Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-06-28
Remove Him - Two Methods Open

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Remove Him Two Methods Open
There are two methods open to you
by which this official may be re-
moved:
|. by impeachment proceedings.
y. BY abolishing the office.
The power of impeachment, which
is solely vested in the house of repre-
sentatives. is an extremely grave and
serious responsibility. not lightly to
be exercised or heedlessly invoked.
But, when an occasion necessitating
such proceeding arises. ii should be
met with firmness, the interests of
the individual should be submerged
in the interest of the community and
deaf ears turned to the sophistry of
the corrupt Such procedure has bet
ter application to case where there
are disputed questions of fact as to
the guilt or innocence of the officer
charged. The other method can be
properly applied where the guilt is
confessed as in this case.
| recommend that you pursue one
or the other of the above methods.aS
you see fit and deem most advanta-
geous.
The fair name of the state of Wash
ington depends upon your action, for,
as ex-President Roosevelt so truthful
ly said, The exposure Of corruption
| is an honor to nation, not a disgrace
The shame lies in federation. not in
correction. No city or state. much
less the nation. can be injured by the
enforcement of the law. If We fail
) 4 hat ty,,t m CT
corruption we can not escape our
share of the responsibility for the
guilt. The first requisite Of success
full selfgovernment is unflinching en-
forcement of the law and the cutting
out of corruption
That old saving that public office
| is a public trust is lust as true now
as when first uttered. and the Off
cial who betravs that trust is a great
er menace to society than the high
wayman or the murderer. A public Of
| fetal who is so lacking in principle.
whose sense of public duty is so dulled
that he sees no improperly in levving
tax or assessment which is little
short of blackmail upon those who are
compelled to transact business with
him officially outrages every sense OF
right and mortilitv.
In the case before you for consid-
Grafton the course for your honorable
body to pursue is as we'll defined as
black from white. There is no COM
plication to cloud the right or conceal
the wrong. The facts are before you.
They have been gathered by a COM
mittee Of your own creating. a COM
mittee composed of those who favored
and those who opposed this investi-
CATION, and the report Of that COM
mittee is the unanimous verdict of its
members.
This case is one which in its gray
ity rises above the considerations OF
personal malice or party faction. The
question of motive sinks to insigniti-
canoe in the presence of the revela-
lions resulting from this investigation
The integrity of the Republican party.
the honor of the state and the inter-
ests of the people are at stake. The
responsibility of preserving the party,
protecting the state and safeguarding
the people rests with you.
He who would counsel YOU to dis.
regard the charges presented in the
findings of your committee is not only
an enemy to the republican party. but
false to his state and to his con-
stituentS.
Protect Reputation of Party.
This legislative body is almost
unanimously republican in its compo-
sition. and in you is reposed the dual
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