The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-30
CURRENT EVENTS
BY T. J. o'FIaherty.
Continued from page u


ashamed or afraid to admit 1t lest
he might be mistaken for fool or q
conspirator or both.
TF the report is true that AL Caponf
is about to surrender himself to the
authorities who are supposed to be-
hunting for him in connection with
the murder Of Assistant States Attor-
ney McSwiggen, the senate COMMITTEES
investigating slush funds will have q
star witness within reach AL did not
contribute money to the campaign
chests of the candidates but 1t is very
likely that he contributed guns and
gunner and no doubt some Of the mil.
lions that insult so willingly contrib
uted to the capitalist politicians went
to buy powder and ball for Al and
his merry lads. .Y.
CAPITALIST reporters are cynical
~ as rule and it is no wonder.
They are accustomed to rub shoulders
with the big politicians who run this
mighty nation in the interest of the
ruling groups. And they know what
a set of frauds those politicians are,
The newspapermen grind out news to
suit the policy of whatever paper they
work for. They must do that or look
for another job on another paper
where they are obliged to do the same
thing. There is not capitalist paper
in the whole world published with the
object Of giving the public the truth.
THE best that the most fearless OF
= capitalist journalists can do is to
sneak in suggestion of the real
things that underlie the froth that.
comes to the surface. Take for In.
stance the phenomenon of Samuel In
sull purchasing every senatorial can
didate in the Illinois primaries. He
pumped hard against Mckinley, yebS
he gave even the group that supported
Mckinley $4,000, evidently not to
help Mckinley win the nomination. IT.
looks as If that gentleman had mores
enemies in his own camp than in the
open enemy's. ~ "a. ).
TN the, room where the slush investi-
l. cation is held questions are being
asked why insult is SO bitterly hostile
to Mckinley One naive person sug.
gested that the utilities baron was
sighted by the Illinois senior senator
at a social affair. What silly ex-
PLANTATION? Others, however, say that
Mckinley blocked insults attempt to
completely monopolize traction and
utility services in Illinois. That is
more like 1t. Mckinley is a big pub
lie utility owner and wealthy. And In
view OF the fact that Frank L. Smith
was for twelve years chairman of the
Illinois commerce commission It is
not surprising that insult put over
S150,000 behind his campaign.
EVERYBODY knows that this slush
II investigation is political man
euver. 1t is not straight democratic
versus republican affair. Indeed, those
politicians do not love each other.
They are like tigers quarreling over
a carcass. They are always hungry.
The factions In the republican party
of Cook County are more concerned
with cutting each others Threats than
with defending the party against the
democrats. What is party to them un-
less 1t puts cash in their pockets7
Those who are not after the cash are
treated with silent contempt. Publicly.
the politicians are exuding honor and
purity.
INVESTIGATIONS are deadly weap-
ons in the hands of politicians
against enemies. Senator Reed of Mis-
souri, is as happy behind his inquisitor-
ial chair as tom cat contemplating
the slaughter of tender little mouse.
The fact that probes like this throw a
flood of light on capitalist corruption
does not bother him in the least. He
is strong in his Missouri balliwick and
the democratic party can go to Dot for
all he cares, provided he does not go
to pot with it. The workers who
should be interested in this investiga-
ton only see in 1t a squabble between
rival politicians. They fail to see that
those politicians are but puppets striv.
ing for first place in the graces of the
rulers Of the country, men like insult.