Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-03-03 | Page 4 | Ohio Gang Has Had Its Day

OHIO GANG HAS HAD ITS DAY More sensations arc lue promised startle the country A A I will correspondent says Bars Revelations ot of corruption that thai the country will be made will ivill Till shale Sn In connection BUh the investigation Of t Attorney General ol ot the department of 01 justice and the last lut stage of ot the In- In In Inquiry QuiT In the naval oil lease scandal candal lit fIt t Is 1 freely freel reel predicted that the Amer Amer people will be astounded dl- dl dis disheartened by the and ot ol the conduct and ac ac- ac ac tit ot of o persons closely with the attorney general and commonly referred to as the Ohio crowd which followed follo the Harding administration to Washington Wahington and proceeded to capitalize the influence influence ence nee Its members possessed or werl weri to possess In various de- de de of the government Hun HUn- Hundreds of ot thousands of dollars In Ini I graft were collected b this ring persons seeking appointment to office olce clemency for prisoners of Income tax cases from and Immunity liquor permits pE for tor violation of ot the and other othet la laws jas s accord accord- according according ing tog to Information reaching the- the enate enate committee It If all this ibis is true l let l us have hae the disclosures But in the meantime been let us hope a mistake has made In believing there is the corruption rem pre prevailing ailIng In our public life No one can foretell the Influence In n the public mind this enlarged field of scandal will have Int Evet Even man in public office o ft from tho lost confidence thich is 18 being created have hae Th The Tho thought of their cabinet officers in high station as honorable men Dlen confirming of otile Tho Ibo e graft STart tile the rumors now In the air all would shake the very ery foundations of our structure