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

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pended his last ounce OF energy in pushing
Foraker up the hill and has then been lie;
drop back into the gutter, can swear TO his
selfishnass.
Greed and audacity Powered last in the
garden Of ForakeTs personality, but most
luxuriantly. 1t Is a greed CORN Of glutton-
GUS appetite suddenly confronted with pro-
fusion; an audaclty that is born Of a mar
riage between truculent greed and bound
less vanity.
These are the qualities which have made
the Foraker of 1909 the Foraker Cincinnati
and Cslio people are coming to know, the
Foraker whose thought runs in this chan
mel:
II am Foraker. l, Foraker. can do no
wrong-at least nobody Gares accuse me.
, And if perchanoe 1 be accused, my name,
my fame and my awful presence Will COW
my accuser in the dust and reassure the
world"
This was Foraker's apparent mental at
titude very recently when the Times-Her-
aid gave him as a matter Of course. 1t
tie editorial attention. But the accuser
did not cover in the dust. nor was the
public treasured by expressions OF his
egotism.
Then, as such mental attitudes usually
result when pricked. he commenced to get
excited, to BELOW and paw the earth. 20
call names. 10 explain and-ineyitably the
case-to founder. AL Of which leads up
to demand for concrete facts.
And since It Is to the lobbyist side OF
the 1899 Foraker TO which attention has
been called first, let that be the first side
OF him considered.
But Is Foraker real lobbyist?
He admits it-says he went to Columbus
in 1896 to work for the passage OF the Ros-
ers street railway law.
but acted simply as an attorney for
the Cincinnati Street Railway company
and got nothing for what ] did but my
salary as an attorney"
That appears an astounding confession.
when the circumstances are reviewed
even admitting F0rakers own statement,
including the lack OF extra pay for his
work.
The Rogers law Of Ohio was the Alien
law of Illinois. The fight for It was the
Allen law fight over again. or rather its
forerunner. with the difference that
neither s nator Cullen nor Senator Mason
appeared at Springfield b. lobby for II.
The bill was the same kind Of bill. II
provided ffty-year franchises, fastened
scent fares upon the people for quarter
OF a century and exacted no manner OF
adequate compensation, or even left room
for exacting L.
The whole state, every city that was IN
teregsied in street railways, rose N revolt.
Now mark you row and when this bill
came up for passage.
The 1896 legislature IN The state Of Ohio
was the Foraker leg stature" 1t was
nominated and elected In 1895. the year
Bushnell was first elected governor. The
state machine was largely IN Forsker's
hands. That was proved at the Zsnes-
willie convention. HIS men IN he various
legislative districts controlled romira-
lions for the legislature.
II was 'pu: up" leg!sla'ure-"put up
for the election Of a United States senator.
and that senator was % be Foraker. The
nominees were carefully selected. picked
men wherever the Foraker influence pre-
vailed. and that was IN a majority % TIRE
d
districts They were men vtlo sud b
depended on 70 - w91at Foraker wanted.
They were .'h - men.
Foraker WIS elected about the r1idtie n
January. lie had the legislature - c1rn-
p'ete'y in his power that there was no
chance OF a contest for the main prize.
Then ne made a spe~ch ~ thanks and
Went back TO Csuc. mat - wat for TIE
Rogers law.
y acted only az an attorney" sSTs For
aker. IN commenting on RS WO-k % vat
winter. Often tire quss.i5a has bae1
asked:
Why Cid he -; az; as t5e attorney q
the PEOPLE? TIE people Of ono had just
e,zr.ed him th.lr attorney il the national
cJngrafz q: Wellington
Bu; was Foraker merely an Attorney
u apn~srs ro- 80 lorg a. che Rogers
BIZ required noth-ug IN; - % put NO
the proper .eEsI ve-baEe and % have -
meaning explained Foraker Ess not cailei
on Tier. a. always. the interested coz
Foratioas bad z-torDe-s. As the Tirsss-
star had DtsseTvsd yesrs 5ef0-s;
when The street railway interests have
- BUSINESS % be transacted NaET1nsi'a
& Paxton or Ri,treass = WHY ATTENDED
70 s. when trey vra1r political iasSsSes
1sed they get F8rakes-
7; was s. in 4rs ea=4 TIE attorneys
fo- the street ralzar Co-panJ rad h~ea
hsana. /: was ast ussa - cssifs. and ca
nscfxI.v Cinclnnssi and Cssveiase. con-
mencei 70 send aslsgz-soas % Coi1sreaS
,hzt Fu-aksr appss-ed - ~zs'o<n<T-
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