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Show ve'ou " ir ovornmont at "Washington has unearihed cp. t a had state of affairs in our postal department. half 1: . P';r Tho people's servants and trusted officials who hat i ' not scruple to appropriate tho people's money !u must have an abiding faith in the division of preplan prep-lan ertj-. .. .... ite in' 4. . a t il r Santa Clans -is simply a corruption of Santa k'nl Kikl.Tis, ihe Dutch for Xicholas and is the mod-h.' mod-h.' la; ern name for that saint, whose, kindness to children juhj f-'i!V! nSf- 1o all ports of wild stories, transform-name transform-name ing him from a real into a legendary character. s. -al Apart from politics-all reformers of pood pov- j '1"',11Ji," cninient. who hejieve in honesty and justice, will imitic find in the report of the assistant postmaster pen- j thro oral food for reflection. The epitome of '.' . the scandals published .. will pive an impetus ! riT it to lawlessness ;uk1 encourape those who are sow- yy iSC the seeds of anarchy.. "Let no puilty man es- 1 wil ci'c" should he the motto of those in power. . m W l't'lj 'in-., ,(k.-. A povernment, 1o bo erlcctivc and respected by tli? eop(. must puni-di criminals, no, matter how ihi.- hi(-'n their standinp in society. This is still more v"(,1 when applied 1( its own trusted officials. All ' "f t are equal before the majesty of the law. If the ''that-, isturhinp element of society are led to believe " n- 1 1 1 jj 1 the social standinp or political influence of a Ti.n. e certain class of criminals condone their crimes, it JL','i1c rncourapes them in their lawlessness. All punishment punish-ment should be commensurate with ihe crime com- v,is ,1 in it ted. The povernment cannot afford to stand . hpoiisor to crime. in nan A kit hVptll5' Pn'schinp without example produces no pood, r ciii 81 least no lasting effect. The intellipenee of the ripe ran sec the veil of hypocrisy, which strives to r j.ai conceal a selfish nnd dishonest heart under the ''y puiM- of serving one's country. Anarchy' openly avows its creed to be "kill and destroy."' Socialism ,""llu cl.iims the ripht to share in the profits of cap- uan a ital. A dishonest public officer, who disavows such . !.jj'7nd. theories, betrays the trut imposed upon him, ap- I'l'ii 'i ropriates the poverty of the people and becomes Y.'.'o- - 8 practical Socialist. A hunpry man who steals ie-tui a loaf of bread to tsppease his. hunger is sent' to i.'j,,'. jail. The accomplished official who robs his eoun- Tll,' p try escapes punisliuient. A discerning public can-atz can-atz h. . . . ' ime of 'Il"t Ja'1 to see the inconsistency and mconpruity J1 of this state of affairs where all men stand equal "Socia before the majesty ef the law. The example is bad )fa fli'd tends to foster contempt for all law. Jc rih 'ici'faw The t'-vcilcuifcut and indignation aroused by the ..,0r'r j-'-LiIicatitju uf the various means used in the post- 0 f''-e ottice to roli the people will die out, and the guilty :Vh ir. panic- may console theniselres with the thought j '.''J; tl't it is ...lily a few days' sensational news. It .a'lanc v '-' 1,(1 soon forgotten, but not by those whose ;thH theory is to lay their hands on their neighbors' an-h 1 property. It will be brought up in their lodges and iVti.'.r f 1h('v "'1 he lfl,v stt t naught by one class of iboun. persons, who were the servants of the people, why di;'i'J- should they be deprived of the same privilege. The ady t government, which commands respect for the law, yalj'n t oaunot afford to compromise with those who betray r"j . the trust imposed upon them. The people have long rrmr.e memories, and if the government is derelict in its 'SoH- -lf.v f d allows any guilty man to escape, the evil hi. h . effect of such example is far reaching in its eon- .'ii'ity'a sequences. It cannot fail to have a demoralizing "off influence on youthful minds and will give a new omiiio impel us to social reformers who claim the right I !; tw to a distribution of all property. Future and in- I U-ntif visible rewards and punishments are practically de- Tauty li;cd. with Locke, thev sav: "If there he no norais prospect beyond the grave, the inference is cer- t Koran -' iw-ighbt ' t'lB- 1, I.."''"" " tainly right, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.' " This is the creed of the dishonest man. |