The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-19
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made. He knew every act and
every policy of the last administra-
ton because he was participant
in their formulation.
Strikes at Coolidge
slut even il the then vice presi-
dent had not as member of the
cabinet participated in the making
Of policies, it would have made lit
tie difference. All that was neces-
sary in Washington during the last
four years was the possession of
fairly good hearing, to gain the
knowledge that monstrous orgy of
corruption was taking place.
"a man might have been blind,
a man might have been dumb, but
if he still retained his sense OF
hearing, he would have learned
from trustworthy sources that the
Department of Justice was a nest
Of corruption, that the Department
of the Interior under Secretary
Fall was bartering away the ma
tons resources and that almost
every department was honey-ccmb.
ed with corruption. 1t was heard
in the corridors of the capitol, in
committee rooms, in banks, anC
in business houses. There was nc
escape. 1t was everywhere.
II had no private sources Of in.
formation, when l exposed the cor
rupt leasing of Teapot Dome, anC
forced the senate by a unanimous
vote to order an investigation.
merely dared to charge openly
what every member of the senate
knew | was able in that speech
to reveal substantially every i'm.
portant fact regarding the corrupt
leasing of the oil reserves, except
the corrupt consideration received
by Fall from Doheny and Sinclair
l did not know that 100000 ir
cash had been brought from New
York to Washington and delivered
in a black bag to Albert B. Fall
But the other important facts in
Guiding the great profits made by
the insiders in the stock market
was laid before the senate and thu
nation. There sat the vice presi
dent within so feet Of me as
spoke, hearing every word of ar
indictment that forced even thu
old guard of the senate to consent
to an investigation.
Senator Wheeler had no private
sources of information when hi
made his charge against Daugher
ty and initiated the investigation
that drove him from office. HI
merely dared tell the world thu
truths that both Republican ant
Democratic senators knew as wei
as he did.
Cleaning House
KNOWING these facts there wa:
only one way in which a member
CT that administration elevated tt
the presidency could relieve him
self from full responsibility for it!
every act. That was by cleaning
house as soon as the power came
into his hands.
"Was that done? 1t was not. o.
the contrary every member of tn
cabinet was kept in office, ant
ex-Secretary Fall, then known t,
be in the employ of Sinclair, wa
received at the Whitehouse by tn
present republican candidate whel
he came to Washington to give
his perjury testimony. Even afte1
the evidence Of fraud and corrup
ton became overwhelming, Denb!
was retained in the cabinet, Daugh
erty was retained in the cabinet
and they were allowed to resign
under pressure from the public an6
from more thin-skinned leaders o.
the party, with expressions from
the Whitehouse of high esteem ant
confidence in their integrity.
"But there is another reason, fal
more powerful, why the acts o.
the last administration must be re
garded as whole, free from al
question Ct personality. That rea
son is that the policies, appoint
ments' and actions of that admin
istration, during it's last year, a:
during it's first three, were dictated
not by the individuals who hap
pened to occupy the White House
but by the forces that control
them and dominate the Republican
party, as we'll as the Democratic
party. The presidents were mere
ly the servants of the system.
"In proof of this I cite the fact
that the record of the Taft admin
istration and the record Of the
Harding Coolidge administrator
are exactly the same, except fo1
the larger scale and more complete
corruption that marked the las,
four years.