Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-27
ROOSEYELl'S
ATTACHMENT
Seyerest Indictment Of Ills Party by
PreSid.Et IimS.lf.
lie Te'NF dEYeL CORRUPTION
Frauls, FOrgelias and PerjurIcs
OfTenses His Official Message
Finds Among Notorious
Violations OF Law.

There is not in existence, nor is
there likely TO be, Il severer Indictment
of the party in power that That ny
President Roosevelt himself III his an
nual message 10 the second session OF
the Fifty-eighth Congress, transmitted
OH Monday. Dee. Z, 1909.
Has the country forgotten how he
referred 10 the general corruption III
the dcparrmen;S-Go merely the POST
office Department, but he included all
the departments? From the manner
in which he referred 10 the "deplor-
able state OF affairs it was thought
that there would be wholesale purS-
ing, and the consequence was tllat
when the message was promulgated
the dcpartmentS were in q panic. BUT
their fears were WlWafranted. Only
Il few Offenders here and there were
to be molestCd.
But here is that part OF the mes
sage in reference 10 the prevalent cor
ruption at Washington:
In my last annual message. i'll con
necti0n with the subject OF the due
regulation of combinations Of capital
which are or may become injurious
10 the public, | recommended special
appr0pria tioii Tor the UeitrI enforcement
of the antitrust law as it now stands.
10 be extended under the direction OF
the Attorney General. Accordingly (DV
the legislative executive and judicial
appropriation act of February p, 1868;
81 Stat. SJ4. 90N, the Congress APP
pr0priated for the purpose Of enforc-
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 III 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.
| now recommend as 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
GeneI<L-aLh until used for the enforce
ment~ tllI 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
vi -AI II -AlllS IN IIEtcL LIiA11IL
MATTERS OF VITAL CONCERN BY
VARIOUS FRAUDS AND BY FORG-
ERIES AND PERFUMES. 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
ly and duly Furnishing the offenders. l
speak i'll 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 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
Feet THE PENALTIES FOR SUCH
VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW, AND
TO THIS END MAY BE FUR
NISHED WITH SUFFICIENT IN
STRUMENTALITIES AND COMPE
TENT LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR
THE INVESTIGATIONS AND
TRIALS WHICH WILL BE NECES
SARY AT MANY DIFFERENT
POINTS OF THE COUNTRY. Il
URGE UPON THE CONGRESS THE
NECESSITY OF MAKING THE
SAID APPROPRIATION AVAIL
ABLE FOR IMMEDIATE USE FOR
AL SUCH PURPOSES. TO BE EN-
EDED UNDER THE DIREC-
UUbN OF THE ATTORNEY-GEN-
ERAL."
By nothing is public mans charac-
ter better to be judged than by what lie
has to say to the public.
How shall the people who will vote
IUI III NONtllDtI btiltI III
rive at fair Judgment Of the character
Of Theodore Roosevelt, as he is, than
by his latest utterances? 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 by frauds, forg-
cries and perjuries they are in de-
plorable condition, and, in the next
breath, as in his letter of acceptance,
speaking Of his administrations record, |
declares: "a truthful recital would |
leave no room fo- adverse comment?"
Was the man who wrote the message |
to Congress only last December sin
cere? Was his recital ''truthfulF' |
Was the same man who wrote a letter
accepting the Republican nomination