Show purification the term unclean pool of politics has probably more meaning in the city and state of new york than in any other section of the country while the fine italian hand of the political bc boss ss is felt in other states it is nowhere so eo plainly visible so all controlling and insatiable as in new york its great power is the power of money wrung from the various mono poles and trusts whose interests n er are in turn protected and fostered lion hon IV Y 3 bryan suz suggested a method of escape by forbidding g 0 of every ibria m these contributions might take as to render its evasion almost impossible has been introduced in the new york legislative assembly the penalties are so BO elvere that a proper enforcement of the la law w would lit be thoroughly ef iu in putting a stop to the innumerable nuin erable evils of the boadle system of politics and the ru rule le of corporations A similar law should be anactes by every state legislature in the interest of the tha people who might then have some voice in their own government and be able to curtail the grasping 0 0 greed reed of monopolistic corporations and trusts and secure a greater degree of purity in politics in the west the need is not nearly so BO apparent as in the large manufacturing centers of the east but as a means of prevention it would at least do no harm it is fitting that sir mr bryan the democratic champion should suggest the passage of such a law it is ia essentially democratic in principle being directly in the interest of the IB ople and as a matter ol of justice should pass without opposition if such a law had been in force during the last campaign campfi un where would the hanna mckinley c fund have come from itis it is safe eafe to assert that mckinless McKinIe McKin leys ys vote in certain states would not have exceeded the total voting population |