New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
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From The Tribune Buie""I a
| washington, July H.
ro,,r,c ,,,,CKpAKING.-Not for
fifty years has there been such a" "
! political undertaking as Is nov
| Mace I'm the national capital r aus
SUPPRESSED or distorted. falsehoods are a.
hrned and published with u''o'u'e
enronterv and calumny and misrepreseh'a
ton are practised with totaf uiei
of the characters destroyed ana WIZ"
yious pride at the ingenuity which can -"
mite evil motives where none eAis'.
cal of all these is the Controi'e' D"'
| ,os,,c,o.,o,,,, being conducted by the COM
m,ttee Of which Representative Sranai''
I OF Illinois. is chairman. Miss NJ. r Nv
ho.. Tho reunited author of the Dlch-to-
Dick" postscript fake, having peeh P'
yo,eIv examined by Mr.. Graham ana so'io
~ his chosen associates, either having coiie
IN appreciate the character of the rake VI
ho,.;r, learned the determination OF inc
,,,,,orn,,,en+ IN prosecute for perjury any
- ,,ho &c nroved to have sworn falsely
A. ,bis affair presumably the former, mas
refused to go on the stand ana suo''
49, ,,,dor oath the calumny attributed 10
No. &, ouotad interviews. Unwilling, how
over manfully to confess that it has peeh
nisIed. the committee has deterhiheu w
nrolong it's investigation ana eNpioi' '.'
falsehoods as long as possible WIN 'i'e
yious hone that the falsehoods may op'',,,
sucb wide circulation that the truth VIII"
never overtake them. Accordingly, neilhei
Miss Abbott. the alleged author OF the
foke nor Ashmun Brown, who is IN Po-
,,,o, to deny the statements attributed u
hor e mt on the stand. Instead, the rec
ord is clogged with testimony when mas
"a hearing whatever on the widely pro-
,,,,,oatad Islander which involved the fres-
dent his brother, Charles p. Taft. and eN-
Secretary Ballinger. The forced anu
u.bouv unsubstantiated assumption that
Richard s. Ryan is the agent of the Gus-
aa,,hci,os is made the occasion for intro
d,cirg every complaint which can Do
found against the management OF the
Gupperbeim railroad, and deliberate ana
,,.IF,I EFFORT 70 befog the issue is made
With the hope that many persons lacking
atthar tho time or the intelligence, Will not
follow the details and will be merely ieit
with the impression that there Is soihe-
thing rotten in the state of Denmark
PRESIDENT NOT IMMUNE.-Of course
tho original attack in the Conuolier Day
fake was On the integrity OF the PRESIDENT
for ~ was sought TO create the impression
that as soon as President Taft learned from
his brother, Charles =. Taft. that the apph-
can't for q terminal on Controller BAY
ronresented the Guggenheims the Execu-
tive promp.ly granted the application. But
.ho ottacks on President Taft have not
STONED there. For instance, recent DIS
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agent Of the political muckrakers asserted
that "the President now admits that ne
recolects talking with Dick Ryan" and
then went on to say that when irsI CON
fronted with the charges Mr.. Taft had
declared that he was unable 10 recolect
ever having talked with Ryan on the SUD
iect OF course the President never sald
ANYTHING Of the kind. He had sald all
along. to those with whom he has talked
al all. that he had talked with Ryan, out
| could not recollect that his brother had
/ ever mentioned the subject to him. But
] the public has a short memory and the
/ rouclraker is versatile, and many people
womb only recall that the President had
/ said he did not recollect talking with some
/ bodv and when told that he now admitted
I that he recollected talking with Ryan
/ would be quite ready to believe that he
/ had once denied it, Ryan, growing weary
/ of waiting for the committee to call for
/ his testimony, has made public his en-
pbatic denial. Charles =. Taft had even
! earlier confirmed what Ryan says, for he
- promptly cabed that he had never heard
! Of Ryan. OF course all this will come out
| in the Presidents reply 10 the Poindexter
| resolution, but how many people who have
| at least scanned the attacks on the adj
ministration will take the trouble TO read
/ that reply? Those who do will be well
repaid, however for they will learn the
extent TO which they have been mised by
| the muckrakers.
J HAY AND MORRISON.-If The President
| is not immune, it is not perhaps. surprs-
! ing that the late Secretary Hay should
come in for his share of disrespect from
those who have not sufficient selr-respect
even TO eschew falsehoods. And so. with
no possible excuse, the Committee on EX-
pendtures in the Department of State
I spares not even the dead. and sings its
! mud at the late Secretary OF State. and
without a scintilla of evidence seeks 10
destroy the character of an DID and faith
full employee. Thomas Morrison. disbvrsing
officer of that department The minority
report, made public to-day deals without
gloves with the methods and conclusions
Of the majority, characterizng its attitude
| as bitter in the extreme" and describes
the report OF the committee as IAN OFT
! rage" The minority declares that the
! course Of the majority reaches the lowest
depths Of unfairness, and shows bilssed
mind which is not seeking justice IT le-
scribes the conclusions Of the majority as
IAN assassination of character from pc
| hind" and the report of the majority as "a