Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-09-02

Washington. D. O.. Aug. 3I.-Ths
digging for graft In the government
departments continues. and almost cv
cry day new finds are reported.
The most active work In the lnvea
tlEatlon line Is that which IN reach
ing into the afiairs OF the government
printing oiiice. the land department 0l
the interior department and tho vaFl
ous bureaus OF the agricultural de-
pai(ment. Unless all signs fail there
will be az least one other great de.
paTtment OF government involved IN
the scandal list before the frost Is on
tho pumpkin.
The most Important gratis thus far
brought % light are those IN Secre.
taly Hitchcock's interior department.
They Involve the greatest atealings,
have been uncovered with the great.
eHt difficulty and have brought 10 law
the most prominent calprits. United
States Senator Mitchell has been con.
yicted; two members Of the house OF
Representatives have been indicted; I;
another uniied States senator IA listed
for probable prosecution. two or three
more United States sonatOrs ara un.
der suspicion and are being lnvestl-
gated.
Next 10 the land frauds come the
disclosures which were made by Joe
5ristow In the postoilice department.
The work Of cleaning up the pontof.
ice department Il now being pushed
quietly by Postmaster 0eneral Cor
telyou, who IA doing more than any
man III hls once 20 eliminate from the
mails the fraudulent schemes by which
millions OF dollars are annually
mulcted from the creduious.
Tho next most important graft ais.
closures have been IN the governments
print shop. Before the chilly weather
comes Il will be well 10 look for a
change Ia the ONCE OF public printer.
Most recent and fresh IN the public
mind are the scandals In the aFricult-
ural departments bureau OF crop sta
tiatlca.
Incidentally, there 10 very simple
remedy for any trouble over cotton
iiuren. leaking, to-wit; To have oy-
orything relating 90 the collecting.
compiling and publication OF the data
open 70 the public az any aud an OF
~ stages. There u no occasion for
necrecy aud no occasion for Il except
70 JOLT the market.
Il ls a pity 10 bring discrcdlt on real
graft Investigations by raising a cry
against a lot OF under-paid govern
mont scientists. A. a matter OF fact,
most Of these sclentlsts haven't busl.
ness sense enough 10 keep car fare
IN their pockets, ana 20 charge them.
(as class). Slth bliklng the Royern-
mont IL as ehsurd a. the thought "
child in a pinaf0re brcwbeating the
Standard on company, ~ these sci,
entlfc doparlmeuls Of government
are graduates Of American and foreign
who are pursuing limos OF
original research such a. we're puf-
sued By Darwin, Lamarck. Dana, Sir
Wyville Thompson. Sir Archibald Gel.
,le aud Prof v0n Illtel. All of whom
~ the way-made their great dlacOV.
rsiea and wrote their famous works
while they were government en-
Dloyea.
The nitro culture process. which
faa invented BY Prof Moore. working
pr 3i,gnO q year. IL admitted 20 be
worth 70 the farmers OF tho United
states ti0Oo00oO year. a. ter.
ili1er for retaining nitrogenIoas
anda u Prof. Moore had done what
leas scrupuloue man might have
ione--feHlgned before makiag the
inel announcement OF his discovery
md then organized a company 10 put
lla product oa the market, ho would