Show F ram I 1 W politics ici maw strange etc peculiar deals involving congles war profiteering revive similar shenanigans by legislators in the past about a century ao a group of business men borrowed and incorporated the central pacific railroad then they used the to bribe congressmen to tb steal railroad franchises the eventually secured land grants for acres and a federal deral loan of 0 the swindlers lers became rich and powerful railroad owners without out investing a penny peany of their own moneal money I 1 the tweed ring king w was as the most corrupt gang that ever afflicted new york boss tweed filched millions via bribery and legalistic hocus until he was finally put behind bars but bui tweed beat the rap many times after one grand jury failed ailed to dig up enough evidence to indict tweed an editorialist wrote that it reminded rem him 0 of f the man who had been discovered dead and the jury was puzzled as to what caused his death the jury finally issued this report it was an act of god under very suspicious circumstances capitol ulu now is burdened with too many demagogues but the current batch arent gifted with huey longs evil talent he was a wily rat A reporter once saw a page from a huey long address various instructions were penciled in the margins such as pause here and use angry fist gesture etc at the end of one long paragraph the following was scribbled in capital letters argument weak here yell like hell belli one machine tn in the east t miss a vote getting trick the boss sends toys to children of voters he uses expensive chauffeured cars to bring voters to the polls and on election day he sends nurses to take care of tots while mothers vote no one ever has estimated how much money grafting officials have filched but the sum reaches astronomical figures one fact will give you a taint faint idea of the rocking that the public has taken and still Is taking liking when tammany was riding high its take during one year was the influence of corrupt political bosses on national affairs cannot be overestimated many lawmakers are merely errand boys for local ward heelers A reporter recently snapped this Is truly a mechanical age even public officials are frequently machine made all ali Is fair air in love war and politics sen george norris political opponents once persuaded a grocer named george norris to enter the primary against the U S senator the big idea was to confuse voters by having similar names on the ballots but the scheme was called off when it was spotlighted by the press mark twain used his pungent pen to attack the shady schemes of tammany ta m the ifie death des th of a tammany leader inspired one of kwains twains I 1 famed quips 1 I refused to attend his funeral but I 1 wrote a very nice letter explaining that I 1 approved of ill new mew york sideshow side show ile he started working for a wall streeter reeter Bt nearly a year ago under the impression his employer was wealthy he practiced forging the boss signature after 10 months or so go he triad passing a check signed with the employers name to see if it worked ile ho wrote it out or only 50 50 it came back bach marked insaf In stif funds 1 daughter edda who has been amnestied by italy has applied for entry into argentina because theres no spot in italy where she he would be welcome but the passport been okayed oklyed yet belgian monarchists are perturbed over the 16 year old crown prince of belgium who would prefer enter ing a monastery to assuming the throne if the king as expected abdicates tle the most quoted gag in the foreign bars in shanghai goes this way the russians Hus will probably obtain obeah the atomic bomb in the shanghai market los angeles they say is being b e flooded with phony ten jen spots mrs M falkenburg jinas mother will follow in her daughters foot steps and become a conover modell rn dell irving berlin has two songs on the hit parade at oncel once doris duke shoves off 02 for honolulu shortly accompanied by a teacher she will spurn the offer of a fashion mag po post r t in pree paree A famed photo mag la is dropping 20 p c of its roster its as is a big N Y adem paper A mobster who tells the underworld the mayor crossed him threatens to erase him when he gets out |