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National Capitol News.

National Capitol News.
Washington, D. Developments
in the Lorimer investigation show
plainly that the trusts have long con-
trolled legislation through the Re-
publican party. Hines statement
that 'Lorimer is the right kind of a
man to have at Washington" becomes
very significant in the light of recent
disclosures. When the psychologist
cal moment came in the Illinois legis-
lature, the 100000 fund necessary
for the election of Lorimer was forth
coming. Then Mr.. Hines proceeded
to collect $1O,O 900 of each of the big
concerns that would be benefited by
the election of Lorimer. He took
great pains to inform those to whom
he appealed for assistance that Taft
and Aldrich favored the election of
the 'blonde boss" from Chicago.
The people of the United States will
look with suspicion on the U. S. sena-
tor who opposes the direct election
bill. These stories of corruption and
bribery in the election of senators ex-
plain certain senatorial opposition to
all measures that tend to restore
power to the people. But woe to
him who opposed when such meas
ures become operative.
"Well, we put Lorimer over down
at Springfield, but it cost 100000 to
do it. Now we are seeing some of
our friends to get the matter fixed up.
We can only 60 to few big people,
and if we can get them to contribute
$10,OO each we can wipe it out. You
(The International Harvester COM
pany) are as much interested in having
the right kind of man at Washington
as any of us" Qumber trust, steel
trust, paper fruit, wooden goods trust,
oil trust, sugar, or any other old
trust.) The above sentences are
quoted from Funk's testimony before
the Lorimer investigating committee
as words used by Edward Hines,
president of the Hines Lumber COM
pany of Chicago. Funk says Hines
asked him to come across" with
$40, 900 as casually as he would pro-
pose to sell a car of lumber. All of
this goes to show how men who
grow rich through governmental
favoritism become careless and arro-
giant. It shows, too, the ramifica-
tons of greed and corruption in and
out, up and down and through and
through the Republican party. It
looks very much like men high up in
the councils of the G. o. p, who had
interest in the passage of the Payne
Aldrich monstrosity, were anxious
that Lorimer should be put over" at
Springfield. If it should be made
plain to the people that such was un-
doubleday true the place that now
know certain statesmen will soon
know them no more forever.
The now famous Cunningham
Alaska coal lands claims, through
which it has been alleged that the
Morean-Guggenheim syndicate had
planned to extend their vast interests
in Alaska, and to control the most
valuable coal lands in the world,
were, the other day, finally disal-
lowed by the department of interior.
Estimates of the value of these fields
run as higk as $4,000, 100000. And
it now looSss like there was well
laid plan to put the syndicate in pos
session of them. For what reasons,
other than friendly" does not ap-
pear. The patents would certainly
have been issued had it not been for
Pinchot and CLAWS who gave away
the scheme and got kicked out for
their pains. But the information
they furnished started the
House investigation that not even
Taft was able to stop or divert or
save Ballinger. It would be interest,"
ing to know the considerations behind
the whole dirty deal" and who re-