Gilpin observer., 1913-07-10

| 1t must be remembered that The
National Manufacturers Association
was only one division of the army
of graft maintained by the tariff in
terssts. The sugar lobby, and the
wcllen lobby and the steel and cotton
lobbies mallltained their own hsau-
quarters and employed their own cc.-
ruptionists. Selfish interests com
PEELED them 10 cooperate, but each
had Its own s!ush fund and each
boassed OF its group of owned sena-
J tors and representatives.
What a tale would be unfolded III
a Mulllall from each Of these lobbies
were to suddenly decide TO turn for
states evidence and give the 'insidIe
story" of the work he did for his
masters? or course, special privilege
| will endeavor to discredit Mllhall
and his story We will be told thai,
he is crock and "squealer" and
that according to his own confession
he should be in the penitentiary. All
member that Mulhall was paid a very
handsome salary and given an unlim-
lied expence account, because he was
crook. An honest, man could nave
never given the country the infor-
nation contained in Mulhalls confes-
sion. Honest men are never en-
ployed to perform the duties assign
ed to him by those who avafied them
selves of his services.
Fortunately, We are net compelled
to rely on the unsupported testi-
mony of Mulhall. He preserved 10000
letters and kilograms which passed
between him and the men higher up.
These will be placed in the hands
of the Investigating committees o.
both houses of congress and through
them, will be laid before the people
of the country.
This mass of evidence was scrut-
inized and verified by the editors
of the New York World and the Chi
cago Tribune, the foremost Democrat
ic and the foremost Republican pap
er in the country-before it was Civ
en- to the public. 1t is said that they
paid Mulhan small fortune for his
stcry and by doing SO. they render
ed the American people a most i'm
portant service. We must fight the
devil with fire occasionally.
When the president made his fam
Gus demand for the appointment OF
congressional committee to inquire
into the activities of the various lob
bies, it is questionable if he realiz-
ed where the trail would lead. He
only knew that powerful interests
were endeavoring to prevent the re-
demption of platform pledges on the
tariff and currency questions by a
| Democratic congress He knew some
thing of the work of the Sugar lobby,
for these gentry operated openly and
brazenly. and he was in possession
of some information concerning the
other lobbies. hut Re did net know
how completely tNe Inv'Ft'e GOV
erIment" had blanketed the v:cfble
the same agent wFio bccs.ed Of his al
ility to influence tho s-eakcr OF a
Republican house CT represertftivea
and the presiding officer OF a Repub-
lican senate, stopped to bribe page
to ransack the wacte paper baskets
in congressmen's offices. in the hope
os securing valuable information.
These facts might have never be-
come known, If the pctentates OF
high finance had not broken with one
of their tools. Whatever the source
of information, however, it's value to
the American people cannot be ques
toned.
The duty of congress IN the pre-
misses is plain. There must be a
searching investigation. None guilty
must be permitted to escape corrupt
Democrats must share the same fate
as corrupt Republicans. In faot.
would be inclined to deal little
on the general theory that the peo
pie have right to expect bettel
of them than they did of their oppon
ents.
At the risk OF suffering the fate
Of most political prophets want tc
predict that Invisible Government
will be one OF the paramount issue.
in the congressional campaign of 1871.
and that, II the Democratic party's
position on this question is in har
mony with popular opinion our tri
umph In that election will be even
more complete than was our victory
in 1912.