The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-31
ROAST FOR HOPKINS.

The Chicago Tribune hands this
stiff Highlander to Illinois junior
.aenasor, Albert J. Hopkins, under the
significant question, Is Hopkins Bet.
er than MasQn?"
Our dearly beloved senator, elbert
~ HoHEins, mgy be a shade better
han laaeltcd pre- ie7cs cr but il
is only slal1. Hopkins has not
used hi Official position to "push"
any brand of champagne, but no has
done things almost as bad.
He has used his position, fer exam
pie, to boost his son. lad only a
few months ont of the law school, iii
to the responsible Office Of master in
chancery fer the United States
courts. In doing SO he has impliedly
pledged his influence in favor Of the
promotion of United States Judge
from the district to the circuit court
This is almost as scandalous, almost
as eoarse-minded, as anything Senat-
r Hopkins predecessor did. 1t II as
dig creditablc 70 the judge as 1t Is to
the senator sAg the consent of the
president Is required 10 make the bar
gain effective there ought TO be an
interruption Of the proceedings be-
fore Il is completed
Senator Hopkins hadn't been in his
new place long before there arose a
loud demand for his legal services on
the part Of The 5anitary district. He
was wanted to appear for the district
of which be was not a resident at the
time of his election, IN important con
domination proceedings against the
Pennsylvania railroad The district
board was controlled by Congressman
Lorimer and the senator owed his
election chiefly to the influence of
the congressman There was an ALI
ance between them offensive and
defensive What could be more nat
ural than that the senator should be
callsd in as counsel to the sanitary
board2 He was not known to be an
exp ert in cond emnation proceedings.
He had no pre-eminent standing any
where as a lawyer and no standing at
all IN Chicago. Yet he acted as coun-
sci in theae cases for many weeks. !
being absent from his place in the
senate during much Of the time, and
he drew from the board for his valu-
able ewicesFhe sum Of s24.0$3, prob /
ably the largest fee he ever received /
in his ~hofs professional career. This
was almost as bad as pushing" an |
American champagne while ostensi- /
bly, acting as a senator of the United |
States on pure food" committee.
Now Senator Hopkins is beginning +
to have qualms about the tariff. He /
is afraid any revision viii hurt "the /
little fellows" in the iron and steel /
and the paper manufactur-
ers' not engaged in the making of 1
news print. But he owes his cleo
ton as a senator to the big fellows"
in the steel business in Illinois and to /
the paper men of Fox river valley /
engaged in the manufacture of news /
and all other kinds of prime. How /
strange that he should be so solicit /
tous abous the eli.tle fellows" who .
have never done anything for him.
and apparently SO forgetful of the
big fellows who, in a political way, /
have been TO him closer than broth
srs
Then there we're Hoy and jamie
son, both Of them by a peculiar co
incidence formerly small druggists.
and both Of them managers of Hop /
sins' senatorial campaign. The pres
cent fell that something must be
lone far Hopkins. 10 Hoy was made
innraiser Of the port of Chicago ana
'amiesoa was appointed naval offic-
r 70 watch Hoy Quis casfodiet fp-
so5 enstodes2 Where shall We find