Show r J Crundy's G Y Crumbled Crumbl d Throne t j iV dark d k days a s falling ov over r the lucrative h i 1 YV VY game of lobbying ng Joseph oseph R R. R Grundy The ilie U e of all aU lobbyists steps from the tle gr growing wing of 11 his s life work into nt the h ti title le of df United States senator It lt is not such a far c cry cy y at is ismay may nty seen seem front from Jo lobbyist extraordinary to Grundy's Grundys s ap ap- a as senator from Pennsylvania P For gen s' s Joe Grundy has pow erf ul in the Ui halts halls of congress tha than half a dozen ordinary senators or r a t 1 couple of df f dozen o n r there mere r representatives If the tales tale's about Grundy are not gross fiction he has added adde I millions mil mil- ml lions lions' or billions t to American import duties dufis j he has lIas liberally y showered p party treasuries trea uri s with vast camp campaign funds an and he has gotten protective e tariffs to his hearts heart's content conten from various vari u r s sessions ssi ns of congress The s senate lobby tobby investigating iny g committee has bas just d declared de- de dared clare th that t Grundy was was se seeking 1 to 19 add at least and possibly double that amount nt to the cost of living through his his advocacy of higher duties dutie on manufactured manufactured manu manu- f goods Now he h is abandoning his seat in the once e powerful role to take a a. a United States Stated senate senate- senat where w we expect to t tsee see Ills his f force weakened n. n There is i some ome fi fine s distinction distinct on e iden Uy between en o outright purchase e of his bis' election through an campaign cam cani- and Grundys Grundy's YS rise to fame through f feeding eding campaign chests But Bit in principle Pennsylvania P is g getting ting another an ther Vare Vare Vare-n- an another other of ih the old political at sC school of the old Bc Boise ise Penrose era that fral frankly admitted the place of money in winning inning elections Grundy ino i is no no l hypocrite He ardently believes s in gov- gov r me t. t by and for fot the privileged If If he ha had 1 his is way the th these senators s se 1 tors' tors from k the b backward back back- ck ward rd states wo would ld talk darn dan small Utah WyOming Idaho the pa Dakotas Dakota's otas and ard other such ch states sf tes would be shorn sl oni of their power in n the United Stales States senate senat Nev New NewYork York Pennsyl- Pennsyl yania ania and the other other- great states y ul r rth run t the e government We enjoy his absolute frankness But Jo Joe Grundy is on ona a crumbling heap ap of worn out theories s. s He He shows us uS' how ow fast w w we are progressing away from such undemocratic ideas as he has lias hasal alv alWays alWays' always al al- al- al v ways Ways' ys' ys represented There are Ie senators senators' s i in 1 congress congress con con- gress gress who dare challenge the idea of ruling interests and ind wh who pro proclaim that every act of government should hould be b measured instead by what good it will do for Jor the people r as a whole 5 Gru Grundy dy belongs to the old political i era that t produced the Twe Tweed d ring and br brought hi hiI high handed I co conspiracies ls in the th ra tr d ministration Not that that- lie he was a party to that kind d- d dof of scandal cal but h nevertheless his type of brazen brazel Jo lobbying was a product of su such h loose Joose political ideals The tty day of Grundy Grundy is s J fast t. t passing While we cant can't see that d Pen Penn Penn- l- l syl ania s governor distinguished himself for tor his this selection we ar are not among long those to fo get wrought t up over the choice The senate c t very ery well wel try try to keep e p Grundy from froth being seated because be aus f jn iii that case th the upper tipper house huse of congress ss' ss s' s would I set itself itsel up tip as a tribunal fb nal to seat or Cr reject ct every duly chosen member m That is going too foo fax fart Grundy j ill Jwill represent sen quite effe effectively a philosophy pf go government that at jias is s ah always ays b been en do dominant l east but he will be forced i t the e old fd order fade into a newer and better stage sage of democracy y |