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Show THE MANUFACTURERS' LOBBY It sooms we will have to accept tho Mulhall stories. He backs them up with so many letters that look genuine. I am trembling every day for foar ho will hit some ono between Colorado and Nevada; but for tho present we havo escaped. But, granting tho truth of all ho has said, what is tho significance? Just this: The manufacturers man-ufacturers of tho nation havo tried to defend themselves. It is very clear that business was menaced, that men engaged in ligitimate enterprises enter-prises wore .being blackmailed by practical politicians, poli-ticians, men who cared for no political party and fattened on threatening troublo for their own nation; men who lived by big interests, and got forced contributions as reward for keeping keep-ing hands off. Very clearly the dornagogno was abroad in tho land, and ho played on tho harp with tho labor union string. It is evident that playing charmed congressmen and senators and moro's tho charm, a President of tho United H States into concessions inimical to business, and H which representatives of business asked for in H vain. They had to counteract that influence, H and they did it by trying to put in congress and H ,to keep in congress tho men who we: a loyal to H the substantial interests of the nation. H So far as shown tho American Mann factor- H ers used no really improper methods. Thoy did HI help the right candidates in thoir campaigns, and H if they hadn't done it tho walking delegulos H would this day bo annulling the federal stMulcs H and vetoing tho vetoes of tho president. H This nation needs nothing so much as a B square deal for tho business men. And what a H sonsiblo nation needs it gets. H |