The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-04

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page Of history, that we, the Shareholders
OF tho South took our country In her IN IN
fancy, and after ruling hcr for ,alxty out
OF seecnty years Of her cxiatcnce, We re-
turn her to you without n spot upon her
honor, mntchless In her splendor. meal
culable in her power, tho pride and adtni-
ration Of tho world. Time will show what
you will do with her, but no time can
dim our glory or diminish your RESPONSE
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limo has shown. In less than ten years
after the overthrow of tho South and the
passing OF the sceptre into the hands VI
the North, frauds md corruption m tne
admin Itration Of government, such rs
had never been heard Of before IN inc
history Of the republic, were unear'nsa
The whiskey frnuds, the Belknnp frouds'
the star route frnuds, IRE stu fresh IN
tho minds OF Americans Frauds In con-
nection with tho governments manage,
ment Of Indian tribes, y army contract
ifr7luds, and frauds OF nearly every con- l,,
ceivable description, came later, ana W
before the North had been In control OF
the government two decades. mere We
some sort Of cleaning out OF government
offices, or n thushlng up probably, ana
ithcn there was little more heard or cor
rrption until three years ngo, when $40
ries OF fraud in the administration OF the
affairs Of the Postofflce Department began
to be circulated The revelations folloW-
Ing an Investigation Of the affairs OF the
department arc still fresh In the public
mind, and only yesterday the government
counsel In 1.-The postal cases announced
that one Of the culprits wouldtb be brought
back hero and tried on six indictments
after a delay OF two years. Nobody pc
lieves thore was anything like thorough
investigation OF the affairs OF tho postal
service.
Fraud in the Department.
Since the unearthing OF the frauds IN
the Fostonlce Department corruption has
be en- found to exist in nearly every one
Of the Executive Departments. The re-
cent revelations concerning the frauds II,
III. Department Of Agriculture, startled
Tie country, and, in extent, are propanly
greater than those Of the 4 Postotllcei Do
rartnent It is a most significant fact
that there has not been a single instance
OF failure OF officials to discover corrup'
ton in recent years where an honest at
tempt has been made to find It. Senators
and members OF Congress have been con-
yicted of fraud practiced on the govern
ment: officials of the departments nave
zen sent to prison, others have been
dismissed from the service In disgrace'
and still others are awaiting trial by q
Jury. I
For years 1t has been the pleasure OF
the press and tho people OF the North 70
yde,o,lnce election methods of the South,
where the whites We're trying to escape
the horrors OF rule by negroes. Southern
| constitutions framed for the avoWed pul-
nose Of DISTINGUISHING the negroes, have
reen attacked by the northern and west
| crn Republican press, and stump speak
crs But what do we see now? Officials
| or great corporations have testified under
! oath to having contributed enormous
| sums from trust funds in their hands &c
| elect Republican candidates to the pres
| idency, ana Republicans to seats In the
| House of Representatives This country
hts never learned Of such political cor
| ruption as has been unearthed In Phil.
| alclphia where the Republican machine
| made a practice of voting every fall mer
| who had been dead for years or hac
never existed. Stories OF Republican rot
| tenness in Pittsburg arc almost as pad
! From other municipalities Of the Nortf
| como reports of dishonest administrator
That would have shocked the PUBIC con
soience unspcakably in tho days when the
| South WIS III COIlIOI ~ " SS'N'. $500
{. liz very noticeable that the press OF the
! North has had little to say Of the soptf
IN recent days, 1t has been 30 busy dis
cussing corporation corruption OF our ma
tional elections, and the frauds OF Phila'
delphia politics.
| South's Return to Power.
Thinking men of the North nro believed
to be ready to welcome return OF ths
South to power. They hope It would
,rean restoration of governmental
honesty, and the ascendancy OF thos'
governmental ideals cherished by tho MOI
who first made America great, Certain
Il is that tho suggestion that southern
man be placed on the Democratic ticKe
in 1908, even In first place, is being 70
c4,yed with decided favor by northern
ne mocrats It IL believed no would 70
cc,ye more votes than wore cast TOR IN
democratic candidate In tbs election
1coi. Many profess tho belief that sucl
ticket would stand a chance to win.