The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-12-27
the Bull WARk Of CAPITAL.
The Millionaires Who Rule the Senate
What Can the People Do When
Everything Is in the Grip
Of Corporations! Living
Sketches Of Dried
SPECIMENS.

TleH. II II tie senate oil the Jnltpd
States. 1t is also the bulaark and leg
islative machine OF corporate power.
Ii the fathers meant it 10 be the con-
sentative branch. it can now. be. on.l
doubt. be relied on to conserve the
interests Of the corporate powers to
whom two til rls Of its members at
least owe their places.
Tia. hal laughs corporate power.
"lon may get n body Of men, yonng
men. fresh from the pcope, III your
House Of Representatives. and they may
pass III l. there to curb MS. What do
We care? We have the Senate.
Corporate power is right, and Al We
look down upon this wealthy club, facts
stare Ms in the face that show il il.
Thel. are twelve new men t. he
sworn IN this morning. Here cones
one of them, leaning Oh the arm OF his
colleague, who is i man with rectan-
gniar heard. every hair adjusted with
methodical eAactness Every movement
oil this colleague il ~ wary and slow rs
that Of the cat before she springs ut
the rat. The colleague /, Joe Brown
Of Georgia, who owns half Of At anita,
and who also Owls tuoO three rail
roads, which hc got by the use OF COR
porate power IN the Georgia Legis-
lature. Heis worth four or five millions.
His income is $1,000 \ day. His coll
league is Colluitt, a parson w..o
breaches that the love OF money il the
root of all evil, and next day counts
his bonds and stocks by the millions.
\ swartliy, big-headed, strong Tipped.
iron-gray man, with eyes deep-sunken.
and no sympathy III them.
What sent Joe Brown to the Senate !?
Corporate power. OF which he is the
center. What sent Colquitt to the SEN
ate? Corporate power. whose servant
lie is. When the bill comes over from
the House to the Senate, making FOR
fixture Of all the nnearned railroad
land grants. millions on millions III
acres. will Brown end Colquitt vote for
1t, and give honest settlers chance to
earn living. Not much ! not much.
Here come down the aisle gray
bearded man and young fellow.
Gray-beard looks contented, and he
ought to. Millions are IN his pocket
book. Every time n mechanic lights
his Kerosene mp he contributes
something to this mans wcalth--cam-
den, Il West Virginia. Standard Oil
monopoly sent him to the Senate. a
monopoly with the most cruel, tsran-
meal, mur,lerous history. Ii murder
We're always punishable by death there
would he vacancies in the ranks of the
monopoly. The Young man with him
is kenna, who is only H. Henry Clay
entered the Senate Younger: Breckcn-
ridge did: others have: but kenna
would have been years older before he
entered had not tho Standard Oil
monopoly wanted and trusted him. He
has hoyish face. yet hard lines around
the mouth.
DO you think Camden and kenna
will vote for the bill regulating inter-
state commerce by railways when it
comes from the House. or for any law
CURLING corporate riot? No. much, not
much.
Next comes down the aisle bilious
dyspeptic man, who looks as though
life was a sorrow, and that the temper
Of shrew was the only thing to give
happiness. This is Conger. of Michi-
gan. He is poor. but he stands for the
mighty corporations of Michigan as
though he was one Of them. On his
arm he bears man OF millions 1t is
Palmer. the new Senate. His money
was created hy law largely.
Will Congcr and Palmer vote to give
the honest settlers Of Upper Michigan
the confirmation of the titles to tie land
they bought from the State, with title
from the State? Not much. A wealthy
railroad corporation up there now
claims these lands by virtue Of grant
whose conditions it never fulfilled
And the settlers will probably lose
their money. their homes and the re-
suits OF years of industry unless they
buy, 1T hig figures. the railroad OIL.
Here is n timid mar, though mighty
fighter for large river and harhor APP
preparations He il McMilian Of Min
nesota. He is not man OF impu sive
face or presence. Yet he has been
allie to dam the Mississippi. bv reason
OF huge river and harbor appsopria-
tions. For the public. Oh no. For
the benefit of Minneapolis mill owners,
who desire the Government 10 pav for
a never failing supply Of water. Ne
MILAN has ON his arm striking speci-
men of manhood. John Logan-ish
sort Of man. Big in body. big in head.
biz and black in mustache 1t is Sa-
bin, Just turned III, and mill .enaire.
Minnesota turned out Of the Senate
one man who had fattenel in the SEN
ate Winlom and put another in |. $
place Who had fattencd On numerous
pine lands. How Because the land
laws Of the Government. passed by the
agents 81 corporate power, made il
easy H. get c.ntral Of acres of superb,
pine, 1T Sl.a5 an acre, that we're worth
twenty times that.
Will McMil'an and Sab.n vote for
tn. retract on Of the cruel. unjust and
easy rohhing land laws, when bill
comes before them? Not much. Not
much.
Let us take one more Here is a
man with h, al like cannon ball that
has rusted by exposure To the air. /
know nothing against him, except that
III Ashi NsaIS SAIsSiiShSS tIV kSSHutG
he has done moth ny. II is Slater, OF
Oregon. But he is with man of the
figure Of the traditional Alderman. The
man is nalph. whom the Northern Pa.
cific influence in that State turned Ia
and elected Why? Because he had
been the attorney Of that corporation,
and his partner. who was formerly a
United States Senator. Nipple Mitch
ell. is nov its attorney. The Northern
Pacific railroad was granted $4,000, 000
acres of land on the condition that il
finished its road by 1879. When that
Year came. il had only finished miles
enough to earn 1000, ON acres II has
not now finished il according to the
terms of the grant. Bnt it il going Il
have that IL. O0O.UM acres. some Of il
the finest wheat land in the world
worth so an acre. That is what tn.
settler and homesteader will have Il
pay the corporation.
Will Mr.. Dolph vote for bill thai
does instice 10 the settlers along th.