The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10


the peoples will in the state of Ken
| lucky.
O'Rear Telegram.
Leader of the Republicans in the
state is Judge O'Rear, former chief
justice of the state and the Republi-
can candidate for governor at the last
election. Judge O'Rear sent a tele-
gram to the president which runs in
part as follows:
!" Later returns give Roosevelt First
district, but chairman of McCracken
county, deputy postmaster Of Paducah.
signs Taft certificate, although Roose-
welt carried county by 1905 to SIT. In
Carlisle county Roosevelt had all but
three, yet the district chairman, the
postmaster at MayfieId, signed Taft s
certificate. Nothing approaching these
high handed methods has ever occur
red in Kentucky politics.
Now this outrage does not represent
any great case Of violating the civil
service law. 1t involves conduct which
would be Infamous, which would be in
its intent at least criminal, If the civil
service law were not in the statute
books These postmasters, according
to the statement of the former CHEZ
justice of Kentucky, have been engag-
ed in the lowest kind of election frauds
have been engaged in the effort delib-
erately to subvert the will of the peo-
pie, to steal from the people their
rights.
done under Tweed. 1t was an outrage
to permit the postmasters to serve
in such positions unless they were
willing to behave with the strictest
justice. But it is an infamy not to
discharge from office at once these
postmasters and to publicly and openly
ask for reversal of what they have
done.
Delay in this case is, of course,
the surest method Of defeating justice.
Judge O'Rear is an absolutely respon
sibIe man of the highest character,
said.
Failure Immediately to suspend the
officials in question, to disavow their
actions and to refuse to profit by them
must inevitably make the admins
tration accessory to the outrageous
infamy set forth by the former chief
justice of Kentucky.
Denial of Justice.
"a complaint coming from such a
charge so easily proved or disproved
should and could be fully investigated
within "a hours of the receipt of the
complaint and action taken thereon
OF course, any action taken after the
holding of the convention is equiVa-
lent to a refusal to return the stolc1
goods. Delay in doing this justice in
this case is equivalent to a denial Of
justice.
"Of course this case is merely il
Illustrative of what has been attempted
in every branch of the governments
service. No more scandalous abuse of
federal patronage has ever been seen
than we have seen here in the last
two months. For instance, the for
est service has always been kept out
of politics. The following letter was
recently sent to a forest officer. II
have before me the original letter.
containing the name of the officer to
whom it was sent. It runs in part as
I take this means of informing Won
that a national bureau has been opened
ton) for the purpose of conducting nre- |
campaign in the interest OF |
President Taft I would, therefore thank
you to render such assistance as Won can
and would appreciate an early reply Civ
Ing such information as in your
Judgment will facilitate the work of the
bureau J
TT is signed with the name of Mr.. Taft's |
Mr.. Mckinley Of course 1T is |
that the national Taft bureau |
In its effort to debauch the forest servIce |
can be acting without the cordial support
and approval of the administration. Re
always, that in these cases delay
IN correcting the abuse until after the |
delegates are chosen, is equivalent to re- |
difficult not to chara cterize with sufficient |
aarshness the shameless use of the post |
1ffice and the entire federal patronage in |
this campaign, and when thus used 1t IS !
an odious sham to profess to wish to take |
these officers out OF place..