Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-14
NATIONAL Or
GANIzATION
PLAN
To Watch the interests Not
known as Special.
President Approves
Idea and Support
is Promised.
~ ollssa Gardner
Correspondence


Special Correspondence
Washington. d. C.. July "A move
ment Is on foot IN washington look
Ing 20 the organization Of what
might Be called a peoples lobby"
The Idea L. 10 have the "lnterssts
of reform" looked after Other "lu-
terests' are well represented; bat mo-.
body Ia particular Be- charged with
looking after the cause OF "decency"
and of honesty"
What Is eFerybody's business 90 mo-
hodys business This axiom applies
no less 10 the national welfare than 90
other things.
The ldes Of a peoples lobby la 90
have an organization AN office with
10 manager and employees az Washing
tpn-to Do inr the people ln general
what the other lobbyists are doing
Tor che people Ia particular whom
they serve 20 have a man o. men
whose only business &c would be- 20
keep track Of legislation and leglsla-
tors, and lei the people know.
That ls all the lobby would dO--iei
the people know Who are honest ?
What bills are supported by what
membera2 Who DO the dirty work
the killing IN the dark. the strangling
Ia cOmmlttoe7 Il requires time 10
keep track Of these things The peo.
PIE want 10 know and would support
lobby 20 be told
Publicity would do the rest
The President Approves
The Idea 1T a peoples lobby rs said
tO have originated with President
Roosevelt 10 ls known. at least that
number OF people have come from
recent Interviews at The white house
full OF the project. Whoever origin
ated a. there Is no doubt that the
president approves cordially uf the
plan aud viii do everything in his
power 20 aid carrying u out
The Idea Itself ~ not entirely new.
q has been tried quite successfully on
a smaller scale On some cities and has
done an lncalcmlahle amount toward
the purifying 1f politics
la Chicago the organization b
known AZ the Municipal Voters lea
que. This league consists OF a COM
miitee OF high-clnss citizons-men
not In active politics. on Identified
with either party organization. The
committee names a chairmdu who n
the practical manager
The league advises the voter at
election time as 10 the eligibility of
the candidates. This advice % based
on the candidates record
The Chicago league has been In
[ hueniial Ia retiring many bu0dlers
from the city council and q similar
organization has done much 10 purge
gran from the Illinois legislature
A National Lsague Needed
a similar organization 10 needed. Il
b felt, for the nations legislature.
There are men IN both branches of
congresa whose records are black.
AN that la necessary d for an intel.
ligant man 20 dig into the official re-
cords. and 20 set forth che results.
Al inquiry among the presidents
friends aud advisers shows that there
would BE- no lack of publicity There
are magazines and newspapers 10y
the score which would be- very clad %
turn on the light
President Roosevelt Wiil be asked
20 name TIE nFst committee OF lhe
! National Voters League. or Peoples
| lobby. d ls believed that the peo.
pie have confidence enough IN Theo-
dore Roosevelt 60 believe that he
would appoint hlgh-clasH. high mind
ga men to such p0sHlore Preferably
the committee WIN be made up of men
who are not actively engaged in pole
tiles. lia members would be- expected
10 serve without compensation and
from purely patriotic motives. The
active manager. however would ht
under nn annual salary. and would ho
expected 90 give bis entire attention
10 the work. The ioaaue would en-
J Bluy good legal advice and each con
I gfeaaman's record would BE- made thl
/ auDieci of separate record
The cost of ihia work would have "a
be met by voluntary subscription
Many oners have already come DO the
president 90 contribute. even hef1rf
lhe work has been officially launched
Correspondence co this auhiqci %
dressed 90 The white house viii hf
turned over 20 proper pariiea'
The Scenario Of 3 not Drama.
Miss Iiiiio Iankford looked sad
sunday she u afraid aallie Hatfield
viii heat her
Miss saiile pataeld was 90 smiles
Sunday ! guess she saw Frank Mum
lev TIaey Correspondence, sequa-
fTennl News
| Corporations, declared the earn
eai man. have no souls
"fou don't know what you're talk
iue about You ought % Wateh aomg
q operations Tor q few weeks
Il have aud founu iu b. greadJ
and mrrcileas. ! repeat. they have nt
souls"
"Oh excuse me ih0aghl you said
liheY had DO rolia.
"Ah florafin good morrow Whhl
lnnwf today Of our fellow TheapiHnef
Tuuf little. save that Our good
friend Marcus Flanagan, Nhohe lm'
lpefsqnatloh oi Simon ieEree kDoekc'
'em so hard az kokumo last winter
J has on engagement on The roof gar
s den,"
Indeed. Tif most lniercalnF