Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-11

voters in Philadelphia reside In the
wards you Just referred to?
| mr.. Mackey: About one-third.
Senator King. Then one-third OF
the voters in Philadelphia have no
knowledge of American institutions, but
just follow their leader"
Now let us for a brief moment turn
to England BY the English common
law bribery was treated as treason,
especially In the case Of judges. Lord
Chief Justice Thorp was beheaded for
sex was fined $4,000 pounds, one
quarter of million dollars.
We all recall the terrible fate i'm
posed upon one of the greatest intellects
in Great Britain, Lord Bacon, that
mighty man in law and philosophy.
Bribery in elections as well as of
public onicials went hand in hand in
England and began to be scandalously
noticed under the StuartS. 1t grew
until its highest reign of corruption
came under George III, from whom our
forefathers successfully rebelled.
Refers to English King.
If we accept the philosophy of the
defenders Of huge campaign contribu-
tons, We never should have rebelled
against George III. That monarch was
q superb practical politician. He would
be greatly admired by o certain class of
american politicians were he living to-
day. Indeed, George III would compare
favorably with our so-called ablest party
managers. He used Offices to influence
votes in Parliament. He distributed
cash in order to secure election of men,
bers to Parliament; he resorted to every
device of political manipulation so much
admired In the United States by some
of our financiers and so-called stand
pat politicians. He was highly skilled
in the technique of influence, thor
oughly practiced in the art of practical
politics. He would have been one Of
the first to join with the Senator from
New Hampshire in denouncing the pro-
greSSive Democrats and Republicans Of
the Northwest as the, sons of wild
jackasses" and he would likewise have
that after insulting them he could get
them back into the party fold in ex-
change for "30 pieces of silver" as is
apparent the "Old Guard" are seeking
to do with the progressives at this time
by promising to assist them financially
in the coming elections. But unless I
miss my guess, you will not find the
progressive Republican elections tainted
with the corrupt funds of the Old Guard
politicians.
The present corrupt practice act of
the United Kingdom grew out of the
so-called practical politics of George
III. In support Of my statement of the
common law as It relates to corruption,
I read from Shepherd on the law Of
elections as follows: Bribery by q can
didate, though in one instance and
though a majority of unbribed votes
remains in his favor. will void the par
ticular election and disqualify him from
being reelected to AL such vacancy"
Senate's View on Bribery.
The Senate Of the United States has
never adopted the harsh rule that has
been adopted in Great Britain by their
courts, namely, that bribery of one
managers or agents without his knowl-
edge or consent will void the whole
election. It has never been necessary
to do 80 in this country for the reason
that in all of the cases where Senators
have been refused seats there has not
only been evidence of expenditures of
huge sums of money, which shock the
sensibilities of decent people, but there
has likewise been evidence that 1t
came from corrupt sources or had been
used to corrupt the electorate of the
country. AS an example Of wholesale
corruption, call your attention to
what took place in Allegheny County,
Pa, where II 900 people were put on
the pay roll on election day. They
were, according to Senator Caraway.
taken from the largest families so as
to get the most for their money. 1t
was a device for buying votes.
Justice Heating, British jurist. in
the Norwish case said: "It seems hard