Show Il i g PEOPLES PEOPLE'S ES E'S Chicago o Chronicle The news i 1 Is Mashed flashed lashed from Crom the nations nation's naton's capital that hat half halt n n. dozen magazine reformers supported sup sup- ported by IJ reformers from other walks walk of o life are ar In Washington perfecting the organization of or the peoples people's lobby It I Is true that the great bod body of or the people are not represented to an any purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose In the lob lobby b Tho They Thoy are represented represented represented or think they are arc In congress and let It I go at that In fact the they must let It go ro at that that The public interests Interest arc not specific enough to be effectively promoted by bya byn a n lobby The masses of or tho the people are not asking aking for special legislation to put money In their pockets pocket In one way or another so there Is Js nothing definite for Cor a peoples people's lo lobby to do except except ex ex- to oppose- oppose schemes for looting the treasury or In some wa way making some people rich b by act of con congress ress There arc are plenty of these private schemes and their promoters have definite dell dell- nite uses for tor lobbies and can afford to topa pa pay 1 liberally be rai for skilful lobbying A peoples people's lobby would be bamboozled IJ by the very ver worst of those promoters' promoters lobbies and do vastly vasty more harm than good rood The representatives es elected by the people are arc supposed to represent them and alid the public interests interests They ought to bo be tho the guardians o of those interests against scheming promoters promoters In fact no other persons peron can cn be If I the people can not elect men who ho wit represent thorn instead of oC representing selfish private Interest as UM thoy they too often otten do 10 popular government will wil be bo a a failure But tho the people can elect men who will wi represent them and they will wi elect such when they become discerning enough to know the tho difference between public Interests and anti the interests of gangs of public plunderers who hypnotize tze droves of oC people and make them believe c bele that it i enriches thorn to rob robt t them hem A peoples people's lobby would be pretty sure to succumb to the hypnotic Influence once ence much promptly than more a people peo- peo ples plc's representative in congress does |