The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-10-27
SeySrest Indictment Of His Party by
President Himself.
lie TOLD OF GENERAL CORRUPTION
Frauds, forgelies and Perjuries
Ofenses Ills Official Message
Finds Among Notorious
Violations OF Law.

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of the party in power that that by
President Roosevelt himself in his an.
nual message 10 the second session of
the Fifty eighth Congress, transmitted
on Monuay, Dec. Z. 1905.
Has the country forgotten how he
referred TO the general corruption in
the departments-not merely the Post
office Department, but he included all
the departments? From the manner
in which he referred TO the "deplor-
able state of affairs" it was thought
that there would be a wholesale purg-
ing, aud the consequence was that
when ffro message was promulgated
the departments were in panic. But
their fears were unwarrantcd. Only
few Offenders here and there were
10 be mOlested.
But here is that part of the mes
Sage in reference to the prevalent cor
rupton at Washington:
In my last annual message, in con-
nCction with the subject of the due
regulation of combinations of capital
which are or may become injurious
10 the public, | recommended special
appropriaton for the better enforcement
of the antitrust law rs it now stands,
to be extended under the direction OF
the Attorney General. Accordingly Cby
che legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation act of February %, 1905;
- Stat, SJI, 90n, The Congress APP
pr0priatcd for the purpose of enGorc-
ing the various Federal trust and in
terstate-Commerce laws the sum of five
hundred thousand dollars, to be OK
pended under the direction of the At
torncy-Gcncral in the employment of
special counsel and agents in the De-
partmcnt of Justice TO conduct pro-
ceedings and prosecutions under said
laws in the courts of the United States,
l now recommend rs Il 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
mcnt 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 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 Ofdifferent
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,N and of prompt
ly and duly furnishing the offenders.
speak in another part of this message
of the widespread crimes and offense
by which the sacred right of citizen
ship is falsely asserted and that in
estimable heritage perverted to base
ends. BY similar UNCONSTITUTIONAL
FRAUDS, FORGERIES AND PER
JURIES AND BY SHAMEFUL BRIB-
ERIES-THE LAWS RELATING
TO THE PROPER CONDUCT OF
THE PUBLIC SERVICE IN GENER-
AL, AND TO 1HE 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.
FEET THE PENALTIES FOR SUCH
VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW, AMI
TO THIS END MAY BE FUR
NISHED WITH SUFFICIENT IN
STRUMENTALITIES AND COMPE
TENT LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOI
THE INVESTIGATIONS AMI
TRIALS WHICH WILL BE NECES
SARY AT MANY DIFFERENT
POINTS OF THE COUNTRY,
URGE UPON THE CONGRESS- THE
NECESSITY OF MAKING THE
SAID APPROPRIATION AVAIL
ABLE FOR IMMEDIATE USE Fol
ALL SUCH PURPOSES, TO BE EN-
PENDED UNDER THE DIREC
TlON OF THE ATTORNEY-GEN
ERAL."
by nothing is public mans charac
Ter better to be judged than by what h,
has to say to the public.
How sl.all the people who will vot,
for President in November better ar
rive at a fair judgment Of the characte
of Theodore Roosevelt. as he is, thai
by his latest uttcrances? His supporter
and advisers say that he consulted then
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 on
breath finds fault with all of his de
partments, saying that by frauds, forG
cries and periuries they are in d.
plOrable condition, and, in the mex
breath, as in his letter Nof acceptance
speaking of his administration record
declares: "a truthful recital woul
leave no room TO- adverse comment%
Was the man who wrote the messag
to Congress only last December sir
cere? Was his recital. truthful?
Was the same man who wrote lette
accepting the Republican nominati0
for President sincere?