Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-20
Why Should the Taxpayers Use
Their Money to Reward
Friends of Presidents?
And Why Shod the United States Send Sno Abroad Amuse
Themselves Pubc Expense and Play the Toadys The
Pinden Case Ought To Be Useful Lesson.
C0pyrl

The people Of the country sending Ambassadors
to foreign countries is and out of date.
The Ambassador messenger boy who takes cabegram
from his to the representatives of the other govern
ment
Our Embassies in that candidates for
the Presidency MAY oBLIGE THEIR FRIENDS REPAY Po-
LITICAL FAvoRS OR SHOW APPRECIATION OF FINAN-
CIAL ASSISTANCE.
This particular administration say it with regret has
particularly and unusually guilty in the matter of using
public foreign posts and public taxes to reward friends and
financial hackers of the President.
Mr. Page London because he happened
be the Presidents publisher the who distributes his
books bad.
And Mr. Pages statement States lis still
English ruled and English led about the maximum of
asinnity.
The sending of to Vienna for reason in the
world except that he married rich woman and made
large contribution the Wilson campaign fund was oura
geous
But the of all these various transactions the
Pnde case concerning which the public has been enlightened
by written Mr. Pinde offering him the Ambassador
ship WITH STRING ATTACHED TO 1T.
We presume that of readers have that
tremey interesting letter written by Senator Lewis of illinois,
telling Pnde upon what terms Mr. Wilson would make
Pnde Ambassador to Russia.
Pinde told emphatically first of ALL THAT HE MUST
REMAIN AMBASSADOR ONE YEAR ONLY.
other words he would receive the appointment with
string After year he would be pulled home and then
presumably some other friend of the Administration other
original Wilson man. other with rich wife who
could give money the Wilson campaign would be sent over
also to bask the glory of foreign Ambassadorship
The letter that Lewis wrote trivial amusing child
s foolish made perfectly clear the status of the whom
send represent this republic at foreign shores
Pindel meet 'aristocrats, he to shake
hands with the Czar-f the Gear shakes hands
His daughter to go into society. He was to HAVE
ABSOLUTELY NO WORK TO DO that guaranteed in the
letter that the Senator sent to him.
the end of the year he to back having been
Russia and then the provincial Senator
it, of the third and fourth generations would
braR about having an Ambassador in their ancestry.
height of absurdity, unworthy of ntei-
gent country criminal spending of the public funds and very
power by the President and by his Secre
tary State Bryan9 Neither of them has attempted
deny the Pindell letter.
This BUSINESS country, its inhabitants business
men, and need abroad is FIRST GLASS BUSINESS
REPRESENTATIVES
Ambassadorships should be eliminated the entire
of by snob whom maintain at should be
wiped out
Our consular service should be improved; trained
should service and be kept there long they do
their duty properly.
business country should be represented by business
oonsus.
And we should Pnde and Mr. Page and the
collection gentlemen who abroad and shake
hands thing their expense and
at the