The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-23

he never did go near the house nor the
senator again.
So it may be taken for granted, after
this testimony from himself, that Foraker
Is rich, even rich enough to take that trip
to Europe If he were so minded and was
not so busy getting richer; also that his
wealth has been acquired within a very
few yearE-ten at the outside and more
probably five or six.
Possession OF wealth, however, Is not q
disgrace IN this land, where every man Is
conceded right and title to all the money
he can honestly secure. But the great
voting mass of the population takes a keen
interest in It's public men, of whom For
aker Is one. and especially a keen interest
in their worldly possessions, size and
source included. It IS one of the penalties
of living in a country which is accused of
worshipping the dollar over much.
So this great voting population asks con-
corning Foraker that same question It has
put concerning other weil-known public
men:
WHERE DID HE GET IT?
VIII Foraker tell? Hardly. Dick Croker
never tod a Fassett or a Lexow or a
Mazet committee where he got it," For
aker does, however, explain.
If he would say lobbying and let It so
at that the public would understand. For
tunes have been made by lawyers and non
lawyers at that game in very few years.
But how many lawyers have made Sl,C01,-
600 at law practice in half a dozen
years?
Some have done It in bringing about
great industrial combinations. There is no
record that Foraker has eve organized a
steel trust or a copper syndicate.
Some lawyers have made a fortune in a
few years by lucky speculations or finds"
It cannot be discovered that Foraker has
cornered the wheat market or found
gold mine.
This United States senator, grown sud
denly rich. admits that he has been LOB
byist in the specific instance of the Rogers
street railway law. passed in 1886. He only
denies that he got paid for it.
81 acted as an attorney says Foraker,
land l got nothing for my services but my
salary ais an attorney"
Then he goes on to explain that the for
tune he enjoys is in no way the fruit of
his labor as a lobbyist. In the course Ct a
long and carefully prepared and dictated
interview on his worldly possessions the
senator said:
what 1 have Is the result of working
Is hours a day for 80 years, With scarcely
a day off for rest or vacation with more
on his inability to take trip to Europe
Perhaps the typewriter girl was at fault.
Perhaps she wrote ''3o' instead of CO. by
mistake. He is entitled to the benefit Of
the doubt
IL the leading members of the Cincinnati
bar are to be believed he never has worked
16 hours a day at law practice for even 10
years.
The origin OF Senator Foraker's wealth
Is not thought mysterious here: here
people know him. They charge 1t to ''lob-
bying" pure and simple. and 10 the pratt
cal operations which fit in with the lobby
lists conscience.
They do not look beyond their own hori-
zon to find the golden streams source, and
IN estimating its present volume do not
take into account the accessicns It NAV
have had since the senator transferred his
activeness beyond their own immed ate
ken 10 ;he larger field OF Washington.
They simply go back - cary beginnn. Ga,
note cause and effect since then. and. con-
signing q multitude OF happenings to the
category Of accidental expenses" fo1t up
only the mountain peaks Of achieve
u2ent.
Er.p.sp TDla,t,- 30 chow, .-g .r,--.,---f,, =,
fo- examination Some are matters Of alb
soiute record: others are written ieSioly m
the reco,iecti5as OF men. and oa.y neel
fGeshenng a biz in this rushing age Of
Proneness 70 forget today what happened
yes terday. More OF them Nigh: be matters
% record # fear OF co-S--q - -ces and TIE
common impulse OF PUBIC plundsrers u
sand together were not such effective
muzziss.
You cannot throw & stone anywhere
within the business and professional d. s.
trio. % Cincinnati without hitting some
man who can offer 4 bit Of corroborat We
detai, On J. r. Foraker as lobbyist and
political cu;-ts7cat. who apples the meth
obs o: those occupations 70 every phase %
business and professional life.
Foraker has called it ''pg actioing law
Let John Smith. unknown. unregardsl As
a Political power and unsR4Iteyed b the
magic word ''attorney." apply the same
prime pes and rsethods on smaller scale
and the world vii snriek a. him: '.Sansi-
bagse.. hunco s,ee-eri b.aclma-ler,' In
deed. such Gre win % vel 10 keep ca,
O TIE hands OF the police
And L this sogz OF thing IS not enough 70
warrant free criticism % . publ;e n2a