The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-04-24
GOVERNS THE SENATE
{. WITH DEsP0TIc Hll1I
q Commissioned BY Trusts and Mon@
opones and Representing :
! Politically Corrupt State.
.sElEkfoR AI.DRIUH IS
BOSS or .. s. SENATE
servile Senators Who Bow to
Such leadership Must be Driv- j.
on: From Public Life.

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The Review OF Reviews in Its sum
mary OF the tariff situation, assumes
as soIsethiing every reader should
know. that even President Taft Will
have to reckon with Senator Adrich.
in trying to get any Of hts reform
IDEAS into the tariff bill that will
tnally pass. zInferentially other sena-
tors cut no figure whatever.
We have long known the fact
stated by the. Review Of Reviews. but
none the less. the thought Of It IS
enough to make ones blood boil wdta
Indignation $50 r .f3s,s.sz g .,
The Minnesota Senators.
= How do the sovereign people Of Nin-
nesota like the idea Of having their
two senators sit down like two
bumps on log" and complacently
accept the dtctation Of trust and
monopoly Bchemer of ! the Adrical
stripe, who comes from the smallest
state in the Union In area, end the
largest in. political corruption? How
do they like It? Is there any hope OF
our people getting their eyes opened1
In answer to the question who gives
Mr.. Aldrich his commission to I1lez
La F'ollette's weekly Magazine an-
swera? "1e. A1drica1, 10 senator from
the smallest state In the Union In
point Of territory, and from any view
point, except Mr.. Aldrichs dnflu6nes
in: government, which alone makes It 1
pFeeminent. Ex-Governor Garvin of
Rhode Island has hold up that state 10
copxSnpt as one In which the elector-
ate II corrupted by money and In -
large measure purchased and pur-
chasa4,ae. The A1drich rule. therefore.
- the output OF O. small community In
which money power determines ita
representation In the senake
It ID true 1ycurgus the great law
Siver came from Atate quite as
smaM. sM t -. true Nr. Pitt influenced
the w1F1d by .his stu telrnsrnslllip telrnsrn when
16nd u1Anlr "a q through pur-
Chase oe vutes Tor Parliament. But
IsUnrsus vas grsat through his gen-
ius. Mr.. Aidrich, ds not man Of
genius as law 11ver. He is xrsat
not through his personality, but
through the power buck Of him, great
er than himself y Mh. Adrtch 10 not g.
Pitt. His potent influence as the In
strs1n1ent of certain powerful forces
does not constitute constrstctfvo
statesmanship
- Aidrich's Connections.
Mr.. Aldrtch is connected most di1,
rectly In personal and family andI
business ways with the Standard OH
Group When all 10 said, his commis-'
otS -
trust companies. insurance companies
ana the great 1nonopoaies and comhd i
nations whfoh Standard Oil owns anS(
controle. ~:
But MI. Afdric1ts couu,r3ssaou 4ul
rule would be void II It were not Hnrd
the aoqszlesepce Of the people Of thaj
United States, In ata rule. He Es1les1
as the Review OF Rsvsew suasots.
But the scepter would fsal tom his.
hand II the people living In othsr]
states chan Rhode Island won1d avgakol
and drive from public HE the senotorai
who bow to h1s leadeEshtp.
The rule Of Mr.. A4ir1ch may or may
not be q disgrace to Rhode Is1and.
Let Rhode Island hook 10 that. Butt
tor the SENATOR'S Of other states In
which the people are supposed TO-
role 10 bow TO- che A3dztch power and
accept the Aadr33ch d3cta&4on should o.
the signal tor such an nprfsing Of ths'
voters in, tl,oSe states, as shall Tor
ever put IN end to the Adrtuh rule
In the United SeAhes senate, by res
ttz1ng ther senators who support that
ruls1shtp. 80 ~. e.. :, -. ,E.s.s
A1drsoh wsn drop ont Of tho senate
ons of <hAes days. but In his place
viii oT1se :anuetssr Who, no matter
w&at his name ~. his :abiHties, WIN
ruls tsN q despottsscaaay. just as COM
pleteay for the ina6rests rs he, unless
the people o4 every state, Democratic
ana nepua,aican, arouse themselves and
fiea1<. There is not = voting precinct
In the United States In which there is
| not z eight to make. Aldrtchism must
be made = local issue everywhere if4
e. - No go