The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-11
INVISIBLE Govt
IN CONTROL

so SAYS GEO. 7. MURRAY IN THE
FOLLOWING COMMUNICATIONS
IN COMMENTING ON THE LAST
SESSION OF LEGISLATURE.
So says Geo. T. Murray in the fol-
lowing communication in commenting
on the last session of the legislature:
To the Independent:
In the official report of the N. D.
Bankers association, Mr.. Phelan,
member of the legislative committee
of that association, gives some start
ling facts as to who controlled the
last session of legislature-Page 81,
viz: eve have no fault to find with
the last session of the legislature at
Bismarck. They we're an odd lot.
have seen legislatures when they
have been organized by the so-called
gang and controlled by party, but
never saw the legislature when the
invisible government was more pot
ent than it was in the last session"
I will not undertake to give any
construction as to Mr.. Phelan's idea,
plan, or method of operating the "in-
visible government" influence on a
legislator because l would not expect
him to agree to any explanation that
might suggest unless accused him
of giving "free trips to dreamland,
and smiles and kisses" to members as
the acts of the invisible govern
ment" in putting the Grape on the
bills that did not suit the wishes of
the invisible" lobbyist.
Those who have read of ex-senator
Lorimer's "invisible" influence on
the legislature that elected him; of
the recent Mulhall disclosures as to
his invisible" operations on con-
gressmen and senator's; of Senator
LaFollette's disclosures Of the "in-
visible government" acts of the r. r.
Cos. against him while governor; of
the "invisible" acts of the recently
convicted Becker and his gang in New
York city; of the many disclosures in
other states where the invisible gov
eminent" put passes in the legisla-
tors pockets and the legislator col
lected the mileage and put the cash
into his own pocket; where county
commissioners allowed county offic-
ials long mileage and then the "invis-
ible" would return a part by "invisi-
BILE" route to the commissioners;
where the "invisible" acts of the
Standard Oil interest appointing a
supreme judge to useless position,
with high salary, in order that the
s'invisible government" might land
did, work so strongly on a governor,
that he would appoint man to the
judgeship who would give the desired
decision to the Oil Co.; and hundreds
of other such invisible" acts, you
will have faint idea of what "invis-
ible government" means.
Laugh at Interest Law.
By reading Mr.. Phelan, page 81,
he discloses the "why" that we have
not secured lower interest long ago,
viz: "Now there was another bill
introduced and it was quite generally
discussed, and l think it passed the
: house, reducing the legal rate OF in
terest to per cent and the contract
rate to 10 per cent. We did not get
excited over the law because the
same bill has been introduced in
every session of the legislature since
North Dakota has been state and
the invisible government took care of
it. It died in the senate; Laugh
teri. Note the fact that the "laugh"
is officially reported. l disclaim any
intent to construe what Mr.. P. meant
by "invisible," still there are few
things about what they meant by
s'inyisible government" that No one
will dispute, and they are:
(1) "Invisible government is in
fluence of the lobbyist.
(2) When a member votes under
influence of ''invisible government"
he represents the lobbyist and not
the voters who elected him.
(3) That Mr.. Phelan meant those
members who voted against the re-
duction of the interest rate, in par
ticular.
"a That the "laugh" meant that
such members were such an easy
mark" that they we're a joke on the
voters who elected them.
You May Know them.
Whenever you hear one Of those
legislators say: IF it were not for
IL per cent you farmers would lose
your farms, be cause, if the interest
rate was reduced, all the money
would leave this state and 60 to
states where the rate is higher" you
will know that such member has
taken primer, if not an advanced
course, from the invisible govern
ment." l have not heard one of the
Ward county members express him
self on the interest question, but l
have heard three other members, all
from different counties, and every
one used the exact language to ex-
press himself which proved a COM
mon source.
Whenever you read Of one Of those
"12 per cent legislators" having him
self written up as "hounded nigh un-
to death" to run for the assembly,
YOU will know that the invisible gov
eminent" is acting on him according to
directions. For Mr.. Phelan says, page
81, ~ = and I want to tell you there
is no feature in the invisible govern
ment' Of this state that can be more
potent than the bankers"
Bankers Sympathy.
"A banking house in Minneapolis has
sent out statement to a number OF
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