Evening star., 1928-03-05

Further reflections OF countrywide
indignation over the mistriai III the
Teapot Dome Oil case have followed the
action Of Justice SlddouS Of the Dis
; trict OF Columbia Supreme Court ii
sentencing Harry F. Sinclair and his
associates to jail terms for their part
IN jury Sha6owing.
For Harry F. Sinclair and William
j. Burns" in the Judgment OF the New
York Herald Tribune, "the-o can be
only. as the court found contemplate
contempt ot every honest American"
The New York paper contends that
what the court found these men guilty
of lis q far more serious crime than
was II is possible" adds the Herald
Tribune TO corrupt one man In
government and steal on grand
scale from your fellow citizens without
being more than n common thief, But.
confronted by such charges. any Anleri-
can worth his salt would face The ntSlc
and pay his penalty. 1t IS sad COM
mentavy upon the Sinclair group that
none Of them had enough respect foy
the Government under which they
lived 10 respect Its courts of justice"
The Minneapolis Tribune observes
that thirty years ago the type Of rich
man represented by Mr.. Sinclair was
more common than ii is ~ present"
and continues But here and there
the SinclairS are still 10 bc found
American opinion should not adop. any
more compromising an attitude with
them now than II did when they were
in the heydey oi their public be-
damned attitude, They are plundcrerS,
dcttStable citizens. enemies W the Re
public. Nil the more contcnlptioiS be-
cause they have failed IL Tt<-<'SNisc
that wealth imposes obligation
American courts ~ law were siNdt-
Gated and the impartial administration
ot justice declared y living principle et
American Jurisprudence by the act y!
Justice SiddonS." SAYS The I&S AnSeles
Express, which declares that the COURTS
stern Judgment Was notlce IL those
who may he tempted ~ tamrrr witA The
administration OF Justice that, ,r;eSpre-
tive ot what powers they may WELD and
Influences command, the hand VI the
law inevitably will close uiNsn them, anG
according ~ their otfenSs they shall ee
branded rs ielonS
Harry Sinclair and his Neuteuant$.
says the ASheNille Times, tn this at
tack on Justice. believed that they lA,>-
SeS>ed higher rule ~ conduct than
the law lays down fer other men They
had power, money, influence. They had
the right ~ use power for their own
ends, even at the expense " the t<Nin~
try and her laws" In their opint,,a
Aud the indianapolis News Soite> the
feeling that the lcng DELAYS that have
marked practically every attempt IL Uu-
raNel the truth ftVM the tausle rentes~
Ing about Teapot ikNNe have ta<ea
public patience SatelN
Reviewing the cutStanainS features ~
the case, the New NerA Times states
sinclair IN In vNntemp. of the Staatr
Ae is IN rnnIcmpt ~ the Sulsgene l<urt
ot the nistrset W (NN,mosa M,ANt II
all, he iS in cNntrmpt ct the Amrs,tan
people They know him They Will r'-
memhcr him What II the turtsASNS age
tired waiting Tor h,mS tsN bars N>aic
the less teal heeat,Se Invisible. he In
shut cat from the community NJ tt>n>u-
able citlaens, lie II a convict tos life. II
as Yet he hasn't douned lNtS>n sase "a
ON the other hand the Charleston k,vt,~
n,ns INST, extending its V<utaeu,aatt>,n
ta wider rttrie, asserts. THEW In
nothing ta Indicate that ne has lVNg
caate With th,SNe aulAnS Whtun ne In az
Vuatomed tc move, urf that lie has
tallen Ntusle degree III the eAts'en an,l
consideration et hts associates and v>l,
hasueS IN the Nil mauSttN
StIll another question: Is fat>Td M
the St lnuts t<,Nt Dispatch which w
natks Mouths aSn Ne v\pts~sed aug
fear that Washington has na tau ps
10 heuse Stnclan III The >l@ehdN IL