The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-06-05
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Mr.. Editor:
I am sure that Mrs. Anderson mis-
understood the motive that prompted
me to write the letter for your col
umns. I am not attacking nor de-
Tending the private reputation Of any
candidate for public office. was
only looking cross-eyed at the dis
parity in the deeds and words Of the
late democratic convention in this
city. Their resolution deploring the
unrighteousness Of public officials in.
high places was worthy Of any body
Of people. We all deplore such condi-
tions especially those Of US who have
not been fortunate enough to have
our palms fabricated with easy oil
money that seems to come to some
people as If by magic. We see, or
rsther hear, of so many who have
got theirs over night and have sailed
heavenward on flowery beds Of ease
while we poor sinners are down here
digging and grubbing to get enough
cash TO put into some get-rich-quick
oil stocks and it does seem we are
pouring it into sinking sands for the
tickle God Of Fortune refuses to
smile on us. In the language Of an
Oh prophet he must be asleep or 3.
visiting.
But the convention kicked over a
good pail Of milk when it endorsed
tie king pin Of the whole oil bunch
for president. Senator Fall has been
made the goat and he certainly made
aimess Of things, for when mans
word is discredited he has not much
LETT. But he was the beneficiary Of
two prominent democratic financiers,
Mclean the publisher and Dehony
the oil magnate. A prominent DEM
ocrat Of this town has told me twice
that Fall was greater traitor than
ever Benedict Arnold dared to be and
should receive the same fate as Ar
mold, stood up against wall and
shot at sunrise. Sounds like he had
been reading Aesop's Fables, doesn't
it?
II does not appear that Mclean had
any more interest in Fall than friend
ship. And Fall is traitor and
sinner because he sold something OF
great value to the u. S. government
for a bride, yet the bride giver has
honor and tribute paid him and fares
sumptiously every day. And this is
the same man that has rubbed the
rabbit foot all over McAdoo who was
to perform a certain service whereby
Doheny and his associates were Ill
timately to receive one hundred mil
lion dollars of which McAdoo was TO
get million.
McAdoo presumes to think he can
step into and fill his father-in-law's
shoes, man who scorned to do a
dishonest act or cater to the moneyed
interests.
For the past generation there has
been an un-written law and generally
observed by both old parties that at
torneys for great corporations, the
Standard Oil company in particular
were hardly fit persons to place in
responsible positions of trust in our
government. Acting on that theory
one of Texas most talented men
Senator Joe Bailey was laid away
on the shelf. But Texas has back
slid and fallen from grace. A few
days ago with whoop and hurrah,
they endorsed McAdoo. Which goes
to show just how hard up the dem
ocrats are for presidential timber
but they still cling to forlorn hope.
John R. Mclean, father of the pub
Usher, was owner and editor of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, journal of
wide influence in Civil war times
and it bitterly assailed the policies of
the Lincoln administration and the
names it called the union soldiers
were anything but complimentary.
He was boss in that boss-ridden
city. For a number of years in con-
vention days republican boss in that
city could very nearly dictate the
nominee of that state for. the U. S.
senate or even the presidency ITSELF
yet there are people today who would
abolish the direct primary and go
hack TO the old caucus and conyen-