The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-23
A PLAGUE ON BOTH, SAYS HEARST.

The DemOcraUlC press "ehe
making an ado over Hearst's eS-
posures of Foraker's connection
with the Standard Oil Company,
but their enthusiasm has cooled
considerably since the same Mr.
Hearst has exposed the transac,
tions Of Governor Haskell Of Ok
lahoma. and Senator Bailey Of
Texas, Hearst proposes to show
that both the Democratic and Re
publican parties are corrupt, and
neither of them is entitled to the
support of the masses.
If what Hearst claims is true,
and he claims to speak from the
records, then the masses are like
the. Yokel in the greasy pig
game at a circus-which ever
party wins the masses are hum
bugged, the people get the worst
of it. How can things be other
wise when both parties subject
themselves to the great corpor-
ate powers for aid. It is plain to
see that to keep from being
crushed by the tyrannical heel OF
corporation power the people
must learn to discriminate IN the
selection Of the Representatives.
In nearly every case when a Sen
ator or a Representative IS ex.
posed, to fall back on the plea OF
being an attorney" and the con-
nection they have with this or
that trust is not as q Represen-
tative but as an attorney" We
have the same condition IN the
State. A lawyer becomes a mem
Der of the general assembly, and
while in that capacity a measure
is pending which effects certain
interests; he is the attorney for
these interests and, invariably
he will be found using his posi-
ton as a member of the general
assembly to protect these inter
ests although the interests are
not for the general welfare: but
are antagonistic to the masses.
These lawyers get pay from the
interests they represent, and II
is regarded legitimate, but should
a layman, with perhaps more
brain than the lawyer, take pay
for doing the samething, he
would be expelled, and among
his prosecutors would be found
the lawyer members who are re
tanned by the interests which brl-
bed the layman. What constitu-
tes a virtue, in legislative body
in a lawyer, is a crime IN a lay
man, although both are elected
by the people and are supposed
to be on an equal footing; just as
long as the people select as I'll e.r
Representatives men who are IN
the employ of corporations, just
so long will the corporate inter
ests predominant in legislative
bodies, and it matters not wheth.
er they are Democrats or Repub-
licans.
These large corporations care
nothing about political princi-
pies, they are after men. In the
East where the Republicans are
strong they secure Republicans
to represent them. In the South
where 1t is Democratic, they pay
the way Of Democrat for elec-
ton. The corporations have no
Republicans representing them
in the South. neither have they
Democrats representing them in
the East, but in the West they
secure Democrats and Republi-
cans because the political COM
plexion changes, and they are al
ways looking to safety.
Mr.. Hearst's exposures Of For
aker the Republican, Haskell,
Sibley and Bailey Democrats, is
not surprising; we have no doubt
whatever a close investigation
will show there are many other
Representatives from both par
ties who have received large.
fat retainers from corporations,
which they would not have re-
ceived were they private citizens
practicing law in their home
towns or cities.