The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-18
GREAT OL|GARCHY
IN SENATE PASSES
NEW ENGLAND No LONGER PRE-
sENTs SOLID ARRAY OF
CLAN STATESMEN.
RULED FOR MANY YEARS
POSSESSING GREAT POWER IN IP-
PER BRANCH, USED III FOR
BENEFlT OF THEIR OWN
SEE TION.

passink OF M SNfv-0rst Congress.
/ nassed tho "\au l-5e1aDd OItporchy .
I the most nowsrf, e.,finn ever organ
lied IN the INIT states senate
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lhere was no ataer section OF the
f LA'ed states, Nc 9taer group OF states
thht haa a sing! interest IN other
sections the interests were oiVersiheo.
one State wantsd one thing. ana an
other. another thing Hut In New
England, every stste wanted the same
thing. Every New England State
wanted protection on Its manutactur-
ed articles.
ny manufacturta New England
lived, and by mt Afacturlns, II hao
prospered until It Lad become the rleh-
est section OF the country. II MADE she
goods which the remainder OF the
country wore. It oought raw mater
ial which other sections raised. IL
made the profits which other sections
mad 10 pay Tor.
That is why It's interest was SIN
gle one. That is Why 1t was necessary
/ TO keep It's industries protected from
foreign competitlon. IL haa no rear
| OF domestic competition, inc South
had worried its Gotten mill owners Mt
/ tie; for every cotton mill punt IN the
South two were hailt IN the North
/ Only foreign competition was worthy
of New Englandfr's n9tice'
/ To guard againsi foreign conpeti-
! ton, this little group or states banded
| together in the Senate TO protect nome
interests Economic eohuilioiAs ue
fpanded TINS protee'feh' lhoustiE ceuio
/ not thrive without H. ana therefor
/ these Senators proposed 70 nave pro-
teelon for their own NOUS trles' "Hai-
! ever price the remainder OF tue Nouh-
/ try had TO pay.
Rad Great rover
So the New England oilsarchs
was formed AT It's mead vas SehatQF
I Nelson Aldrfch OF hilooe lSNana. ~
/ was the grant Of the ct3h- ile nor o'ii5
! leu the Ne" E-hetaho@Fs' Out Aol
period or twenty VARS ne was inc ".
1 disputed leader u tAe 7eha'e 70
/ was chairman OF thF po"er4ui s@o'h-
| inittee OF fihahee, ana rs ehai ii'@'t
| OF that pooy ne h39 me Htst anu 1'9'
consideration OF every revenue pHl III
troduced'
I - sN'-
! tected the mdustflts ot ms own Staee'
and protected those @! ms hei8lpols'
| by shreWd tradlhe u votes ana +itei
ests.
contemporaries Win 9eha'oi
Aldrich were Senators hale anu
/ Frye, OF Maine; senator Saiilnsel.
OF New Hampsnire' ana aeha.ot
Lodge, OF M&ssac hlsetts- Inese staA-
! warts We're me Old guard OF pro
3 ttAG
New England oFgdfil2auofA' anu tahtA
together were more potent III lesls-
! lation than any other I'VE senators
Of their day
| Senator Hale vas chairman OF the
committee on appropriations lie had
more faFors 10 grant than any other
man in the Senate. anu ne granted
them only with the expectation or
/ gaining fayors In return Ills cot
league, Senator Frye was president
! pro tenn of the Senate, and chairman
| OF the committee on commerce, the
third committee in Importance III
Congress THIS committee passes upon
all river aud harbor improvements
and a vast number OF other matters
/ or personal interest," 10 each member
OF the Senatr
Senators GaAlnger and Lodge We're
| Vanguards OF this big three Each
1 had important committee chairman
ships and assignments. Each was
mighty factor in the oligarchy, and
was always dependable when the
/ mutual interests of the Others were
lhFoiVed'
or all this powerful group OF sena-
Tors group mat Influenced import
ant Legislation for nearly twenty
Years as cout4 no other group in the
senate only one. Senator Lodge