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have been replaced, whereas these oil
reserves, established by three Presi-
dents. were to be held by the Navy for
use in time of national emergency and
could not be replaced.
Is there anybody in the United States
willing to say that the Republican party
is to bear no responsibility for this long
tale of corruption, intrigue and treason
against the Government itself?
1 am fully aware that almost all
have here recited was before the Ameri-
can electorate in the presidential elec-
| ton of 1924.
There is one important exception to
this, however. The Supreme Court of
the United States had in 1924 not yet
rendered its decision placing the seal
of it's condemnation on these wicked
transactions. Since the election Of 1924
the people have learned on the author
| ity of the highest court in this land
that these oil leases were the product
of official corruption and fraud.
Cites G. 0. p. Deficit.
The Republican party at that time,
| Judging from the election returns must
have convinced the American people
! that guilt in this instance was personal
and that it ran against the individuals
involved and not against the party.
Unless we are willing to accept this
theory we must take another one.
which, to my mind is unbelievable; it
is that the people of this country are
callous about these things. That re-
fuse to believe. However, since the
election of 1924 new disclosures put the
matter in an entirely different light as
suming that the first premise is cor
rect, and believe We must assume 1t.
Since that time testimony has been
brought out to show that there was a
deficit in the Republican national cam
paign of some 81 100000. 1t was also
testified that the chairman of the Re
publican national committee secured
from the benef1ciaries of the oil leases
at least $26O,O00 in Liberty bonds to
help liquidate this Indebtedness, but
being not of itself a straightforward
and honest transaction it had to be cam
celled, and the testimony shows that the
manner and method of concealment was
to offer the Liberty bonds in large guam
titles to certain prominent Republicans
and have them in turn make an equal
contribution by check to meet the deficit
in the Republican national committees
treasury.
| Mellon Refused Bonds.
In a great many instances prominent
men in the Republican party accepted
these bonds and gave to the national
committee in their place their checks
| for equal amounts. 1t was the hand
writing of dead man that disclosed TO
the people of the United States to whom
| these bonds were offered. They were
offered to the Republican Secretary IF
the Treasury in an amount of $4,000.
The Secretary of the Treasury was un-
willing to be party to this fraud, and
| instead contributed $4,000 to the Re-
publican national committee and reject
ed the bonds.
But this much must be said, that the
Senate committee in search of infOrma-
ton as to these bonds could have got
ten it from the Republican Secretary of
the Treasury long before it was forced
out, had he been disposed to aid the
Senate of the United States in laying
bare this wicked conspiracy against the
American people. 1t stands admitted in
the record that for period of years the
Republican Secretary of the Treasury
concealed from the Senate investigators
his knowledge of the manner in which
these bonds were being put into the
treasury of the Republican party.
Veterans Bureau Scored.
Is there anybody in the United States
that would be willing to make the
declaration that for this particular
transaction the Republican party is to
bear no responsibility? If there is no
responsibility for all of this resting upon
the Republican party, then we must sub
scribe to the ridiculous theory that the
citizenship of this great country is en-
tirely satisfied to allow any political
party to fill its treasury with the pro-
ceeds of official corruption and crime.
There is no more grateful people in
the world than the people of this coun-
try when it comes to the proper care of
| the youth and flower of the land who
respond to the call of the President of
the United States to uphold the dignity