The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-15
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.wICKEDNEss IN HIGH PLACES"
The following Is from the last is
sue Of the AsheviIle Register:
"It Is gratifying to see that the
Honorable Augustus w. Machen
who left the West Virginia peniten.
tiary and donned q silk hat and
spike tail coat to stand second trial
In Washington On the charge Of de-
frsuding the government has had a
couple of years added to his former
sentence. The apostle Paul objected
tc 'wickedness in high places as
being especially inexcusable, and 1t
Ii well that the men who have
abused Q public trust are at last get
ting their dues. The Honorable Mr..
Machen will be remembered as the
portly gentleman who addressed the
Good Roads Convention In Raleigh
two or three years ago, emphasizing
specially the need of bridging the
'cricks.'"
This is the same Machen that was
appointed in the Post-Office Depart
ment by Grover Cleveland and was
q civil service hold-over under Pres.
ident Mckinley. He together with
several other Of the post-office graf
tiers have beee sentenced to the pen
itentiary for defrsuding the govern
ment and there are still others on
trial who will most likely land in
the penitentiary. This is the way
the national government treats graf
tiers.
Not long ago two United States
Senators and Congressman were
indicted for certain Irregularities.
Their cases are under investigation,
and if found guilty will, of course,
be expelled from Congress.
There Is a reported "leak" in the
last cotton report by the govern
ment and IL is said that certain in
formation was given out in advance
to cotton gamblers. AS soon as this
information reached the department
an investigation % was begun sg!an t t2 fi Ind
report, and several clerks have been
suspended awaiting the result of the
investigation.
But how is 1t In our State under
Democratic ''good government"
When there Is report or Irregular
titles in the Office of any Democratic
official the yellow journals of this
State try to muddy the waters and
cover up the crime or Irregularities.
When the investigation of corrup-
ton of the management of the A. &
N. q. road was being held in New
Bern last year the proceedings were
behind closed doors and the findings
Of this committee have never been
given to the public. While the
last Legislature was in session ar
ticles were published in papers in
Raleigh charging Irregularities in
the Office of Labor Commissioner,
yet the affairs of his office were new
or investigated. And why? Was it
because he is good party worker
in the Democratic ranks?
Not long ago Democratic law
yer, who is holding a lucrative po-
sition. who is supposed to help en-
force law, used his influence to keep
a violator from behind prison bars.
And yet very little was said about it
in the democratic press and now they
are lauding him to the skies.
Why didn't the democrats have
an investigation of this case? Was
1t because he had helped to lead the
party to victory by melting drunken
red-shirts to do their devilment?
If this had been Republican off,
cial he would have been impeached
for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Not many years ago il is said a |
state official sent man out over the
State, at the expense of the State, to |
gather statistics as to the cotton
mills, the labor employed and the
condition that existed around the
mills. This information was inten-
ded for publication, but the report
made by the man sent out to do this
work did not plesse the State official
as In some instances it reflected on
the mill men and the agent was
asked to rewrite his article. as it
would hurt the party if he didn't.
This he would not do, so the State
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