Show how legislatures are worked the corrupt chicago nov 21 slate senator francis W parker lectured oil graft in legislative bodies last night before the mens club hyde park baptist church one of the familiar devices 0 the modern grafting legislature he said working in the interest of and directly or indirectly in the pay of those who have an interest adverse to the public Is to manipulate the business so that it will be concentrated in the final days of the session and everything will be killed another familiar pretext Is to load tho bill the passage of which has become inevitable with conditions and incidents latal to its efficiency or which prolong the period of its applicability cabi lity until after the next session of he legislature when it may become again subject matter tor discussion the graft of the future is just this hind 0 negative graft concluded sir parker the great interests adverse to the people are no longer demanding legislation they have their lands their charters their franchises their well night uncontrolled possession of regulation of the rates for the services which they render they are asking nothing except to be let alone the result is that wo have legislative assemblies city state and national in which men who in ancient times would have poisoned wells or defiled temples are engaged ostensibly in passing lawa for the communities which they represent the graft of the legislator Is secret no books are kept which some day are certain to reveal his crime no partner is in position to reveal the wrong if some one loses money to him in a poker game or retains his law partner at a time when critical legislation is before falm no one can trace the crime to him even though all the facts become known |