The daily sentinel., 1912-04-13

Senator OGorman, speaking of the action of the United
States allowing Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin to
retain his bought seat, said:
81 tremble for the life of this government, if the doctrine
shall be accepted that who has accumulated his mill
purchase this body and be immune from criticism
Senator OGorman singuary old fashioned astonishingy
out of date.
Does he that who has accumulated millions
do almost anything and buy almost anything and be immune
from criticism inconvenience?
Does he know that this government longer
government by the people and for the people?
Does he not know that this government in reality
a repubic
Does he know that this government already
vice Of Wealth? ~'''~N ' '--'' y "V'''' 'N
Does he not know that half Of his colleagues the United
have either bought their what worse have
had their bought for them by criminal corporation
which hopes to use them the pursuit of its Punderng plans
He positively sincere. He his principles scrupes and other
antquated sentiments He to believe he is in the senate
to represent the people and not tie 7ower of money
Does Senator OCioman calje that the people do not
any more? that the only thing that dollars
Does not Senator Olorm r low that dollars control the
of his city of New York that dollars control almost
thing in America today few observation-disclosures back
bers like himself?
Why from the way Senator OGorman talks he might be
contemporary of Washington Jefferson Jackson Lincoln
mbud with their absurd odashoned ideas about equality before
the law and the rights of mani
Today the only rights the rights dollars only
law the law of dollars According modern standards
entitled whatever he has bought and paid for If he
has bought seat in the senate it his if he has bought seat
in the cabinet, it is his.
If he has bought law legislature Judge judicial
decision they his.
cuton and penalties they his Would Senator OGorman
Interfere with the sacred rights of property?
Does he realize that in these days be prop
erty senator can be property Judge be property admin
aton whole party can be and IS properb-prvate prop
erty?
Property has rights which not be nterered with Dol
lars have rights which not be denied
Principles do for anything Ideals do count
for anything Morals do for anything Patriotism
good citizenship do not for anything,
Even the citizens themselves do for anything Socn
will longer find how many citizens we have
in the United States Who cares We will only make up our
books find how many dollars there the United
who them and willing spend them ruhlesslv any
position any privilege.
If rich enough in dollars and poor enough in char
he buy his the and retain The forces
that put him there can keep him there.
Who is put him of the Surely the other
who have bought their Surely the criminal
corporations who have bought for their special representa-
tives.
The men who the dollars the men who own the
government They have bought and theirs They are the
who form criminal raise the living con-
stant and lay increasing burden upon the citizenship
They are the who persuade the dissolve
that becomes powerful and profitable after it
has been dissolved than it before.
They the who speculate food and in the
cetes OF te and the people, wreck banks and
the people, worthless stocks and swnde people,
and yet escape all punishment These who own the
dollars, and dollars above the law.
The who the dollars and willing to spend them
only control the national but gs
atures and city administrations They the men who can ef
the will of the people definitely declared referendum vote
hey are the who elected officials
their pledges They the who CITY ad
mnstraon approve outrage which it had previously de-
nounced They the who spite of every protest
of their public property and fasten fifty wears
pundrng transportation schemes which will rob and oppress the
citizens every day and every hour of the fifty years.
The of the indignant citizens do The ex
pressed of the citizenship does The pledges of
elected officials do Nothing has power dollars
and dollars all powerful.
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