Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-03-25
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March 1.-THE repnb licens Il the
house Of representatives, last week,
showed oonclusively thst they are 5
lot Of four aushers. .trimmers, hypo-.
critics and towards. It was . siren
uous and most exciting week in the
house. Every man whose name had
been mentioned Ia the Bristow report
that was flung into the bear pit by
the chairman Of the COMMITTEES on
poetofaces and post roads, the Hon.
Jesse ,Overstreet, was boiling over
with rage and wanted a chance to
get at Bristow. There were nearly
one hundred and fifty republicans and
about q dozen democrats named in
the report who were accused Of using
their pull with Beavers and Machen
to get things from the postofice
department that did not belong to
them and that were unlawful to
grant. As I said last week these re-
quests were made for the most part,
with no claim in intent. The mem
bers of congress did not know that
1t was unlawful to grant these re
quests and relied on the officers of
the department to know the law in
the matter. They knew they wanted
the things asked for If they could
get them. And, Beavers and
Machen, in order to stand in with
the members Of Congress. granted
them: law Or no law: To have them
selves placed 90 q par with Beavers
and Machen, the latter 8 convicted
felon on the road to che penitentiary,
was calculated TO make the bristle
rise on the back Of most any man
and it surely did on the members
In the house who were tarred with
Mr.. Bristow's stick. They ranted
and roared and ragged for two days.
They denounced Bristow az q liar and
scoundrel and did other stunts, that
caused the house. Of representatives
to resemble ward meeting in q hot
factional campaign. When however.
the democrats tried to get them to
pass resolution to enter on a full in.
vestigation of the rottennesa in the
postofice department.. they ran like a
passel Of scared coyotes. The party
whip cracked over their backs and
they tell into line. They refused
absolutely to investigate the very de-.
partment about which 80 much has
been written as to its rottenness, and
which they were so Justify ''cussing
OUT only q few moments before. Was
there ever before such q fragrant ex-
hibition Of inconsistency? Denounced
the department in one breath as being
one of the worst things on the fact Of
the earth, and in the next vote that
there is nothing about 1t to investi-
gate. That is what the republicans
did. When will the people get their
eyes open1 ~. ~~
The one political subject Of discus
sion in the nations capital at tho
present writing is the swift pace set
by the Hon. VIM. Randolph Hearst in
the race for the democratic preeiden-
tial nomination. A good many people
who have been laughing at the 60
called Hearst boom as thing impos-
sible have tax en- the dry grin and are
willing to admit that there are some
things in politics of this country that
they do not know all about. The
average politician who comes to
Washington knows about as much Of
the ideas Of the common people Of the
country and the real feeling among
them as to their preference in the
matter of presidential candidate as
hog knows about navigating ship.
The daily press, which they depend
on for information as to the popular
candidate, knows about the same
amount and expresses it with about
the same amount Of wisdom. I admit
I have said many kind things about
Mr.. Hearst in these letters, because
he has deserved much at the hands
of the democratic party. have not
said any hard things about other
candidates, probable or possible,
because do not desire to put my
self without the pale of the demo-
cratic party and did not want to be
inconsistent In my support of any
man the democratic national conven-
tion might nominate, but I felt that
he great dem ocrstic heart of the
country beat in unison with my own
and knew what wanted in the
next candidate before the people
who was the standard bearer Of the
party of the immortal Jefferson, and
I felt that he must stand for some.
thing totally and entirely different
from tho republican program; who
was the. embodiment of Je6ersonisn
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