Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-07-10
The Invisible Government; How Gan il be [ethroned?
COL. MULHALL MAKES
 STARTLING CONFESSION

Special to the Yuma Daily Examiner
 WASHINGTON D. C., July g.
 "Behind the ostensible government sits
 enthroned an Invisible Governmeu;
 owing no allegiance and acknowledg-
 ing no responsibility to the people,
 declares the Progressive national plat
 form The trail of this Invisible Gov
 ernment in and out of the halls of
 Congress and elsewhere about the na-
 itnoal Capital and throughout the coun-
 try seems at last to have been uncover
 ed partly at leas+, through the astodpd-
 ing confession of Colonel" Mulhall
 who was for years one of its actn (
 agents in Washington and elsewhere.
 Colonel Mulhall's confession inVolv-
 es the names of many men who, have
 been prominent in Congress in recent
 years and of some who are still mem
 bers of the Senate or the House Both
 Democrats and Republicans are in his
 list. Of course Republicans names great outnumber those of Democrats for during the days of Mulhall's activity
 the Republicans were in power in both branches of Congress and al though the Invisible Government in
 partially entrusted it's interests to. Democrats and Republicans alike, it naturally dealt chiefly with those who were in control and had the power to give effect to it's legislative desires.
 Among Republicans, Colonel Mulhall names the late Vice President Sher man who was for years a prominent leader in the House; eXSpeaker Can non; and MT. Dalzell, of Pennsylvan- ia,, MT. Payne, of New York, MT. Me kinley and Mr. Mann, of Illinios, and MT. Dwight, of New York, who were important cogs in the Cannon machine Special emphasis is laid upon the ac- tivity and friendliness of former Con gressman James E. Watson, of In diana, an especially important member of the Cannon machine in the House and the leader of the Taft forces a the Republican convention in Chicago last June. Former Representativf Tawney. of Minnesota, along with Bur Ike and Bates, of Pennsylvania; Denb aud Diekena, of Michigan; Fassett Fairchild. Maltby and Southwick New York; Gardner, of New Jersey the eminent standpatter who heade, the Judiciary Committee after tha' other eminent standpatter, Jenkins, O Wisconsin, was defeated; OVerstreet of Indiana, a once valuable member of the Cannon machine; Fordney, of Michigan, the great standpatter of the 1 Saginaw district; Burleigh, of Maine promoted to the Senate by charac- teristic Republican trick; Foster ar Haskins, of Vermont Cooper, Mo2n | and Moore, of Pennsylvania; Bart | holdt. of Missiuri, cheerfully describe as "all right all the tine"; and th i late Sidney Mudd of malifluous Mar land memory Former Senator Fo, | aker, of Ohio is prominently r7enti0r | ed and the old Viking of Minnesota Knn+e Nelson. comes in for a share Senator Lodge is referred to plea sa--' for friendly assistance and forme' e. ator Aldfich, long time the Rerub!i can boss of the Senatei the late .Sena tor Carter, of Montana, and former Senator Hemenway. of Indiana.
 The Democrats fare materially bet ter. as befits the situation of a minor ity party. McDermott and Rainey, Of Illinois, receive the chief comment. al though Swager Sherlev, of Kentucky is also mentioned MT. Sherlev has taken cognizance of his own inclusion in the affair by demanding a special in vestigation by the House supplemental to the investigation which the Senate through its Lobby Committee is now Another distinguished Dem )crat, Speaker Clark, of the House, is ] also mentioned, but in a way entirely i complimentary, the lobbyist reporting