The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-08

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to follow the mail after it left my Office
During the trials, which consumet
several months, / was in Washington
and some remarkable instances of graft.
d ing came under my observation There
was fellow who had charge of the
witnesses, that seemed to have much
more power than men are supposed to
have who are entrusted with that respon-
Isibility An old acquaintance of mine
from Fargo was in Washington on per
senal business This fellow met him
and supoenaed him and he was paid
some $500 for mileage and per diem,
while having the time of his life in
the city. Another fellow from Mon
tana was subpoenaed, who was stopping
in the city for a few days and was paid
something over 500 mileage and per
diefn- 4 did not know of others being
picked up in the same way, but / did
know that as a rule he fattened the fees
lot the witnesses, who were supposed to
lbe good fellows" who would stand if,
and that he was immensely disappointed,
grleyed and broken hearted when thev
Irefused to divide their graft with him.
They sent to New York and bought
him a pipe. and told him to smoke that.
Beavers was not the only chief of
| the salary and allowance division of the
Ipostoifice department who had a graft.
Postmaster Grant of Fargo was offered
allowances adequate to the necessities
of his office if he would adopt the rule
lof addition, division and silence" /
had the same proposition We both re-
fused and were not only refused what
we were entitled to, but a disposition
shown to cut what we had We saved
that by influence entirely. political in
its nature. | was forced to go to con-
gresss for my allowances. Cleveland
vetoed the bill but under his suggestion
a part was allowed. The next congress
gave me the rest. Grant fought out
his proposition in the department..
Gres ham allowed him some $1I, 900 and
insisted that he had been most outrag-
eously treated. He was obliged to give
half OF his compensation to his attor-
neys. Mine cost me all it was worth
except that won out in a fair fight,
Our trouble was directly the result of
grating then in Vogtte. in the depart
11ent. " ~,z-l.a ass15z NJ gt
Then as in the. recent outbreak against
grating. especially in the land depart
ment, men who did their duty and saved
the government as far as il was in their.
power, suffered suspicion. and there
were a lot of senseless idiots running
a certain kind of so-called newspapers
who were the first to jump onto them.
You may take an innocent blackbird,
strip him of his feathers and turn. him
loose and the whole flock will jump
onto him and tear him TO pieces. I
saw a gang Of dogs. on pleasure bent,
following a noble looking fellow who.
was shot with a lump of salt. As soon
as he was hurt, the whole gang jumped
onto him, one taking him By the throat,
and he, was a dead dog in no time
though not injured by the salt. They
were not yellow dogs" either, as Mr..
Hill would say There are weak crea-
ttres in the human form who have the
same, habit.
I. If Major Edwards Had faults / prob
ably knew them. He had most excellent
qualities that more than overcome what
ever his faili1gs may have been. did
not exactly love him for the enemies
he made. That might have been avoid
ed with good results to himself in many
instances. But did admire his dispo-
sition to speak kindly Of those in trou-
BILE, Many an aching heart has been re-
lieyed by his words Of kindness, and
many another by the fact that there
were words he might have spoken but
did not I'M the long ago a fellow was
about TO 90 to Fargo from Bismarck
and he was considering whether it was
best TO hip the major or Just give him
an every day Bismarck brown roast, or
whether it was best to buy the
said to- him. Tt is friends Major
Edwards wants. AXE my advice; call |
on him. pay him what you owe for the |
paper, pay him in advance, get your
friends to advertise and to subscribe for
the paper and be decent with him and he |
will be a friend Of Yours and of Bis
nlarck forever. I know that it Was1
that piece of advice followed BY the Bis
nlarck boomer, that resulted in the |
that gave Major Edwards his
job, finally. at Montreal and Bismarck
gained BY his friendship. s
and Mrs Edwards at the National ho-
tel at Washington. They had just
come in from Montreal and will spend
y week III tile Gil IL lillflks II Lite HAL
jor was an adept in Christian Science
and could learn TO forget that he ever
had a partial paralytic stroke that he
would be good for twenty years yet. He
IS all right except the memory the
fear that there may be others, and fear
Is a poison that kills. If / had hypno-
lie powers a d say to him "old man
you are all right, your eye is as bright,
your heart as light, your powers as
great, as they ever were, and you live
In an elegant home on easy street, en-
gagged in the work that you are exact
y fitted for and all yoti have got to do
Is Just be yourself
There IS a power within The reach Of
man, call it BY what name yoii will, that
when properly grasped viii give new
ife and yigor The Christian reach
Il II through the power of prayer; toll
others eternal vigilance is the price,
Ind the power is given alike to the
vii and the Just, for ii comes like the
am from natural causes Think right.
10 right and believe Ia the right, and