The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-24

lives rather than tell the truth
and unbosom the eliminating sc.
crets against all their own criminal
allies. It was these investigations
that pointed to the immoral orgies
Of Forbes and sickening scandals
In the Veterans Bureau. It was
these Investigations that put a
Republican Congressman behind
bars and, dashed Newberry from
the Senate. It was these investi-
cations that informed the Ameri-
can public that the first official
act Of Calvin Coolidge was the
appointment Of a private secretary
who had traded and trafficked in
public patronage. It was these
Investigations that led a Republic
can Senate to convict its own
Republican national committee
for framing Democratic Sena-
tor because he dared to do the
right.
Walsh's Cleansing Work.
In this campaign let the con-
scienceless leaders of this Admin
istration deride investigations. Let
them accuse the Congress Of
deteriorating; let them continue to
shield those who conspired against
the Government: but in this dark
drama the American people know
and prefer the highly patriotic
and cleansing work of Thomas J.
Walsh to foul infamy and thievery
Of Albert ]. Fall.
Nothing in burlesque or opera
bouffe is comparable to the scene
recently enacted at Cleveland in
the efforts Of the silent Sphinx,
OF the Potomac to exile and ex.
patriate those Republican Sen.
ators who dared to oppose his
mandate. It is somewhat q pa
thetic story-the treatment there
accorded our Republican Sena.
torial friends.
But yesterday the 4Oord of Caesar
:. might haze stood against the
tD0rId:
Nop Hes he there, and none 80 poor
to do him reverence.
ton of member of the Presi.
dents official family, and they
are penalized for their decency.
They dared disregard the pro.
test of the world profiteers TO re.
spond to the appeal Of the soldiers
who fought our battles on the
fields Of France. and they are
punished for their justice.
Divorce Plan Obvious.
BY every device known to
trained camoufleurs, by every
subtle process Of legerdemain, the
Republican nominee, in true
pharisaical fashion, sought to di-
vOrce himself from his former
comrades in arms. The plan Is
obvious; the plot is futile,
Neither the President nor his Fal.
staffian army, headed by General
Butler and Sergeant Stearns, can
conceal the ugly fact that the
Cleveland convention was the
most highly organized, boss-ridden,
and oleaginous ever held in
America. The American people
will not be deceived. They will
not permit themselves to be used
as pawns In a game Of hide
and seek"
1t was peculiarly appropriate
that the Republican nominee
should have conscripted one of
the best minds from far-away
Mexico to write the platform for
this campaign and a lame duck to
preside as the permanent chair.
man OF the convention. Both as.
signments for that convention
were most fitting-one was avail.
able because of the theory that
distance lends enchantment to
the view" and his lack Of knovvl.
edge OF things that are; the other
because he was the only public
man in the United States willing
70 offer himself as a living sacri-
ice upon the Senatorial affairs of
wyoming in defense Of the Tea
pot Dome.
Mask Is Torn Off.
The mask is off. Piercinp
through the political machina.
lions OF that convention we see
the sinister lips of special prfvi-
!ege. The leopard does not change
his spots overnight. Neither can
the Republican party be reformed
by resolutions nor by Presidential
ukase.
The American people will know
tnat they are dealing with a
system; that even though Hanna.
quay, and Penrose are dead. their
spirits go marching on in the
personages Of the Three Muskef.
GERS OF present-day Republicanism
Butler, Stearns, and Slennn
These bosses are doing business
In the same old way according to
the same old rule.
The R0nlYhIfoo~ ~--a.s a
now trying to salvage something
from the wreck of the old party.
Inc proceedings and platform Of
the Cleveland convention portend
the loss of the Congress, and
tney are now madly fighting to
save the Presidency.
Honeycombed with Graft.
With an administration honey.
combed with graft and. corroded
with. corruption it is refreshing to
reflect upon abe innumerabIe
Republican investigations into
expenditures Of the preceding De.
mocratic administration. Follow.
ing that period-the most mo-
mentous In our country's history
period that called for the
mobilization OF our strongest and
pest, period that necessitated
the expenditures Of $40, O0O, O0O, 900
10 prosecute and win the war-no
similar period ever called for such
readjustment Of governmental
agencies and the prompt prose.
qution OF expenditures. Follow
ing our country's triumph in
arms and victory in the chancel.
leries of the world, through. a
campaign Of lavish expenditures
and appeals to the prejudices of
groups, we lost control OF the.
Congress. AS soon as it was or
ganized the Republican Party in
augurated a scheme Of investiga-
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