Gunnison news-champion., 1913-07-11
By EA~ssd ksassnx.
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Privilege 10 she olsser Tviss Of
Amer,eaa polssscul hie. He~ever
mach II may hsss6i froe specssI
leel-latIoa. " wsn always te fessd
~'th its plsse 60 shost.aS lsssly f0s
"more."
Ia ss this ssvss ccassaE dsWsad
fos pap" whsch a.sses lolsbsss " be
organized and nasntsined = the
national espssal The scandal wll
not he sbssed ssssl we strsae q the
root Of the evll-s.tll we d<clsse .
wsr 10 the dsssA on eli kinds 81
special privsl~Gs. Through tie tss-
if, the aosernssst has bssa saying
q favored iadlvidsals and eorpoEs-
t.ons, You may ssx al Il the pee-
pile Of this eossssy for the bsesGt 81
your own pocksskoOks" when she
people protest aGaias, this iassssy,
it was natural theG che bene6ciariss
Of the robbery sAs~ld band together
to safeguard shsir graft.
80 they for~sd lobb,es sad sm-
ployed men like Col. Mulhsll sad
The Wolfe" I.snsr 10 est up in
Washington IN Invisible Govern
ment' which should control the
government which you and I believe
was established b. the fathers for
the benefit Of I'll ths people.
But the repsssss1aGives Of the tar-
if interests co~ld not maintain the
invisible Goversnsat" withoss -
sisssnce, 10 thsy iOrmed combine
tions with the bsaking lobby, the
ship building lobby, the railroad
lobby, in short, TIE handrsd and
one little lobbiss Which svs slwsys
operating in this city.
This condition, sccordiaG 10 the
confessions Of its Aissd men, snder-
took to control lagislatioa psddiag
before Congress and whiCA sAsctsd
the interests represented by the
conbinaaioa. Ii ssems 70 kese held
the leaders Of the Repsblisaa osean-
ization in the hollow a - hsnds,
and it IVES not withous ~ frieads
on the Democratic side a the chan
ber 1t Was enabled 10 Aicts4e the
makeup Of committees end whom it
feared test Of strength o. the floor
of the House. it had obnozioas legis-
lation chloroformed behind the lock
ed doors of committee roo0s.
1t rewarded the congrsssmsn who
favored it's schemes, and il punished
those who dared TO offend it's repre-
sentstives. Champ Clark clamored
for tariff reform and the country
listened. The Invisible Govern
ment" decreed his political death
and Mulhall was sent into his dis
trict in 1908 TO conduct a gum
shoe campaign against the Demo-
cratic leader. The latter was over
confident, he left his own district
and campaigned in the enemy's
country. He did not know that the
enemy was at his doorstep. The
Speaker escaped the highbinders,
but 1t was by a narrow margin.
Two years later, Mulhall again in
vaded Missouri, but Clark had
learned his lesson and sounded the
alarm in time to rally his friends.
The lobby which was headed by
Muihall was financed by the Nation
al Manufacturer Association, made
up of men who controlled q capital
Of Sl0,0o0,000,000 and employed
an army of millions Of men. He
eonfesses to have expended $780,
ooo with his own hands. But this
did not represent the 1ne hundredth
part OF the corrupt expenditsres If
the organization.
1t must also be remembered that
the National Association of Man
ufactures was only one division of
the army of graft maintained by the
tariff interests. The Sugar lobby.
and the Woolen lobby, and the Cot
ton lobby and the Steel lobby main
tanned their own hesdquarssrs and
employed their own conruptionists.