratis as gratis, the
swindles as swindles. the defalcations
as defalcations; but we should con
template the all-pervasive sixty-pe
cent scheme of looting the government
as a necessary means to a virtuOus
and proper end-the building up 0
the republican machine and the per
petuation of prosperity.
Senator Lodges boost is timely an(
apt. A majority of the people wer;
just becoming settled in the conyic.
ton that republican rule was pretty
rotten and that it would be goo(
thing to turn the rascals out and TAX,
a look at the books. AS it is, we mus
bring ourselves to realize that tn,
unparalleled frauds are highly benefi-
cial and that the scandals rebound to
the credit Of the administration.
Let the other senators who repre-
sent the machine push the propositio,
along Optimism is infectious, an,
doubtless they will have no difficult,
in overcoming the popular mind A
least they will retain their pull witt
the machine