South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-05
SOME AGENTS BRED;
OTHERS ARE BOUGHT
Exposures in MuIhaII'S ConfeS-
sion Furnish Details Where
Before Only Moral Certainty
ExiSted-What System Op-
poses.
GY gibson GARDNER.


IS the system. The National Asso-
ciat.on Of Manufacturers is merely
an alias. National Council for Indus
trial Defense is another alias. Null
hall, Emery. Van Cleve, Kirby-its
army of officials and paid agents-are
but the material manifestations of
what has long been described as the
system. 1t is sbig business" "spe-
cial privilege, trusts" and all the
rest. y. A NJ. happens TO be an or
ganized form through which all this is
manifested
The system works sometimes
through organization and som times
through Independent agencies. This
organized manifestation of the sys-
TEN modestly claims TO represent ten
billions Of capital and $50 corpora
tons and to control the means Of eX-
istence Of five millions of wage earn
ers. 1t is the largest single organiza-
tiOn of standpatism. 1t is business
actively engaged in politics and in the
industrial struggle IL is the system S
largest individual tool for fighting or
ganiZed labor, progressive legislation.
strikes and everything which makes
for humanity and against dollar
greed.
Various Kinds of Agents.
Agents OF he system in public life
are some of them bought outright
little cheap bribed weaklings: others
are hired as attorneys; others serve
the system in serving themselves
They are rich and legislate in their
own interest.
There are in public life natural re-
actiOnaries-men like Swagar Sherley.
Sen. Bacon, Rep. Campbell Of Kansas
and zen. RoOt-who see things natu-
rally from the tory po.nt of view.
That they OnpOse an eight-hOur law
does not necessarily mean that they
have had thesr hands behind them and
have had a tickling palm crossed with
corrupter's gold. They see life from
the standpoint Of the specially priv
1eged. They are BOurbons born and
bred They do not understand hu-
manity nor humanity's appeal They
are used TO the system. They are
natural friends of the system. They
are counted before the ssytem buys
the cheap ones 70 supplement their
ranks and insure the systems pur-
poses.
Reliable Standpatters.
When Emery and Mulhall gave a
list of those on whom they might re-
~, they included in the list as a mat
ter of course. Sens Nelson. Lodge.
Root. Gallinger. Rep. Sherley and a
lot more of that sort. They knew
these TO be on the standpat side for
reasons indicated. But the little man,
the Jim Watson, and the John ].
Gardner and the McDermott from the
Chicago stockyards district, are
bought with little checks. 1t is an
old trick 10 buy a man by subscribing
20 his campaign fund. 1t was by
sending checks to help members OF
the legislature get elected that Fair
banks took his first step into the sen
ate of the United States, and there
are scores of others who have done
the same SeCy. Schwedtman OF y
A. NJ. admits that form OF bribery and
says If that is a crime, we are guilty
OF it."
The exposures in Mulhall's confes-
sion are interesting as furnishing de-
tails where before only moral GER
tainty existed. The letters. the exact
amounts contributed TO campaign
funds and the behind-the-scenes rev
elation as 70 how the man was bought
are interesting and enlightening. The
list of those who serve the specia
privilege side in public matters is q
list already quite familiar.
Purposes OF y. \. VI.
The purposes for which this or
sanizatiOn exists are the purposes de
sired at all times by the system. Not,
the following activities and the sys
TENS purposes are quite clear:
y A NJ. worked with Sen Aldricf
IN securing legislation desired by biz
business. notably the tariff. the rail
roads and the trusts.
1t financed the lobby work or for
rner Sen. James A. Hemenway anC
Rep. James 4. Watson or Indiana.
II aided Cannon and his friends II
their struggle 20 keep their grip OF
the house OF representatives.
II packed the judiciary committee
of the senate and house where al
progressive legislation and particu-
1arly labor legislation found grave
yard.
II worked with the avowed reac
tionaries like Lodge. Nelson and Gal
linger and backed up the activity o.
these by the assistance Of those who's
campaigns were financed or who wer'
bought ir. other ways.
j backed the prosecution OF Com
pers and the officials OF the American
Federation OF Labor IN the case grow
ing cut OF the boycott OF the Buck
Stove and Range company.
II furnished the sinews OF war 70
Judge Daniel Thew Wrights prose
cution OF Gompers in the alleged con
tempt proceedings.
II financed and prosecuted the cam
paign 10 secure Taft's tariff board 70
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