Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-07-18
BIG GAME IN SIGHT.

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nection with the lobby Investigation
which began in a vain effort to find
the trail of a protectionist lobby, and
which now finds itself in maze of
hot trails leading in a number of di-
Fections toward big game. 1t is too
late to call a halt. The game has
been played to a point where num-
Der of members in both houses, find
ing the entire membership under a
cloud. are resolved upon the drawing
OF a line between real and imaginary
Hobbies and between men clean and
unclean. Missouri is rather proud Of
the spirit shown by Senator Stone
"Wednesday whe9, finding that his
name, like that of other senators and
congressman, had been dragged into
lobby talk by 1nalodorous Wall street
birds, he demanded the privilege of
taking the stand at once and charac-
ferizing such conduct as it deserves.
Before leaving the committee room
the senator had forced a retraction
of every part of the story of the
Wall street broker Lamar, so far as
it related to him, officially or per-
sonally. This attitude, we take it, re-
presents what must be growing feel
ing among members of both houses
as to what they owe to themselves
and to their constituencies
But we look beyond the passing
moment to draw some very interest
ing conclusions concerning what 10.
names F'actotum called possible pos
Slbilltles. The latest installment of
the Mulhal story, which is "to be con-
tdnued in our next" relates to the fin
ancial support of the candidacy for
governor of Indiana of the republican
candidate, James E. Watson. But the
correspondence, as printed, discloses
the not less interesting fact that,
against the support OF Watson by the
National Association of Manufacturers
was the support of Thomas R. Mar
shall, now vice president of the United
States, by the Indiana Brewers asso-
citation Again and again do the let
tiers disclose the feeling of the officials
of. the National Association of Manu-
facturers at the hostile attitude of the
Indiana Brewers association toward
the Watson candidacy. They were un-
able 10 see why the brewers should
prefer Marshall to Watson. They were
evidently unfamiliar with that old
axiom of Indiana politics which says,
when in doubt, ask Tom Taggart"
The Indiana Brewers association was
as clearly within its rights in making
an organized campaign for the election
OF the candidate of its choice as was
the National Association of Manufac-
turers. Each of these associations was
within its rights, but the point is that,
IL one is to be suspected of foul means
because Of exercise of this right, so
must the other be. If the motive of the
one in organizing campaign for Mr..
Watson Is to be suspected, the motive
OF the other in organizing a campaign
for Mr.. Marshall must be open to equal
suspicion. And If the one is to be in
vestigated AS to how and when and
where and why it spent money for
Watson, the other must be investigated
concerning expenditure of money for
Marshall. The truth lis, the thing is
now running amuck so far afield that
everybody should be investigated. Let
mo man who has ever taken an inter
est in politics, or exerted himself ac-
lively for or against any candidate, -es-
cape without telling why he did it.
It is among the possibilities. that
Mr.. Marshall . may become president,
for the reason that having been elect
ed governor of Iadiana in 1908 he was
2 elected vice president in 1912. The