Evening star., 1924-06-24


golden west. were not more inspired
in. quest of treasure than this admin
istration. They were looking for
gold-heaps of gold, shimmering,
cleaning gold. They did not wait to
touch the nerves of mother earth nor
enthusiasm. In greedy haste they
grasped the sparkling sand. then cas-
it down with curses when they founS
the glittering grains were not of gold
From cabinet head to Republican rep
resentatives in Congress; like a
came epidemic, and while the world
looked on the great physician of this
administration in Sullen silence re-
fused to prescribe a remedy or at
tempt a cure. Gallant soldiers who
never f1inched in battle or cowed in
action: who, like madmen. threw
themselves into the jaws of death for
the glory of their country, were
robbed; widows mites and orphans
pittances Were stolen: seats in the
United States Senate placed upon the
auction block and sold like. merchan-
disc; natural resources secretly squan-
dered; courts of the land Knocked:
congressional committees defed, and
the scales of justice tipped by the
weight of gold. Well do these subal-
terms of the administration know that
there is more blood in the body than
what mantles in the cheek, more
profit in the office than exhibited in
the salary.
Denies Hurt to Business.
"It is the brazen effrontery of this
administrations that challenges our
attention They would halt these in
quiries by hysterical cries and fore
boding predictions. They say You
are hurting business You are de-
stroying confidence Our answer is,
We are helping business We are
restoring confidence We are saving
operation to preserve the life Of the
nation itself Theirs is the Spartan
morality. Not the corruption. but the
discovery. constitutes the crime. In
stead of applauding the investigators
they make war upon the investiga-
ton. Instead of condemning the ex-
posed and praising the exposure. they
praise the exposed and condemn the
exposure.
"Decry them as they will, the Amer
lean people know that it was these
investigations-con by Demo
Gratis, yes, but through Republican
commit ees-that sent Albert Fall to
Three Rivers a disgraced man and
proven criminal. 1t was these inves-
legations that revealed such a gross
Indifference and utter incapacity of
the Navy Department and compelled
Edwin Denby's retirement from the
cabinet. 1t was these Investigations
that unfolded a condition in the De-
partment of Justice that shocked sem
sibilities and drove Daugherty back
to Washington Court House.
TT was these investigations that
caused conSpirators against their
government to take their own lives
rather than tell the truth and un-
bosom the eliminating secrets against
their own criminal allies. 1t was
the immoral orgies of Forbes and
sickening scandals in the Veterans
Bureau. 1t was these investigations
that put a Republican congressman
behind bars and lashed Newberry
from the Senate. It was these inves-
public that the first official act of
Calvin Coolidge was the appointment
of private secretary who had traded
and trafficked in public patronage.
Charges G. o. p. Plot.
TT was these Investigations that
led a Republican Senate to convict
its own Republican national commit
tee for framing a Democratic sena-
tor because he dared to do the right
Tn this campaign let the con-
scienceless leaders of this adrinistra-
ton deride Investigations. Let them
accuse the Congress of deteriorating
let them continue to shield those who
but in this dark drama the American
people know and prefer the highly
patriotic and cleansing work OF
Thomas ]. Walsh to the foul infamy
and thievery of Albert ]. Fall
Nothing in burlesque or opera
bouffe is comparable to the scene re-
Gently enacted at Cleveland in the
efforts of the silent Sphinx of the
Potomac to exile and expatriate
those Republican senator's who dared
to oppose his mandate 1t is some
what a pathetic Story-the treatment
there accorded our Republican sena-
torial friends.
But yesterday the word Of Caesar might hav.
stood against the world;
Now lies he there, and none % poor to d.
him reverence.
Dared to Make Probe.
'1They dared to vote an investiga-
ton of a member of the President's
official family, and they are penalized
for their decency.
They dared disregard the protest
Of the world profiteers to respond to
the appeal of the soldiers who fought
our battles on the fields Of France
and they are punished for their JUS
tice.
by every device known to trained
camoufleurs, by every subtle process
of legerdemain, the Republican nomi-
nee, in true pharisaical fashion
sought to divorce himself from his
former comrades in arms. The plan
IS obvious: the plot is futile Neither
the President nor his Falstaffiar
army, headed by Gen. Butler and Sergt
StearnS, can conceal the ugly fact
that the Cleveland convention was
the most highly organized, boss-rid-
den and oleaginous ever held ir
America The American people will
not be deceived. They will not per
NIT themselves to be used as pawns
IN game of hide and seek
Lame, Duck as Chairman.
"It was peculiarly appropriate tina,
the Republican nominee should have
conscripted one of the best minds
from far-away Mexico to write the
platform for this campaign and E
lame duck to preside as the perma-
nent chairman of the convention
| Both assignments for that conven.
| ton were most fitting-one was avail.
| able because of the theory that dis
tance lends enchantment to the view
| that are; the other because he wa.
the only public man in the United
States willing to offer himself as &
living sacrifice upon the senatorial
| affairs Of Wyoming in defense of thu
Teapot Dome.
The mask is off, Piercing through
| the political Vaccinations of tha
| convention, we see the sinister lips o.
| special privilege. The leopard doe:
not change his spots overnight
Neither can the Republican party bt
reformed by resolutions nor by presi
Dental ukase.
| The American people will know
that they are dealing with a system
that even though Hanna, Quay ant
Penrose are dead, their spirits ge
marching on in the personages of tn.
Three Musketeers of present-day Re
publicanism - Butler, Stearns ant
Slemp. These bosses are doing bust
ness in the same old way according
| to the same old rule