The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-06

Ill d people willing to ndvertise tto the
world that We declined Mr. ca negle's OF
fer because VIC Ind 10 use All fot
II public lihrary.2 is hso S Council ItG.l
willing 10 approy 70 and 5pronulg hte 6tllilIt
statement? Gentlemen of tho Council, II II
may be that Id majority of the voters q
Richmond are opposed 4 to the library,
There may8not be II popular demand for y
It. But thnt Is not the question foi'$syou
10 consider. Your6sole duty6isS to- decide
whether OF not such AN institutions need
cd in6thIs community AZ II N 5t n h ST
80 @=--:-=s----s s
u Senate Mitchell.
81 4. Iuteg, recently convicted y: ct ~
Portland, Oregon, with Tiers y & & q con
lsplraoy to lefratid Sttlio United States
government Of lands makes VIC tltrects
charge that lie paid United Suites SEN SEN.
Iator5NTitchcl, OF that State. he sum 4 . s
5000 to use his influence toSexpedl me
land clnin1ss although lie3Sfur asserts
TINT Mitchell had no intnation{fr IN Inn m
as to tho frnudrlen character 9 the Y
entries Whether or8notsSenntor Mitchell
knew or the frauds, fshc accep ted money
from Puter for amy servi &C rendered Y ne
was false&to$h trust and IS unfit to be
5;.imenaber ofsthe senate. 4 "
5,NVo fear that there are many members r;
Of onr} Legislative bodies Vito q re v n the
hubit OF accepting fees for services yes g g !
this character, Several years ig go such such
d case was reported from The Virginia 10
Legislature, although the report never f'H
became public property. II According IA 4! g
tho story, q member OF that body told y
friend that lie found Ills connection With
the Legislature profitable, as 10 was as az az
attorney and had on Yari ous coca slons
accepted fees from indiyid uals and corr
.,orntions FOR services rendered in getting
some prvate&blll reported from commit
tee and passed BY the General 4 sscmbly.
When questioned as TO K his 3 moral and
legal right to do this 70 said t thn ft ~
could see ,ino Sllarms Whatever in accept Is
Ing a fee for such serv ces that he would
not champion q bill unless no 4 believed 3
that at was q good measure, but stllatgif Z,
lie took the trouble to englneer$it through.
the committee to L SEQ that ri was not
pigeon holcd, to 500 tllatffit was brought
zip before the general body and passed,
lie wasspcrforning q seryic for tbs per per-
sons In interest and that y t WIS legt u
mate for him@to receive sui table compenI--
isatlon.5 1t is strange, truly, w hat an y.
honorable man should have such a. il'er::
verted idea. OF his duty rs q trusted
member or the law making bod 1.-THE
State ButSwhell a nun learns to dove ,
money and tosmnke the pursuit f3richcs
his MAIN $obleat III ire, he lis not apt
let conscience Or delicate sense OF honor
stand in5thc way,of business s 3s
RI In a recent Interview with Circuit At
itorncy Folk. of st. Louis, }Wc asked him
how n5man who wished to sbribe!a mem Il
Der Of the Legislature whom he did not
know to be corrupt, would engineer&tho
deal He replied that there We're many
processes, e but, by way OF Illustration,
related the Following story, ~ hlch Il he
knew to be true: 4j Al certain corperntio
which wished to purchase the in q Of
Il certnin5member OF the. Lee lslature, had
one of its trusted representatives intro
duce IN absurd bill Tho bill was so
harsh and absurd iii its provisions that
1t had no possible chance OF being enacted
into law, and was such q bill as any con
sclcntious mcmberiwould8f feel 1T his duty
to oppose. After the bill had been intro-
duced an agent of the corporation called
on the member In, question, showed him
a copy Of the bill and asked him u lie
would not use his influence lin defeating
1T Thc35membcr very t,ro porly agreed
To do So and whom. the blll came mp made
II speech against II or course, tho bill
was, defca ted, and up3toS this pontSno sort
OF Improper proposal had been made. But
after the incident was closed. the hfore.
said agent OF the corporation again called
on tho aforesaid member thanked him him
most heartily for tho service chad rem
dered. told him TINT in helping to defeat
the bill lie had put the corporation nforo,
said under great obligation 70 hun. and
as he turned to leave slipped a $500 note
into the, members pocket. lie walked
away as rapidly as possible. without civ
Ing the member an opportunity to reply
and kent out OF his way for: several days.
The man may have been shocked at first
blush. said AR. Folk, but the bill "felt
good In his pocket" md he failed to
return it8tothe agent, Ia due course the
agent reappcured and told him that the
corporation would probably desire to So
cure his services III connection with othel
Legislative ennctments,5 and for every such
service rendered there would gbe liberal
compensation, From tkatStime on this
member, who probably did not know of