The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-04

has given against the attorney gener-
al is not considered very good here.
We have been getting stuff second
hand. third hand and by intimation
from men and women accused of or
at least indicted as murderers, black
mailers and conspirators. The Ameri-
can people do not like that sort of
witnesses, even though the attorney
general might be guilty. 1t has all
been juicy reading, but everyone
knows it would not go for one min
ute as evidence in any we'll regulated
court in the country. 1t all goes to
show what a mud-slinging campaign
we are approaching. That is why our
presidents are having a hard time in
getting good, clean, honest men to
serve in public office for the reason
that good people do not relish put
ting themselves in position where
they can so easily become besmirched
with mud and rubbish, no matter how
innocent they may actually be. How
ever, the old saying holds true, we
must have people in public office
who will regard such position as a
public trust and not as a private
snap and who will conduct them
selves accordingly. That is an Amer
lean idea that holds good today as it
has in the past.
The thing that the public is think
ing of is, that if Daugherty and Dem
by are guilty, they should be i'm
peached, and not merely covered over
with mud and then requested to re-
sign from office. That savors too
much OF the game of playing politics.
Here's More Politics
President Coolidge is no SLOUGH
himself when it comes to politics;
Democrats admit and charge that he
is past master at the game. Look
at his latest California appointment.
The new secretary of the navy, Cur
tbs ID. Wilbur, is said to belong to the
Hoover wing of the Republican party
in California, and of course Senator
Hiram Johnson does not like that.
Johnson and Hoover are not on speak
ing terms. While Hiram goes bob
bling over the country scoring the
Coolidge administration, the presi-
dent in turn appoints Hooverite to
the cabinet. Mr.. Wilbur himself is
returning to his first love, the navy;
he graduated from the Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis in 1888, and ought
to make a good man for his new Job.
Yes, it begins to look like a third
party in 1924. Senator LaFollette
has passed out the word that he is
willing to head it if certain things
are not done by the Republican par
ty in it's platform in Cleveland in
June. And you and know right now
that the Republicans are not going
to do the bidding of Bob LaFollette
N June or any other old month.
The Democrats can hardly contain
themselves over this announcement.
They may laugh too soon. They ought
to keep still until after the thing is
done, but they can't do it. They are
immensely pleased over the. outlook
and can't conceal their attitude at
all, for they we'll remember that the
third party movement in 1912 was
what put Woodrow Wilson in the
White House and made Democratic
administration possible. They see the
same thing happening again to their
advantage. In this congress, LaFol-
lette and his crowd unquestionably
hold the balance of power in both
branches, and LaFollette revolution
this year may throw the November
election results into the house and
senate for settlement. Senator Mag