The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-06


public Benefactor," an "Un-
selfish and Warm Hearted
Philanthropist."
"Tn the sale of coal to the depart
ment Machen was clearly a public
benefactor, a friend in need in time
of emergency, whatever may have been
his motive for selling coal at the price
named.
'The charges against Machen in the
coal matter, SYSTEMATICALLY pushed
and abruptly dropped, tended in their
results to demonstrate that Machen
was an unselhsh and warm-hearted
philanthropist, instead of a thief" Z"
Thus the Evening Star"
III have now the honor. ladies and
gentlemen" says the circus barker.
''to introduce to your favorable notice
Big GUS Chief of the Grafters I
There is no deception about him. He
Is not what our contemplate rival
across the street calls him-a vulgar
and dangerous lawbreaker; but an
unselfish and high-minded patriot.
He is not what envy and malice have
painted nina rufian stepped in all
sorts of sordid crime; but a martyr
true to his friends, his cause, and his
convictions. He is not what the ordi-
nary rabble suspects he is-a man
without principle or moral sensibili-
ty; but being of fiber so fine that
] shall ask you not to touch him, lest
he break. Observe that he is not what
the play bills of our contemporaries
describe him to be-a crafty politi-
clan in the center of a carnival of
corruption; but public benefaetor,
"a friend In need AN unselish and
warm-hearted philanthropist.'
"At the ridiculously low price of 2
cents each, ladies and gentlemen, we
shall print and deliver to you
through our gentlemanly agents, ac-
customed TO the atmosphere of polite
society and Christian homes, pictures
of our unrivaled attraction, together
with full and accurate accounts OF
what he has done for his country and
the mean-spirited Government fol
which, leaving happy and contented
home in the far, far West, he consent
ed for time to labor.
'Observe, ladies and gentlemen
that this viii be a unique souvenir
of your visit to the Capital, and OF
the stirring times you have been priv
ileged to witness. Do not hesitate
and tell your neighbor, I shall buy
the "Star's" tale of this wondrous
man, if you do but step right in and
settle with the man at the marble
counter.
''We are not in this for our health
but purely out of considerations OF
public spirit Though having secured
our great attraction, and with it the
privilege of exhibiting him in any
light which may suit our fancy or APP
peal to the judgment Of an enlight'
ened circle Of friends-having secured
him at the enormous sum Of 81 800 {
year, we shall continue to exhibit hin
six times a week, though it breaks us
Come in now, ladies and gentlemen
and see the great chief in his famous
act of delivering coal to save hi
baconr
Really, If it didn't confront us il
cold type we shouldn't have believed
it possible that a newspaper pretend
ing to responsibility -and entering
921s per cent of the homes, etc. too
would have had the effrontery thu
openly TO espouse the cause of eorrup
ton and immortality. 1t indicates.
standard so unique" as TO defy anal
ysis at the hands of anyone but al
expert in criminology or an alienist
We cannot account for it except Oh
the ground that the prospect of losinl
a profitable tenant has turned on
contemporaries head and unsettled it
reason.
Yet we were not entirely UMPIRE
pared for it, either. Indications, in
deed, had not been wanting, for
week or two past, which made US sus
pect that something was wrong witt
our contemporary and that such por
lions of its moral intellect as re