The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-13


4 This article should be read
s2 6T1fy America citizen. Although
many it may seem that the authors
this ARTICLE have made startling re-
yelat tions, with all the seriousness or
Sthe situation as they have described It,
the half bas not been told.
In the beginning, the authors OF
The National Lobby at Washing
ton," explains that there exists "a
profound impression that something is
wrong with the basic principles or our
gOvernmentas it has been admins
tered for decade" This impression,
{ the authors attribute to the robbery
( OF the treasury through bribery,
Sblackmail and petty larceny in the
postofflce Department.; the illegal ab-
sorptiOn Of public lands with the sus-
pected connivance Of officials now re-
moved and Of members of congress
still In Office; the defalcatton of the
department. of justice and in the Office
OF the commissioners OF the District Of
4 Columbia; the interest OF congressman
+ and senator's in glove and tombstone
contracts"
1t is pointed out that as a matter of
Is Its own lobby; that in nine cases out
OF ten the lobbyist sits in the senate
with his state behind him or in the
! house of representatives with his dis
trlct and his senator behind him; that
In nine cases out Of ten the senatorial
or representative lobbyist acts and
speaks for some great corporation
@h:c5 !S seeking some vast special
privilege which is antaHonistic to pub
lie interests and to which it has no
moral right. In the opinion of these
authors the great curse Of national
legislation Is the campaign contribu-
tion. Upon the campaign contribu-
! tion is placed tbe responsibility for
the growth Of new system whereby
congress Is its own lobby. tits point
ed out that In presidential or con-
gressional elections the great corpora
tions pick the candidates and the party
to whom they feel they can look for
.favors; then they contribute enormo us
sums to carry the election.
frequently" say the authors, "a
definite bargain is made with the
national committee that something
shall be done or another one not done.
{ 1t Is cold matter Of business. Com
ssMn,csc I 4 60 c.. Itch has built up
vast fortunes in a generation or two
Ike those of the Standard Oil crowd
/ or Of Carnegie's toterie Of young men,
Z can usually pick a winner or make a
winner In national campaign. 1t
did SO in 1888, when it turned its
back on Cleveland and contributed to
the Harrison fund for NJ. S. QUAY to
spend. Again it did so in 1892, when
1t. switched from Harrison back to
Cleveland and gave the millions to
8 William @. Whitney and Don M.
Dickinson with which they swept the
country. 1t could not choose in 1896
and In 1900 because William j. Bryan
was running for president OH plat
form which made the corporations
quake, so Commercial Acumen emp
tied q sum equal to a kings ransom at
the feet Of Marcus A. Hanna at the
behest Of such men as Cornelius N.
Bliss, Senator Aldrich, Senator ALI
son. and Senator Quay" And it is ex-
planned by the authors that ''the
great interests which contributed in
these four campaigns got what they
paid for"
E An interesting feature of "The
National Lobby tWashingtonnrelate
to the part played by number Of
conspicuous senators. Senator Nelson
w Aldrich Of Rhode Island is credited
with being the mcst important man
In the senate. 1t IS said that Sena-
tor Aldrich represents more great in
terests than any other man in con
RreSS, being the representative OF the
Rockenfellers, the McrganS, the James
j. Hills, the q. Fl. IIarrimans the
w. Il. VanderbiltS, the Schwabs, tile
Carnegies, the Arnours, the Swifts,
and the Cramps. It is admitted that
the list Of interests that Senator Aid
rich serves with his voice and his IN
fluence is two long to print in IN arti-
Gle Of limited scope. 1t is, however,
pointed out that Senator Aldrjch
represents the Standard Oil Com pany.
1t Is explained that the term "Stand-
ard Oh company" as here used de-
scribes all the enterprises in which
John D. Rockefeller has united The
greatest aggregation Of capita! III the
world. 1t is shown that in the pro.
posed currency legislation Senator
-Aldrich represents the Standard Oil
group and the j. Pierpont MORGAN
group, and that as the servant CT these
interests when congress meets he will
he found pressing to permit the tcm-
porary Imitation of the currency SO it
may meet the demand which nay i,a
made upon it every time the specula.
tors In Wall street expand prices.
Mr.. Alirich is further referred to as
the servant Of the sugar trust, OF
the steel trust, OF the beef :,r.,st
and OF the anthracite coal trust. Next
to Senator Aldrich in point of inN;l-
ence as the friend of great c0mbna-
tions Of capital is Senator Hanna, &c.
cording to the authors Of The Ma
tional Lobby at Wasbington." 1t is
said that in the capacity of chairman
OF the republican national committee
Mr.. Hanna collected in 1896 for tbe
election of Mckinley the largest cam
paign fund ever spent in the United
States. Again In 1900, he collected
an enormous sum. This money came
mostly from the trusts, the great IL.
nancial institutions and protected
manufacturers. With tbcae contri-
buttons came responsibilities for Sen
atOr Hanna. Not one Of the men who
+ gave their money gave it solely to en-
sure their property against the laws