The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-04-07
oESPoTIsM OF lMPERIALIsTs
Arrogation and Abuse Of Pow er In.
ereas!ng In the Republican
Party.


FL Secretary Cortelyous transfer 10
HE postmaster generalship serves anew
70 emphasize the curious workings OF
the great federal machine erected by
the republican party. which has tor
years gradually been concentrating Do
ltlcal power In the heads OF government
apartments and particularly has made
Tue post ONCE the center Of party con
.rol.
Most people, says the St Louis Repub-
lie, respect Mr. Cortelyou, the secretary
10 two presidents, as reputable and ex-
tremely intelligent and capable man,
and there has been at no time, even dur
Ing the campaign. an effort TO disparage
hlm personally even on the part OF the
most narrowly partisan newspapers but
his case Is the extreme Illustration OF
the Inherent iniquity OF the imperallstlc
machine encroaching upon the country's
democratic institutions and threatening
TO override popular will.
Mr.. Cortelyou was put into a cabinet
position specially created In aid OF the
machine - the department Of CON-
merce. position OF official vantage
bringing the party into intimate rela-
ions with and giving IL stronger pur-
ehase on the giant corporations OF the
country. post eminently qualifying the
holder for the place OF campaign man
ager and collector OF contributions
Graduating from the department OF
commerce Mr.. Cortelyou was made ma
ional chairman OF his party during the
campaign. Much unpleasantness arose
from criticism offered against Mr.
Roosevelt for taking a man out OF the
cabinet-out OF the public service-to do
party work OF this kind but II would
aaye been strange indeed IL the Ameri-
can people had not regarded Cortelyous
position and campaign collections In
the light OF his former employment. IL
would have teen stupid in the people 10
have regarded his collections from the
corporations as anything other than fat
fryings deliberately planned in the party
mind Ii was a sheer disarmament and
extortion from the protected monopo-
lies.
Precisely as the department OF COM
merce fitted Cortelyou for the chairman
ship SO did the latter place qualify him
for the postal department Ii is the big
political department However cleanly
he may conduct IT, notwithstanding lis
personal probity he will inevitably
have the great corporations and pro-
tected Industries AT his mercy-at the
mercy OF the machine, in any event The
post Office department must powerfully
strengthen the machine under the man
agement OF men like Payne and Cortel-
you, trained In party affairs, both in its
relations TO the financial and Industrial
powers and In its relation to the coun-
try generally the post Offices OF the coun-
try being the principal political feeders.
as seen especially in the last campaign.
The postal department is the source OF
perquisites, center Of distribution and
nucleus Of control
Imperialism worst form is exhibit
cd in the machine despotism, arrvgation
and abuse Of power increasingly mani |
fest in the republican party. With It's
growth in power and perfection OF or
ganization the party's necessity for pre- |
tense fades. The succession OF appoint
ments through which Mr. Cortelyou has !
been brought into the postmaster gen
marks the limit Of party and I
machine daring