Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-05-29

Itneu IrlenuS Inc Moody tactlOn cur
' not be omitted from the calculation
: Out of his seat in Congress, with Viii
$ hanson reelected and successorship t
? Mitchell dangling in the air, Malcolr
. Moody has not been an Indifferent spec
. tator in the land fraud cases. Reporte,
TO be distantly related to Attorney.Gen
eral Moody; reported to be a colleg
, chum Of U. 8. District Attorney Heney
IL was natural that ex.Congressmai
Moody should be deeply, il not actively
interested. Remembering his own in
dictment and prosecution on a charge oi
postal fraud, HE HAS NOT HAD ANY
CAUSE TO SERIOUSLY REGRET
THAT LAND FRAUDS WERE BEING
PUSHED IN OREGON. SO II is moi
strange. that Moody influences arc
charged, that Moody has been in close
touch with the situation from the stand
point of the prosecution; that Moody
has been in conference with Heney and
Is at present occasionally seen at the
Arlington Club with Special Agent
Newhausen, who is in charge OF all the
secret service men and government de-
tectives.
With strong personal following in
Eastern Oregon, Malcolm Moody is a
candidate to succeed either Williamson
or Mitchell, and his candidacy is not
easily to be set aside, no matter what
is the result of the land fraud cases. In
getting rid Of Jack Matthews and his
four deputies in the u. 8. marshal's Of
fee, places have been made for one
Democrat, who served under Cleveland,
and several Moody men. Deputy Mar.
shal briggs was in with Myers and Ora
dy. The government has now cleared
the ground for the trials. II has a
Judge who was selected by Heney, a
public prosecutor selected and brought
to Oregon determined to convict. A
marshal and deputies Of the same vim
dictive political persuasion, The public
are saying, LET NO GUILTY MAN Es-
CAPE. The government is saying, A
CONVICTION MUST BE HAD AT
ANY PRICE. This explains the series
Of editorials from the tall, cracked
tower, shortly after the indictments
were procured, to the effect that II was
now up 10 the government to secure
these convictions; that, il these indiet-
ments fell through, the administration
would be humiliated, ROOSEVELT
AND REFORM WOULD GET A
BLACK EYE. The government was on.
trial and would collapse IL II fell down
in a single case. THIS WAS DONE TO
COMPEL THE GOVERNMENT TO
FORCE CONVICTIONS AT ANY
PRICE. just as now the oregonian is
saying that the defeat Of Williams for
mayor means A VERDICT OF A RE.
PUBLICAN CITY AGAINST THE AID
MINIsTRATIoN's LAND FRAUD
PROSECUTIONS. viii this help Will
iamsi
In the mean time, one great result has
been aeeomplished-Jack Matthews has
been removed from the marshal's Of
fee. His books have been balanced upj
special examiners win be set TO WORK
TO DIG UP HIS RECORD, and, il any
flaws can be found, THE WORLD
SHALL KNOW THEM, For a man
who has been intensely active in poll
ties, has handled enormous campaign
funds, has held several important Of.
fees, has managed city, county, state
and legislative campaigns, "Jaek"
Matthews has escaped all accusations of
dishonesty. / suppose he is not as good
or pure man as some who continuously |
ROAST HIM TO A FRIzzLE IN MA
RIoN COUNTY, whore crops Of politi. |
cal saints are always maturing. l must
confess to an agreeable disappointment
in the man who was good enough to
manage the details of Uncle Harvey
Scott's senatorial campaign in 1908.
| was dumbfounded to learn that no
neither ehews, smokes, drinks or gam
bles. He may use swear word once in
a while, BUT IN OTHER RESPECTS |
HE is ALMOST AS GOOD A MAN AS
TOM KAY, OF SALEM. There is no
proof that he CRAFTS. cannot learn
hat he has ever kept a harem or even \
'aken surreptitious lodgings at rooming
houses, A HABIT NOT UNCOMMON
WITH SOME OREGON POLITICIANS
)F PROMINENCE. He came to Ore.