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FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1920
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GETS AWAY WITH IT
A veteran Democratic editor of pro
minence, not entirely satisfied with
the drift of things in his own party,
recently wrote the editor of The Na
tional Republican asking how Secre
tary Baker “gets away with it?” He
says:
“Enough has been disclosed a hun
dred times over, of waste and inefif
ciency. not to use shorter and uglier
names, in the management of the war
department in a time of grave nation
al emergency, to justify the impeach
ment of Secretary Baker at the bar
of congress. Conditions revealed at
congressional investigations, some of
which were notorious before congress
probed into them- are simply stag
gering; unbelievable- If a deliberate j
effort had been made to dissipate the
resources of the American people at
a time when their conservation was
absolutely essential to the national
safety, the job could not have been
more thoroughly done. If the war had
lasted two years longer, at the rate
of waste going on, the nation would
have been bankrupted. While the
people were being urged to save and
sacrifice, it is now known that an
orgy of wicked waste of money and
materials was going on that seems
absolutely inconsistent with any de
sire to protect the interests cf the
American people. Either there was
imbecility or absolute faithlessness in
the management of war department
affairs. When the war department
deliberately encouraged waste through
cost plus contracts given to private
individuals and organizations, though
the army supposedly possessed a
corps of engineers and contractors
fitted for the very work which was
thus given out under conditions fos
tering wicked dissipation of resources
and a loss of man power, It seems-,
impossible to make its course consis
tent with any real desire to serve the
country or to win the war. Why
hasn’t congress taken this utterly in
competent or faithless official by the
nap of the neck and the seat of the
pants and kicker him out of the
place he encumbers and discredits?”
That seems a fair question. The
only conceivable answer is that con
gress doubtless thought the game was
not worth the candle. The damage
had been done. If Baker were re
moved, another Baker would surely
take his place. Impeachment pro
ceedings would have been assailed by
every partisan Democrat and indepen
dent journal in the country a.s delay
ing business by playing politics. Im
portant legislation, necessary to the
good to the country would have been
delayed by a struggle in which every
rubber stamp Democrat in congress
would have rallied to the rescue of
the secretary of war. The country
will be given a chance to impeach
Baker in November. And, after all,
that will be the most satisfactory
kind of impeachment.
At any other time in our history
the Bergdoll incident alone would
have aroused a general popular de
mand for the impeachment of the
official responsible under the law for
the management of the affairs of the
war department. Here is the case
of a rich slacker, one who deliberate-i
ly ran away from home in order to
escape military duty, who escapes
after being sentenced, while absent
with somebody's permission on a wild
goose chase to his own home. This
incident is no more scandalous than
the circumstances surrounding the
escape of some other rich and power
ful men from military duty, in some
cases through direct intervention of
the war department »nd of President
Wilson himself. It is not more scan
dalous than the preferential treat
ment given to political objectors to
military service at Fort Leavenworth,
and the general failure to run down
and punish thousands of men who
evaded military service more con
scientious and patriotic youths were
required by the government to per
form.
In all the history of the American
government there has been no more
scandalous misfit in a post of high
responsibility than Secretary of War
Baker. The very immensity of the
mistakes and scandals of war depart
ment management under his adminis
tration have served to protect him and
his associates- The mind of the
country has been paralyzed by the
scope and size and cost of Baker’s
maladministration. His case has been
much like that of a man ovho sets
a whole town on fire; it has caused
so much alarm and excitement and
loss that nobody has had the time
or the heart to chase the culprit.
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VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
Would it be an infringement of the
postal laws on lotteries for our sub
scribers to guess whether our mail
facilities will be as poor next winter
as they were last.—Valdez Miner.
The Canadians are going to. resur
vey the boundary line between Hyder
and Stewart. They think that there
is a chance that they might have
overlooked something in the way of
silver.—Douglas News.
Another beauty of owing Alaska
as your home—while other sections
of the country may not be able to
tell what a day may bring forth, here
in Alaska you can tell this spring
just where your camp will be next
spring and the spring after that, so
far as threatened “benefits” Alaska
is having shoved upon her are con
cerned.—Fairbanks News.
According to the “scare head arti
cle” printed in a Seattle paper, “fish
pirates” were responsible last year
because the canneries did not put up
their ‘“contract pack.” The “pirates”
have been blamed for a lot of things
but this is the first time they are
held responsible for the light run of
salmon last year. Some times a per
son wonders if a “propaganda” is
being carried on outside to keep cap
ital from making investments In Alas,
ka.—Juneau Capital.
Now if somebody will only start a
sunbonnet club for women there may
be a little chance yet for the family
provider.
“The name of American, which be
longs to you in your national capacity
must always exalt the just pride of
patriotism more than any other ap
pelation derived from local discrim
inations.”—George Washington.
Some statesman says he is an
American first and a Republican
afterwards. If anyone has difficulty
in being both simultaneously he ought
to cease being a Republican at all.
But in these days when Democratic
leadership is committed to a scheme
sacrificial of the rights, interests and
ideals of Americanism it is very easy
to be both at the same time.
“I deplore our easy, vicious ten
dency” said Secretary Colby in a
speech at the D. A. R- convention,
“to denunciation of our public serv
ants.” What Mr. Colby means is he
deplores criticism of office holders
of the Wilson administration. He put
no curb on his own tongue when he
was loudly engaged in lambasting
r
President Taft and his official asso
ciates in 1912.
William G. McAdoo. after telling
what a great man it is going to take
to be president next time, says: “I
doubt most seriously that I possess
the qualifications to meet the exact
ing requirements of the present sit
uation. notwithstanding your gener
ous endorsement, I am not interest
ed in the political lortunes of any
man. least of all myself.” Which
being translated, means that Mr. Mc
Adoo is plugging as hard as he knows
how for the Democratic presidential
nomination.
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Need of Women Judges on Every Bench
♦ and of “Fifty-Fifty” Juries.
By MRS. JEAN NORRIS, New York City Magistrate.
The Women Lawyers’ association, of which 1 am
president, is about to wage a vigorous campaign to
enable women to serve as jurors. The association is
a national organization. I believe that within one yeaT
women will be recognized as jurors as well as voters.
Beginning my second month as the first woman
magistrate, I see more clearly than ever the need of
women judges on every bench, and for fifty-fifty
juries. By that I mean juries of six men and sis
women and one judge of each sex on the bench.
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der if she wears a charming gown, a coquetish hat, and snivels to a black
edged lace handkerchief.
Men in judging women are inclined to let sentiment run away with
reason. It takes a blend of both sexes for the jury box to arrive at a
just decision.
As to the women who are brought to this court, I am not here merely
to send them to jail. 1 do not do it, if I can help it. The thing to do is
to get them jobs'and to give them medical assistance when they need it.
One solution of this problem is the passage of minimum wage laws
by the states. What the minimum should be 1 am not prepared to say
It should be sufficient to give the girl a decent livelihood and sufficient for
a little recreation and study.
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