Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-07-08
FOR PARTY CAPITAL.
n NOcrsts Trying to build rpon ,As
Aascsiities IN the Post once
Department.

L 1OdASfiAN Ourn1l
prints from its Washington CORE
| spondent an exaggerated and sensa-
tional account of the rascalities in tn,
post office department, with the con-
GLIDING statement: "An of this reck-
less and criminal waste and souande,
of the peoples money, all of this rank
fraud, jobbery. robbery and corrup-
ton has been going on here ever since
the republicans came into power. One
tenth has not been found out, an,.
never will be until a change of admin
| istration occurs" Ii is to be expected.
| of course, that the democratic party
| will try to make capital out Of the
recent disclosures. That is politics,
and the republican party would do the
same. But really it is not logical nor
reasonable, says the Indianapolis Jour
nal. There are disho nest men i'm all
parties. and some of Nhem get into of
| flee. There has not been an admins
tration by any party since the founda-
| ton of the government which did not
have more or less disclosures of Off
| cial dishonesty. The standard of hon.
esty in the government service cannot
be expected TO be much higher than
that which prevails in banking and
business circles, where embezzlements.
| breaches of trust and populations oc-
cur every day. The most that can be
| expected of any party is to thorough.
ly investigate charges OF dishonesty
and let no guilty man escape. That
| that is the spirit of the present investi-
| CATION all must admit.
The statement ,bot fraud ,olt,or,
and corruption have been going on
ever since the republicans came into
power, and that the extent of it never
will be known until change Of adj
ministrnt ton occurs. is for political eff
feet. For many years before Mr.
Clevcland's first election the demo.
cratic rallying cry was "Turn the rae
calls out" and "Opcn the books" The
| party leaders pretended to believe.
and succeeded in making many people
believe, that the whole government
| was honeycombed with corruption,
and that there could be no improve.
| ment without change of administra-
| ton. Well, the change came. the
books were opened, and they found
nothing wrong, Instead OF finding
y
honeycombed with corruption they
| found them all in excellent condition
and without n sign Of corruption or
wrongdoing. The Cleveland admins
tration came in with large promises Of
startling disclosures and sweeping re
forms. They found nothing to dis.
close and nothing to reform. There
were n many arrests OF dishonest post
masters, postal clerks and railway mail
clerks during every year OF the Clevc.
| land administration ms there had been
in any Previous year, and the standard
| OF public service was not improved or
| elevated in any respect. Neither was
II during Mr.. Cleveland's second al.
| ministration. The charge that the
whole government Is honeycombed
with corruption is as false now rs IL
was during former campaigns when
| the demand was "Turn the rascals out"
and "Open the books" That there has
been some rascality in the post office
| department is undoubtedly true. but
the postmaster general is making n
thorough investigation. and. under the
order OF President Roosevelt. he will
probe the matter TO the bottom"
The republican party can do it's own
house cleaning. and after this admins
tration gets through with the post
| Office department there will be moth
ling for democrats TO investigate