Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-04

voters while he is still only prospec-
tive candidate.
The process is called nursing" a
constituency. Many a would-be states
man disburses thousands In preparing
the way to victory, for nursing is "A
very expensive game. The local ma
chinery must be kept up and fabricated
So that II is IN the smoothcst running
order 70 this the candidate who f.
running on his money IS expected to
contribute literally.
To make the nursing" effective he
must do much more than oil the ma
chine and pay a printers bill There
arc bazars FOR many objects and he
must attend them and buy hundreds ~
dollars worth Of stun that IS useless to
him save as "a political induccment.
The churches and chapcls. the Sunday
schools and the mission halls. the
social and philanthropic institutions
all appeal to him with compiaccncy
and he deems II prudent 20 respond
generously. Every cricket, football,
lawn tennis, swimming, hockey and
amateur dramatic club in the con-
Stituency desires TO have him as presi-
dent or vice president and he pays for
the honor with a liberal donation to
the funds. And before embarking on
this costly expenditure he generally
makes liberal contribution To-
the war chest Of the party at head
quarters to ensure his getting a nom
nation when a vacancy occurs or a
general election comes round. That way
still greater honors are obtained. II
Is notorious that In recent years many
titles have been bestowed. from knight
hoods Ia peeragcs. because the rocip-
Tents Of these honors have made lavish
contributions 20 the campaign funds
OF their respective parties. II has been
charged openly in parliament. but
such charges will never be investigat-
ed because both parties are equally in
terested in retaining such profitable
sources n revenue and preventing the
facts from becoming known,
NO POOR NEED APPLY.
Because Of the money they bring into
the district many constituencies
through their local machines inform
the party managers that they prefer
rich candidates. however much they
may be lacking in ability and expert
ence, To- poor ones no matter how we'll
endowed they may IN with brains
Nobody here is so ignorant Of party
methods as TO imagine that II was be
cause Of any evidence he had given or
statesmanship that young william
Waldorf Aston was chosen as the Con
sentative candidate for Plymouth at
the last general election. And. for
financial reasons. nobody doubts that.
although he was defeated then. he will
sooner or later,
II is a fact. despite the stringency Of
! English laws against political bribery
and corruption, that there are far more
men I'm parliament solely because they
have opened their purses VIDE 10 get
there. than are TO be found In Con-
gress.
So notorious Is IL that II costs much
moro money to get into parliament.
than the sworn returns of the election
expenses indicate that several mem
bers have already announced that they
viii not stand again for election
Among them is r, +. Nerney. the mem
Der FOR North Bucks. a very able man.
He has had a much wider experience
Of the costs than Of the rewards, for
he ran for parliament four times before
he succeeded in getting elected.
Somebody asked Rider Haggurd why
ne didn't offer himself as a candidate
for parliament He would be good
man 10 have there for he IL a much
greater cNpcrt on agricultural matters
than ne 81 on zulus. and English agri-
culture stands in great need Of expert
assistance from the government. Mt.
Uazgard replied In effect, that he didn 1
intend 10 try to got into parliament
although frankly admitting that he
thought he could be OF some use there
because Il cost too much money. And
vet Mr.. Haggard ranks among the for
tunatc few who have made literature
pay pretty well. -.
FRANCIS HOPKINS.