Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-09-20
SCANDALS NO END.

SCANDALS NO END.
The scandals Of the Interior Depart:
ment have led to the arrest of Ben
|amin H. Colbert, United States mar
shall for the Indian Territory. Benja-
min was a member OF that important
squad. the Rough Riders, and was the
orderly that attended the strenuous
of Colonel Roosevelt. The
name of Colbert would possible never
have been otherwise enrolled on the
scrool Of fame if Colonel Roosevelt
had not accidentally been promoted to
be President of the United States.
The President has an enormous pa
tronage to distribute and as the poll
ticians dictate to him nearly all the
in the States, and as
most of the appointments are notorl-
ously unfit end many Of them corrupt
ard Incompetent, the President took
the bit in his mouth when it came to
making selections for the territories.
He wished to give the politicians of mis-
party All cxa mple of the class of men
he would select if he we're untran.
melcd by. til. Republican wire pullers.
To do this, President Roosevelt had
to turn down Col John 8: Hammer.
who was, the United States marstrll
Grand Army man, and Endorsed by al
the leading Rep l,u.ns IT the terri
tnry for ap ointment.
Ext the personal selection of re
president has turned ont 20 be I'D bet
Ter. If not wo->e than those OF Sena
tors Hanna, Qu.. r.att snd tn. other
Republican spoilslnen, rr while The
E:d:crity Of the nptCintees Of hose
w. thies haze 50 IT, succeed,.i IN
keeping out Of the clutches Of tn. law,
tile personal appoirtee Ct the Pres T.
dent is in limbo charged with many
crimes and :nisdemeanors. The New
York Post thus enunlerates them:
This official is accused Of using his
power for POLITICAL purposes. Letting
prisoners ou- OF Jail that they might
vote was one Of lis pleasing pastiEes:
imprisoning Indians for not voting &C.
cording to his wishes was another"
But this strenuousness Of Benjamin
is hardly to be wondered at. His edu.
cation tn Cuba and the Philippines
has together taught his lily balanced
mind that Indians and Filipinos have
no rights that white man like Ben
jamin il bound to respect, and that
laws are made but to be broken when
it suits the within or policy of those in
authority. He had seen Colonel Roose
welt and others sign Round Robin
in Cuba. which transgressed the ar
ticles of war and would have been fol
lowed by court martial if the poli,i
cianswho were responsible had dared
to order an Investigation. General Al
ger at that time was on too thin ice
to be sure of his footing, and tn:
Round Robin was passed over witt
a reprimand.
Words are good when backed b.,
deeds and only So" and SO Benjamin
was trying to carry out this precep
Of his benefactor by interpreting j
to suit the strenuous times in Indial
Territory. Being evidently in leagu
with the 'land ring" it was neces
sQy to carry the electio,
there at all cost The bad Indians il
Jill he let out ITO vote the way h
wanted them to. The good Indian
who were intent on voting to say
their land, which interferred with til
purposes Of the land robbers to stea
it, were shut up in prison to prever
them from voting.
What distorted view Of the justic
of Uncle Sam the whIce and red Al
habitants of the Indian Territory mu:
have when the United States marsh;
who is the chief of police of the tie
ritory, the friend and personal a.
pointee Of the President, does sue
deeds as these.
And the Dawes commission locke
on with their hands behind then
ready to receive their share of the =
ward, and they still hold the Off
by the grace of President Rooseve
No wonder the cry goes up from Il
Indian Territory. Turn the rasca
out"
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To The Public.
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