Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-06-10
FROM WASHINGTON
Special Correspondence of the COURIER.
Washington, June 9.

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The scandal in the Post-O Office
department is still holding the
boards as the chief attraction in tho
nations capital. 1t has grown to
such proportions that some OF tho
republican politicians are Begin
nlng to gasp and ask where il will
end and who will be the next vic
tenn to land in the tolls. The ont
come OF this thing has verified all
my predictions anent the rotten
ness that would come to the surface
II 1t were pursued to logical con
clusion. Ever since the return Of
the Postmaster General, who was
paralyzed by the revelations that
confront him, he has been doing
his level best to cover up the inyes-
tlgation and to suppress it.
The top has only been scratched
and the people do not know one
tenth. of the corruption that lies
beneath.
More and bigger scandals are
yet to come out, involving officials
of high degree, provided they are
not suppressed 10y the administra-
ton. It's not likely that the whole
truth will ever be known. for even
if congressional investigation
were ordered it would be in the
hands of the republicans who are
interested in suppressing the facts
that could be uncovered. The
railway mail service offers a fine
field for exploratin, and if some of
the reports are true that are
openly talked i'm Washington. the
worst scandal by far has not vet
been developed. The Star Route
frauds, of malodorous memory,
would never have been unearthed.
if a Democratic Congress had not
been elected and the whole truth
about present conditions will lie
concealed until the voters conclude
10 give the Democrats the oppor-
tunity To clean out the Augean
stables. Fraud and corruption are
rarely uncovered by the political
friends of those guilty of the crimes.
Aside from this there are SO many
congressman either directly invol-
we'd that great pressure will be
brought on the honest men to let
mp for 1.-THE good of the party"
The truth will be brought out only
by the Intervention of Democratic
Investigators. The people know
how to get them il they want them.
The manner in which clerk Gill
mer was reduced in salary and
placed in such position that he
could no longer stick his inquiSi-
tive nose into the business of some
high officials who were Interested
in graft, will be 4 lessen To other
government clerks 10 keen their
eyes and ears closed They must
never SEQ or hear anything that Is
crooked. That Is peculiarly a re-
publican method of teaching hon
esty in public office.
The Postmaster General re
gretS To report" that one of the
assistant attorneys in his depart
mcnt has been arrested for hood
ling. 1t is also sad to relate that
the prisoner charged with the
crime. is q GOOD Republican and
Nas vpnched for by that good and
great man, Senator Fairbanks.
The good state of Indiana seems 20
be furnishing more than her share
at these patriots for pelf discoy=
cred in the post-oftioe scandals,
The Republican poSt-oflice stew
Is getting thicker by the addition
of new ingredients almost every
day. 1t is now reported that, q
United States Senator is mixed up
in a charge of boodling in the in
terest of one of the get-rfch-quick
concerns, for which he used his in
fiuence with the department.
Evidently this is what the Repub-
feeRs call i'rqhniRg tbs govern
mept and the country on bust
pess basis
The manner in WHICH Mark
Hanna deftIY plassd PRESIDENT
k99eye!t in a hole the other day is
causing amusement here among
Democrats and CONSERVATISM a.
mong same Of the administration
Republicans: The very next day
after the President had issued his
official statement that he had never
asked any man for help to be nom=
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