Fergus County Democrat., 1913-07-15

lobbyist from lolapop, whatever
that Is. Jim Mann, the grizzled lead
er of the republican minority, stated
that he has fathered and fought for
more important legislation than any
other man who has sat in congress
during the last twenty years and yet
has never been approached by any
thing resembling lobbyist. Others
of almost equal experience gave SINH
lar testimony. But all admitted that
the Mulhall literary effusion strikes a
grievous blow at the integrity of the
house and that we should have a most
comprehensive investigation of these
base charges. No time, effort or ex-
pense should be spared in revealing
this insidious lobby in all of it's in
sidiosity. Turn on the calcium, cried
one and all, and let the cruel conse-
quences be what they may. If there
be any who have dallied with this
malefic influence, let the fact be
known. How that notoriety-loving
specimen, Col. Mulhall, must chortle
as he contemplates the uproar which
he has caused; with what hectic glee
must he observe the dire confusion in
to which he has thrown the great
American congress with its 533 men,
bers; what sweet music to his ears
are the imprecations hurled against
MIN, the sonorous denials of his all
embracing charges, the elaborate
preparations for proving him what
many assert him to be, the most
monumental liar of the age, Doctor
Cook alone excepted.
There is not the slightest use to at
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and possible consequences of the Null
hall expose. He has adduced docu-
mentary evidence, which, in a few in
stances, may be termed rather con-
vincing. Unquestionably, congress can.
not permit his wholesale charges to
go unchallenged. The entire country
has been flooded with various versions
of this sordid story. The names Of
men who are known to be of the most
impeccable personal and political re-
pute have been besmirched by the
foul touch of this acknowledged tool
of unholy commercial interests. It is
quite necessary that something be
done to counteract the unwarranted
impression which many may have
gained that the American congress is
indeed den of thieves. In other
words, congress must once more go
about the business of purging itself,
of proving it's integrity, of convincing
the world that it is made up of pa
triotic men seeking only to serve, in
fearless and conscientious manner,
the highest welfare of the republic.
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1t is impossible that there should
not be an occasional delinquent among
any body comprising 533 men. I will
not undertake to assert that the
Sixty-third congress does not number
among it's membership some who are
officially derelict or worse, for the
simple reason that l do not know. ]
will venture the assertion, however,
that, taken as whole, the present
congress will average up mighty IA
vorably with any other body of SINH
lar size which could be assembled
from the forty-eight states of the
union. This, furthermore, holds true
with all of the thousands in the en-
ploy of the government.
Those pessimistic individuals who
sometimes become obsessed with the
perverted idea that official laches is
something peculiar to our own coun'
try, should widen the scope of their
perspective if for no other reason
than that of comparison. They will
discover that all England is just now
rocking with the sensational discovery
that several members of the British
ministry, which is comparable to our