The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-10-08
SELLING OUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

country ringing with charges and
charges between the big political parties that each
oed by proved that Foraker side
and Haskell and McLaurn the other have to put mildly had
questionable dealings Standard Oil Company. There is
believe aud of the American people do believe that
these have taken from the t for different
from the given aud that really they have been bought by that
and have used their for its interests and against the inter-
of the people The who have been caught have been drop
ped quickly by the managers OF political parties and there has been
howl Of righteous wrath from all sides Each party is greatly
shocked the other aud the people much shocked both
go citizen shocked corrupt condition of
modern politics, in which he takes little part possible
The public turns in wrath these and not voice is
defend There defence oa who will
sell his fellow to trust much traitor who
aborred they become among And
yet with all this FUSS have done nothing stop the corruption
cleaned the have hand We have
only wiped few drops that have leaked Every man knows
guilty convicted Some the who
have been making the oude noise this sed with the
stick and know it, and do not brand them hyocres
And many of supporting whom know
the only they have not been caught with the goods
reason, perhaps worship of success" We
the habit Of psng and ewadng and do not look
carefully to the who has not been caught
still Successful and stand by him Also, little afraid
of him. maybe and haveour own interests to look after
after all McIaurin has hit the real his
for taking the money. lie says:-
political progress is be achieved without expenditure, is
high time that both political parties be appraised of the arrival
reason WHY should refuse to seek or decline accept the sup
port whether financial personal of which stood in need
In other words he had to have the make his campaign
with hundreds Of other polcansthey the Office it
takes money get and unless they rich they have
Aud why do campaigns cost much money! We back
find the bride taker the that has paid for
going the polls the corrupt little politician that has to be paid
working and a chance handle the whiskey"
There There of that kind in almost
muny aud the good citizens stand for them and for
the ground that it necessary politics may be
have here object lessen of how to be beaten
when win With honest those would have had
for selling ou the good citizens had stood firm against
bribery there would have been honest campaigns Those
their eeconsthey strong party workers and "od horses
they the office not by the gift of the people
fond Of saying but by paying hard cash when they that office
they sold us all out party, voters, people and all
And that is what be expected TO happen time when
district corrupt enough let money decide the
eecon All citizens ought this clearly enough that when
they learn that Of their party using money they will know
that he has stopped being Republican Democrat and has be-
spokesman thief his party and all the
Pile aud they will turn against that His victory will
than will be worth every voter the country
And when he is caught with the goods he fairly
point every who took his handled it, stayed with
him shared his and he uthfuy sayYou had
your You sold and you sold out cheaper"
Think this instead Of laughing when hear that some Eel
going spend hundreds thousands
county ask where he got the money and remember that tits
tainted when reaches him. will surely be by the time gets
into precinct.