Middletown transcript., 1906-07-07


epect, il is as well TO take note Of The re-
inarkable series Of national scandals and
exposures, all Of which. the exposures at
least were more or less due to the fearless
initiative Of the President. 1t was the
most deplorabls series OF public scandals
that nation has ever suffered, but 1t was
infinitely better that the evils should
come out than that they should eat at the
national life in secret. There were first
Of all the postal scandal. They were more
than half suspected by those Tin the
know before official attention was ever
called to them. But when they were
once brought to the attention of the
President, the word was passed that they
were to be ferreted out without fear or
favor and this was done, resulting in more
than score Of prosecutions and half as
many Jail sentences while the end OF the
legal proceedings is not yet. But the De.
partment itself is cleansed and chastened
as department seldom has been before.
The crop report exposures followed with
remarkable swiftness resulting in an entir
reorganization of that branch of the De.
partment of Agriculture. The awakening
softhe public conscience was helped by the
insurance exposures in New York which
while not directly under federal sup
ervision, we're along the line Of the same
work. Then there were the inquiries
into the Beef Combine by the Bureau of
Corporations, resulting in the famous
Immunity BATH farce and then the |
swifter and more remarkable exposures
Of the Neill-Reynosds report. Side by |
side with these were the investigations of |
the Bureau of Interpretations and the Inter.
state Commerce Commission into combi- |
nations of the coal and oil carrying roads
and these like the others will be followed |
by series of prosecutions that have al |
ready been outlined and that promise to |
be very effective in their execution. It
may be stated that the good results coming
from these investigations and prosecutions
are more indirect than direct. The mere
knowledge that the law was on its track
was enough to force the dissolution of the
Paper Trust. The coal roads have already
begun an internal overhanling on their
own account now they find the public
knows how rotten were some of their con-
ditions. The suits against the Tobacco
Trust have already resulted in some good
to the industry at large and it may be
taken for granted that no corporation
managers are going to venture very far
inside the penitentiary when they know
that there is watchfuT eye and a ready
hand to shut the door on them if they
trespass over the line.
So
ttIo TuuIOT On friday that there WaH
possibility Of Congress adjourning on
Friday that there was possibility of
Congress adjourning on Friday night, |
brought crowd of visitors to the White |
House to say goodbye to the President |
before the Cabinet meeting, and special |
train was held in readiness at the Depot to |
take him to Oyster Bay even if it were
late at night before Congress finished up |
the session. The President has earned |
good vacation if ever an executive has
while there is not the urgent need Of it |
there would be in the case of man who |
was not about as delicate and fragile as |
grizzly bear, Mr.. Roosevelt himself will |
welcome the change and the chance to
get once more to out of door life and to |
work off some of the flesh that has ae-
cumulated during the winter in Wash |
ington in spite OF his constant tennis play
ing, walking and horseback riding. There |
will be an effort to keep just as much |
work for him as possible while he is at /
Sycamore Hill. But there is certain /
amount of routine and special work that
the President has to do even in summer, |
aud the modest little executive Office at |
Oyster Bay has been all fixed up in readi- /
ness for his coming and will in all prob.
ability see considerable amount both OF
personal and public work done before the
summer is over,