Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-04-29
ROOSEVELT AND BARNES.

ROOSEVELT AND BARNES.
The suit for fifty thousand dollars which Mr.. Barnes has broug
against Colonel Roosevelt has attracted nationwide attention, b
few people know what it is all about.
ment of which the following is a part and which constitutes t
chief grievance entertained by Mr.. Barnes:
IN New York state we see at it's worst the develop
ment Of the system of bipartisan boss rule.
In New York state the two political machines are
completely dominated, the one by Mr.. Barnes, the other
The state government is rotten throughout in almost
all its departments, and this is directly due to the dominance
in politics Of Mr.. Murphy and his ~subbosses, acting through
such sna la entirely " su aseris ta agents ta as Mr.. Dix Dir an p Mr. Glynn nm
the sub-bosses Of Mr.: Barnes.
Mr.. Murphy and Mr.. Barnes are exactly Of the same
political type. The interests of Mr.. Murphy and Mr..
Barnes are Fundamentally identical, and when the issue
between popular rights and corrupt and machine ruled
government is clearly drawn, the two bosses will always be
found fighting on the same side, openly and covertly Civ
ing one another such support as can with safety be rem
-
tsThese bosses do not hold public office themselves.
They act through the holders Of public office whom they
yet they really form the alLpowerful, invisible gov
eminent which is responsible for the maladministration and
corruption in the public Offices Of the state.
by means Of elected officers, whose negative good
personal character offers little surface ground for attack,
and whose fundamental weakness or insincerity and double
dealing render them fit instruments through whom the mas
tiers of the machine can work, these machine masters secure
the. appointment to office Of the evil men whose activities
50 deeply faint and discredit our whole government system.
d ST side II idle e. ! man e to t pretend tend that hat, he j against ma,
%@@@ eh1ne p0HheS unless he Will With straightforward good
faith, openly and BY name, attack Mr. Barnes and Mr.
Murphy and pledge himself to do all he can to eliminate
them from the control of political affairs, and, in destroying
them, to destroy the system which renders possible such
pernicious activities as theirs
Without intruding upon Mi. Roosevelt's prerogatives, it may b
said that the whole tendency Of party bosasm is towards eorrup
Lion. lit may not necessarily follow that financial corruption, as
such, may invariably result, but there are more reprehensble crimes
than financial theft that the law utterly fails to reach. Public ser
vice " apt to receive but 5scant consideration from bosses Of the type
0f MT. Murphy. ienchInen IN responsible positions are more i'm
portant to the party boss than a few shekels that may be garnered
IA ON SMdB, Tor WITHOUT the assistance and gOnnlyaue of henrhmer
graft for practical purposes lis impossible.
Where the party boss hourishes there lis but one supreme party
authoriy-and that is the boss. Roosevelt knew what he was talk
ing aboutWhenh he said, III effect, that governors do not govern. II
sthe same In Colorado as in New York, and the same in New Yorl
as In South Dakota.
ltas3the boss who governs
Nj. Walsh Of the United States Industrial Commission charge
that John y: Rockefeller, Jr, knew all about the Colorado strik
before At was declared and he AYERS that the whole attitude Of till
Colorado Fuel and Iron company toward the strike and during 1T
progress was virtually dictated by Mr. Rockefeller from the Ney
York office This il directly contradictory To statements made b
MIR Rockefeller himself some months ago. If MI. Walsh prove
what he says public confidence In Mr. Rockefeler's veracity vii
take + fearful tumble.
#NotWithstandin the general view is that Germany did not max
the headWay which she hoped to- make during the early period q
The war; U.s. obvious that Germany is able to stand off her enemie
for q considerable spell There are outsiders who still believe lila
Germany will triumph AZ the war.
Chairman Rock of the democratic committee has taken ! III,
at Senator johnson of theasane party There were d whole lot
fellows who took 8 shot at johnson last fall, but, like the tradition,
Ahedbng, Az got there inst the same
Harry Thaw hasn't been much of alnans ii u.s. true. He aoesn
aoiath a falopwsss who have been eampingSen his tran for fhe past L
years he isn't aa good as we think he is.