The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-06-23
ILLEGAL AND RECKLESS USE
OF THE PEOPLES MONEY
BY THE EXECU TIVE De
PARTMENT OF THE GOV
ERNMENT.

ERNMENT.
The Committee Of Congress investi
eating the conduct Of the Department
OF State. Of which Mr Knox IS now the
head, has brought to sight some start
ling revelations that must Of necessity
amaze the people
Il Is true. that the facts brought out are
no; Of any large sums o; the publics'
money involved. but they are such facts
that the verv nature Of which IS such
as to create the greatest possible public
interest If not wide spread alarm 81 the
whole people
Daring the term Of Mr.. Roosevelt,
the portrait q Iudse Day. Of The SUI
pTeme Court who had been Secretary
OF State. lust before ne was appointed
Judge, was painted BY = man from
Philadelphia.
He was required At the time that ne
delivered the portrait. 10 sign = blank
voucher. L afterwards turned on that
the voucher was receipt for twenty
four hundred and fifty dollars TIE
committee discovered that only eight
hundred and tiftv dollars, had, IN fact.
been paid 10 the artist. and inquiry was
made for the receipt When the govern
ment Office made answer that the
voucher or receip, had been lost The
committee then summoned Secretary
Knox. and when he appeared he In
formed the committee tia; q few DAYS
before ne appeared the voucher had
bsen found near waste basket IN one
OF the rooms Of his department, which
are used and cleaned NJ every day IN
the year exoeps SUNDAY. and vet this
voucher had been LOST isr wears as re
ported.
But the voucher wen found was :
receipt for tseniy-four hundred and
fiiy dollars, when the artist received
oaly eight hundred and fifty dollars.
which len sixteen hundred and fifty dol
lars unsooouuted fo- To aoooun, Tor
this the Secretary Of State produced
letter iron . man On : foreign ms
son, which stated that me sixteen hun
ored dollars were kept By Secretary
Hay. then Secretary Of State. and who
* now dead. He sid he thought /,
Was 10 BE- used II the Secre; service de-
par1meat Tor some purpose This Is
very painful disclosure. and il ! sui
more painful that L : unioa6ed on
dead man, wao while living vas ar-
plaoded very higbly by the Republicans.
bu,, however. IL was used. and On whom
soeVer, used, Il as an illegal and rack-
less use Of pubic money belonging 10
the people and WHICH should have been
Regularly and strictly accounted Tor. a
ali public money ought TO be. Public
otiloe : public trust and those VINO
hold public once are the trustees o. The
people, and even dollar Of the peoples
money ousht 10 Be- strc,ly kept and
pad ont only according 10 lew. and
ssr'ct and accurate account kep, and
accounted TO- 10 the people. whose
money il Is
For years ard ce-tainlv during he
whole time Of TIE administration Of Mr..
Rooseveit a President TIE uloss. reck-
leSs disregard of'hs rights Of ne p-o9'e
ard the protection Of The pubEc money
prevailed. from tae Presiaen, down
through every department.
No more valuable work has been done
OF San b 6oae- than Is beinc done a
tie present tine b. the Democrats
IN the House Of Representatives IN n.
vestlgsting The conduct Of an o. the
departments Il nav no: result in get
ting back into the treasury the millions
o. dollars O. the peoples money that :
issl siraved- wasted o. stolen. bat Il VII
turn On the light 50 that the people can
see Il their eyes are open how these peo-
pie have acted whom they have elected
70 oftloe and trusted thsir money and
her sacred Interests, and also Sc where
some 81 thesr money went and hoE ard
bE whom i went.
iswlli be found that none. Of Invent
by Democrats bit all through and hy
the Republicans
But II : a shame to hide the recsipt
for wears and when oonered BY tie
Democratic committee. dig up the re
ceipt and then unload the whole business.
or whatever il IS to be called, on the IN
fortunate dead man. who can not defend
himseif But the committee s gong 10
summons Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.. Root.