The daily sentinel., 1906-02-24
SOME GOOD IN TOM.

II is moi understandable to us
why Tom Lawson. is so very
/ generally held in low esteem by
. the public. Yet If you will an
. alyze your own thoughts OF him
! you will somehow accept this
. judgment.
! No man in a quarter of a
! century has caused such an up
i heayal of great financial inter
| ests as has Lawson. He has
/ been the means through which,
i by his expose of the System"
which was in operation in the
! great insurance companies.
caused the overthrow of men,
! who six months ago occupied
\ practically impregnable posi- !
tion in finance and were the ar
bitter of millions of revenue.
His expose has caused retren-
. chment in management of these
. great companies and return
/ of millions of money. covered
/ 10 their individual pockets.
. which belonged to the policy
i holders. He has done more
/ He has made men in high
places take more honest view
of their obligation TO those
. from whom they derived their
power.
Doing all these things. bear
!, ine an unsullied reputation
. himself in finance. having no
charge Of his as vet disproved.
. he is cordially hated by the
. rich and powerful and those
who live in glass houses of fin
. ance and has not vet won that
. public confidence. that any
. other man. having done what
. he has done. would have earn
. ed.
We insist we cannot under
. stand the situation at all. II
/ is entirely an enigma to us
. and to many others. So far
. as public opinion is concerned
, it might be believed that Law
. son himself was the reprehensi-
. BILE party.
Had Jerome of New York.
. Folk of Missouri or LaEollette,
of Wisconsin. made such charg-
. es and proved them. as Lawson
has done. they would each one
. of them have been greater pop
. ular idols than they are today.
There is only one seeming
. explanation that presents itself
to our mind. as an answer for
the position which Lawson
holds throughout the country.
stock gambler. He has pront-
ed much by the System" D."
Lawson has been and is now
. which he now so fiercely as
sails. He has some personal
debts Of hate and ingratitude
to pay back to some of those,
With whom in past time he has
worked the public. His wealth
has been made IN stock gamb-
ling and he would now over
throw the system. which made
. for him his wealth.
The public does not like
welcher, 1t likes a man 10 stand
. pat, and play the game to the
end. without they. i'm their ef-
forts TO reform others are Will
ing to turn back their wealth,
made as those they would now
overthrow made theirs This
may answer the question of
Lawson's unpopularity and we
believe It does.
However, we believe that
Lawson Is entitled TO the great
gratitude OF the public He has
. been fearless and he may be
. more honest from the sake of
. conviction, than from desire
. to pay hack, rs we have intim-
. ated as n cause for the esteem
. of tho public. Anyhow he has
i been a great personal cause
through which the widow and
. orphan hereafter. may he as
. sured Of receiving larger bene-
. fits from their insurance poll
. cies that ever before, And. to
the delight of all he has I'M
. covered many individuals who
. have grown sleek and fat of
. the public and who have been
. unmasked in their unsaintli-
ness. before men. not the least
of whom has been Chauncey
Depew. the tool of the corpora
tlons sailing under false colors
and always appearing other
than what he XNnG