Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-04-10
Colonel Says Federal Office
holders are Perpetrating Out
rageous Infamies for Admin
iStration.
KENTUCKY Is CITED
AS GLARING INSTANCE
President Must Assume Re-
sponsiblIity as Accessory Un-
less Acts are Repudiated by
Him.


iBy Morning journal Special Leased Wirel
Pittsburgh, April 9.-"No more
| scandalous abuse of federal patronage
has ever been seen than we have seen
here in the last two months Colonel
| Roosevelt said in referring 10 the
/ government service in speech here
tonight.
Colonel Roosevelt charged that the
national Taft bureau was making an
! effort to debauch the forest service
and said that it was impossible that
the bureau could be acting without
the cordial support and approval of
| the administration"
! He also asserted that in Kentucky
postmasters. according to advices,
which had reached him from Edward
| O'Rear, former chief justice of that
state, had been engaged in the low
est kind of election frauds
Failure Immediately to suspend
the Officials in question, he de-
! clared, "to disaVoW their actions and
to refuse to profit by them, must in
| evitably make the administration ac-
cessory to the outrageous infamy set
| forth by the former chief justice of
| kentucky.
"Of course this case is merely il
| Illustrative of what has been attempted
in every branch of the government
service
The speech was delivered in Expo
! sition hall before a large crowd which
| Il 90, fitHa
come 1t was one of two speeches
! which he made in Pittsburgh today.
the first being Il talk on the welfare Of
women and children at tine Tree of
! Life synagogue.
In his speech here tonight Colonel
| Roosevelt said in part:
| I'VE intend to have IA workmcn's
compensation law for the Union and
( for every state of the union. If the
legislatures won't give us the laws
we intend to change the mind of the
! legislators or else change the lesis-
lators themselves If the courts won't
allow us to get needed laws then
| either we will have referendum Of
these decisions and win change the
decisions, and if our opponents are
so foolish as to try to prevent our
changing the decisions we will
change the courts in an orderly and
constitutional fashion by vote of the
| people.
"Our opponents" Colonel Roose-
| Welt continued. are fond of speak
ing as though ] were the only man
who complained of injustices by the
courts. In speech before the
American Par association few
years ago President Taft was re-
ported as saying the practical ad-
ministration of justice in the United
! States is a reproach to our civliZa,
ton But they proposed no remedy.
| I have never made an arraignment
Of the courts quite so severe as the
arraignment by Mr.. Taft. The dir
/ ference is that Mr. Taft not only
proposes no remedy whatever and he
| is against every practical remedy that
! has been proposed. and ! propose a
moderate and constitutional remedy
/ by which the people themselc~s after
due deliberaiion. will be able to oh
tain justice"
Colonel Roosevelt continued:
Remember We can have no good
I l. gislation unless You have honestly
both i'm business and politics. At this
moment the most fragrant dishonesty.
the mist fragrant disgraces are being
pcrpetratcd by the politicians In
their effort 10 thwart the peoples
will in the state of Kentucky. The
leader of the real republicans. in the
the state Is Judge O'Rcar former
chief justice of the state. and the re-
publican candidate for governor ~
the last election. Judge O'Rear sent
telegram to the president which
runs in part as follows.
Later returns give Roosevelt
first district. but Chairman Me
Cracker Of that county. deputy post
master Of Paducah. signs Taft GER
tificate although Roosevelt carried
the county by l.ooe to s15. In
Carlisle county Roosevelt had aIi bBt
three vet tho district chairman. the
postmaster at Mayfield. signed Taft's
certificate. Nothing approaching
these high handed methods has ever
occurred in Kentucky politics
Now this Outrage does not repre-
sent any great case of violating the
civil service law. II involves con-
duct which would be Infamous which
would be in its intent ~ least criminal
IL the civil service law were not on
the statute book
NO worse thing could have been
done under Tweed u WAS an out
rage 10 permit the postma.sters to
serve in such positions unless they
were willing TO behave with the
stfictest honest. n 10 infanay not to
discharge from Office at once those