The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-20
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| urer. This singular episode of Mr..
Mathucs corroborates that idea. Prob
ably the clerk who has forfeited the
co ifidence of his chief had no intention
to commit crime. But Mathues is
| his friend and Mathues' liberty is in
jeopardy. He took the hazard of some
thing like a burgarious entry, there
| fore, not to subserve any personal in
terest but to promote the interests of
his friend If Sheath had been elected
and installed in office what would have
been the result? Sinister or otherwise
| the scheme would have been pulled
of" and nobody would have been the
wiser. Mathues would probably have
been safer in the immediate future
and the chances of complete exposure
of the frauds materially diminished.
But there would have been noeXposure
If Plummer had been elected State
Treasurer two years ago the people of
PENNSYLVANIA would never know that
they had been robbed of five or six
million dollars in the construction and
trimmings of the capitol. After his
introduction into Office if Mr.. Berry
had turned every incumbent out. the
incident of Wednesday night never
would have occurred. No man COM
mits burglary in the open. No public
official will take the chances of grating
if representative of the minority or
opposition party is looking on. Penn
sylvania is governed by boards and
commissions. The Governor, State
Treasurer and Auditor General have |
executive functions to perform indivi- |
dually. But their important work is |
members of this board or that and if all !
the boards which control the fiscal af- |
fairs are made up of men of both par
ties there will be no grating. For that |
reason Mr.. Berry's successor ought to |
be Democrat and of the polarized |
variety.
CLOSE OF THE INVESTIGATION NEAR. |
The attorneys WHO are conducting |
the investigation of the capitol scandals |
expressed the opinion that the hearings |
may be completed this week. The re-
ports can't be prepared short of |
month or two, it is safe to predict, and |
even after they are completed the bur- |
do Of ln Nh,
lative commission will have nothing |
further to do with the matter, probably |
but the courts will then be invoked and |
long if not tedious trials will follow |
if the Governor continues in his pres |
ent frame of mind. Present indica-
tions are favorable to that result, un-
quesitonably, but there is nothing GER
tain except death and taxes.
For example, as the Democratic State |
committee declared on Thursday, "the
investigation will neither be complete |
nor satisfactory" if it fails to disclose |
who shared the Doodle with the con-
tractors. That will be exceedingly |
difficult of achievement. Nobody pays |
bribes with checks made payable to |
the man who is bribed. Besides the |
bankers as Il rule don't follow the mon |
ey they receive or pay out to discover |
whence it came and whittier it goes. A |
check made payable to self and EN-
dorsed on the back by the drawer may
be deposited by any Tom, Dick or
Harry, and nobody is the wiser. |
don't say that it will be impossible to
sift the matter to the bottom but it
is certain that it will be difficult.
The Boards of Public Grounds and
Buildings which perpetrated the rob-
berries and the contractors who con-
spired with them can be held to ac-
count by judicial process, however, and
this ought to and probably will be
done. In view of the fact it may be
said that the investigation though in
complete will be satisfactory if it re-
suits in the Imprisonment of the di-
rect perpetrators of the crimes though |
others equally guilty may escape.
G.. III. ID.