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to Lyon, Littauer asks whether he
/ (LittaucD shall 60 and see the
responsible War Department Of
fetal, General Luddington, in re.
gard to other glove contracts. y
| And Littauer's brother acted as
bondsman for Lyon in the procur-
ing Of contracts.
What will Mr.. Roosevelt do un.
der the circumstances! Will hc
instruct the Attorney General To
| investigate the matter! He cannot
doubt that lis Endorsement of Mr..
littauer would have great weight
with the War Department. Mr..
l.ittaucr may not have known, in
spite Of his offer To see a certain
official, that Lyon really got the
contracts on the strength of repre-.
senting Mr.. Rooscvcli's intimate
friend.
But what will Mr.. Roosevelt doG
lie has not hcsitatcd to give
us his views of official purity. He
has said, Words are good when
backed up by deeds, and only so. ="
Will his words be backed by deeds
in this cnsc! Or is there a differ
encc between the ordinary individ =
ual aud the Harvard graduate who
happens to he the President s
closest political friend and ad-
wiser. -
The people would perhaps like
TO ask Mr.. Roosevelt this ques-
ton:
What can he expected of the
Post Office people if the intimate
political friend and most trusted
adviser of the President makes II
profit of some ninety thousand. dol.
lars on Government contracts,
when the law says that no member
of Congress shall profit by such II
contract, directly or indirectly
Mr.. Roosevelt has SAID that he
proposes to have everything about
him as clean as hounds tooth "
Ism I it about time for him to buy
II cnr load of tooth brushes!
now THE CONTRACT WAS DRAWN.
There is another phase of this
glove contract matter that has
never been exploited in the press
of the country. The people know
nothing about it 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 unscrupu.
lous Secretary of War. Mr.. Root.
He is ut present making great
fuss about investigating this glove
contract, but he is doing the cutie.
fish act. He is spewing out a lot
of stuff that darkcns the waters
and no one can see his work. In
stead of placing the investigation
of this glove contract in the hands
Of the regular army inspector in
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 investi.
CATION and what he is to investi-
gate. He circulnscribes and limits
his discretion in the matter. He
tells him to investigate everything
except one, and that one contains
Ihe milk in the cocoanut. That is
he manner in which the contract
is drawn. 1t is drawn in such n
ms to call for certain and
specific kind of gloye, and that
Kind Of glove is made only by the
Littaner Brothers, glove manufac-
.urers of New York. Thus, no
matter who got the contract from
he War Department he would
have to go to the Littauer Brothers
% have the gloves made and they
would reap the profits. Will Pres.
dent Roosevelt please have that
,hase of the contract investigated
Il he does his CLOSE political and
personal friend and adviser" is in
langer of wearing stripes. 1t is
Up to the President. Let's give
lin n chance.
CHARLES A. EDWARDS.