The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-11-04
ROOSEVELI'S
ARRAIGNMENT
SeTtrsSt Indictment Of Els Party By
President HiRSsIf.
ne TOLD Of GENERAL CORRUPTION
Frauds, FergeIies sHd Periuries
Oneases His Omeial Message
Finds Among Notorious
Violations OF Law.

There is not in existence, nor Is
there likely TO be, a severer Indictment
Of the party in power that that BY
President Roosevelt himself in his an
nual message TO the second session OF
the Fifty-eighth Congress, transmitted
on Monday, Dec. :. 1903.
has the country forgotten how ne
referred to the general corruption IN
the departments-nOt merely the Post
ONCE Department, but he included ali
the departments? From the manner
in which he referred TO the "depiOr
able state of affairs it was thought
that there would be j wholesale purg-
ing, and the consequence was that
when the message was promulgated
the departments were in a panic But
their fears were unwarranted- Only
a few offenders here and there were
TO be mOleSted-
But here is that part of the mes
sage in reference to the prevalent cor
TuptiOn at Washington:
I'm my last annual message, in con-
nectiOn with the subject Of the due
regulation OF combinations Of capital
which are or may become injurious
70 the public, recommended a special
appropriation for the better enforcement
Of the antitrust law as il now stands.
to be extended under the direction Of
the Attorney General Accordingly (by
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation act OF February %, 1905;
81 Stat, S54, 9O4l. the Congress ap-
prOpriated for the purpose OF enfcTc-
ing the various Federal trust and in
terstate-cOmmerce laws the sum Of five
hundred thousand dollars, to be eX-
pended under the direction Of the At
torney- General in the employment Of
special counsel and agents in the De
partment of Justice to conduct pro-
ceedings and prosecutions under said
laws in the courts of the United States,
1 now recommend as a matter Of the
utmost Importance and urgency the ex-
tension Of the purposes Of the appro-
priatiOn, so that it may be available
under the direction of the Attorney
General, and until used for the enforce
ment Of the laws of the United States
in general. and especially of the civil
and criminal laws relating to postal
crimes and offenses and the subject of
naturalization. Recent Investigations
have shown q DEPLORABLE STATE
OF AFFAIRS IN THESE THREE
MATTERS OF VITAL CONCERN BY
VARIOUS FRAUDS AND BY FORG-
ERIES AND PERJURIES, THOU
SANDS OF ACRES OF-THE PUBLIC
DOMAIN, embracing lands Indifferent
character and extending through var
iOus sections of the country, have been
dishonesty acquired. 1t is hardly nee
essary TO urge the Importance Of re-
covering these dishonest acquisitions,
stolen from the people, and Of prompt
" and duly Furnishing the offenders. l
speak in another part of this message
of the widespread crimes aud Onense
by which the sacred right Of citizen
ship is falsely asserted and that in
estimable heritage perverted to base
ends. By similar meanS-IH ROUGH
FRAUDS, FORGERIES AND PER
JURIES AND BY SHAMEFULB RIB-
ERIES-THE LAWS RELATING
TO THE PROPER CONDUCT OF
THE PUBLIC SERVICE IN GENER-
AL. AND TO The DUE ADMINS
TRATION OF THE POSTOFFICE
DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN NO
TORIOUSLY VIOLATED. AND
MANY INDICTMENTS HAVE BEEN
FOUND, AND THE CONSEQUENT
PROSECUTIONS ARE IN COURSE
OF HEARING OR on THE EVE
THEREOF. FOR THE REASONS
THUS INDICATED AND so THAT
THE GOVERNMENT MAY BE PRE-
PARED TO ENFORCE PROMPTLY
AND WITH THE GREATEST Eff
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VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW, AND
TO THIS END NAY BE FUR
NISHED WITH SUFFICIENT IN
STRUMENTALITIES AND COATPE-
TENT LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR
THE INVESTIGATION AND
TRIALS WHICH WILL BE NECES-
SARY AT MANY DIFFERENT
POINTS OF THE COUNTRY, I
URGE UPON THC CONGRESS THE
NECESSITY OF MAKING THE
SAID APPROPRIATION AVAIL
ABLE FOR IMMEDIATE USE FOR
ALL SUCH PURPOSES, TO BE Elk
PENDED UNDER THE DIREC-
TON OF THE. ATTORNEY-G GEN
ERAL."
BY nothing is a public mans charac-
ter better to be judged than by what he
has to say to the public.
How sLali the people who will vote
for President In November better ar
rive at fair judgment Of the character
Of Theodore Roosevelt, as he is, than
By his latest utter6nces? His supporters
and advisers say that he consulted them
and discussed with them his most i'm
pOrtant acts and declarations
But what is left to be said OF Presi-
dent, however Influenced, who in one
breath finds fault with all OF his de
partments, saying that bT frauds, fOrg-
cries and perjuries they are in a de
plOrable condition, and. in the next
breath, as in his letter Of acceptance,
speaking Of his administration record.
declares: a truthful recital would
leave no room To- adverse cOmmentT'
Was the man who wrote the meSsage
TO Congress only last December sin
-cere2 Was bis recital truthful
Was the same man who wrote a letter
accepting the Republican nomination
9oE President sineere2