POSTING CONGRESSMEN
New Organization to Help Congress
Serve Has Been Formed. j
THINKERS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL j
Organization Created Last December j
is Just Getting Down to Work?
Belief is That it Will Prove Invaluable.
By Frederick J. Haskin.
Washington, D C., May 10.?A new
organization that is to help congress
serve the interests of the general public
has been formed.. It is called the
people's legislative service, and its natjpnal
council is composed of 70 sena
tWrs, representatives, judges, editors]
and other well known liberals.
This organization will attempt to]
give the general public?also designated*
as the ordinary citizen and the ultimate
consumer-j-tho same advantages
before congress that business, labor,
farmers and other groups have. These
groups are organized and have lobbies
to present their arguments forcefully
before congressional committees. Al- |
most any information needed by them
can be obtained instantly from their
, headquarters.
But when it-comes to the public's
side of a case, there is no well-posted j
representative shouting in the ear of
congress. Even when a congressman
has reason to think a bill will work ,
hardship on the^,people as a whole, he
has trouble in- collecting sufficient
facts to support-fhis position. Senator
La Follette' said that he Has spent 2<f i
hours a day for weeks at a time, trying |
* to get at the facts on the other side of ]
some bill that was being pushed by a ]
corporation.
The new group of men' and women
o!m tn.cewp thp nponle's interests
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claim that they are not starting a lob- ,
by, like the yarious organizations that (
boost the affairs of tradesmen machinists
cotton growers and the like. The ,
institution they are founding is some- ,
what like a lobby in that it is a j
source of information for congress. (
But unlike a lobby it represents no j
limited part of the population, but the ,
public as a whole. . It is for the benefit
of any congressmen who want in- ,
formation on the public's side of any ,
case, and it is maintained by subscrip- .
tions of members, some of whom are |
congressmen. (
To Support the Public Cause.
The new service organization ex* '
plains that it -carnjot logically take a i
neutral position and furnish information
on both sides of a question. There <
is really no need for this," anyway, be- 1
cause almost any big bill has its sup- 2
porter^ speaking for 'some special in- 2
terest.' The legislative service feels, i
therefore, that in tak'ing' llic public side
it is only balancing the scale. <
The national council of the people'si<
legislative service is made up of men j I
and women in all parts of the country 11
who arc. interested in the public wel- j 1
faro, as well as in that of some panic- i
ular group. Thus, there are in the j
council the president of the brother- i
hood of hoilermakei's and iron ship ;
builders, the president of the farmers' <
national council, the general secretary
of the National Consumers' league,.the i
president of the Alabama Statu Feder- J I
ation of Labor, the president of the Or- | 1
dor of Railway Telegraphers, and many i
others representing important groups. ;
These people are not in the council j t
primarily as labor or farm rcprcsenta- ;
lives, however, but as member of the s
public. I
The council has also in its member- j
ship such general social, workers and j
thinkers as Jane ; Addams. Therstein
Veblcn, Herbert Croly, Frederic C.
Howe. i
The altitude of the organization on
any particular bill will be decided aft
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Not all of the members of the congress
who are Interested in the organization
will agree with the stand taken on a
bill. But those who do can get information,
statistics and help in collecting
data, so that they will be able to maintain
their ground, effectively during
floor debates and in committee meetings.
No workers at the legislative
service headquarters, either the chairman
or his assistants, arc to appear at
the hearings to testify.
The organization to fight the public's
battles was created in December, but
it is only now starting on its real work.
So far it has been busy planning ways
and means. It is .now deciding what
measures it will support or attack during
the present session of congress. On
taxation and transportation, the two
biggest problems, it will undoubtedly
take a stand and offer some assistance.
Besides furnishing material to con- 1
grcss, the organization will make a
point of watching pending legislation i1
in order to issue warnings against bills I
that seem unfair to the people. An ex- |
ample of this class of legislation is the 1
joker, an unobtrusive paragraph that
changes the effect of an otherwise in- '
nocuous bill. Often a joker is so lntri- (
cately worded that its full meaning is '
not grasped at all in a casual reading
of the bill. Such a parliamentary strat- I
agem would be a bill fixing a wage 1
scale which raised the previous rates.
If the bill declared that all previous ]
legislation on the subject was to be- '
come altogether void when the new law 1
went into effect, some persons receiving
more money for a special reason <
would lose instead of gain by the new '
bill. Such injustices have been done !
through careless or unintentional ar- 1
:angement of wording. Even a comma <
many alter the sense of a law. i
Congressmen Need Help.
Many people have the idea that it is ,
cnly the public that needs to be warned
against dangerous legislation, that
jvery congressman knows all the ins
ind outs of his calling. As a matter
jf fact; the new congressman, fresh
from a lawyer's office or some other
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.omparauveiy ni^nuuu^ gavuwiuuw.iv,
s at a big disadvantage in (the maze of
strategy and parliamentary quibbling
so plausibly arranged by experts at the
?amc. Not even the old-timer can be
always alert to note danger signals. So
x bureau looking for such things can
jo of definite value in pointing them
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Service of this sort is rendered in
England by a similar organization
maintained by the British labor party.
This, however, is a piece of party majhincry.
whereas the American proto.ypc
numbers Democratic, Republican
ind Independent senators and representatives
in its organization. In this
t is distinctive.
The real significant influence of the
rganization will bo its tendency to
Irnw together congressmen- of the different
parties who are sufficiently invested
in public progress to oppose
lie reactionaries in congress. There
ire rievcr very many of these congressmen
independent enough to brave
the displeasure of the party leaders,
md when they fight singly they are at
in overwhelming disadvantage.
In the words of Basil Manly, chairman
of the people's legislative service,
the organization is expected to bring
together "a group of the best fighters
in the house and senate who will form
x Battalion of Death" and stand tojether
unflinchingly and wit,h thorough
iccord upon the great measures which
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iffect the public interest, cmve m*.- |
breakdown of the group of insurgents
in 1912, there has been no well organized
teamwork on the progressive side
in either house of congress except for
temporary alliance on special measures.
"In attempting to form this group no
account was taken of numbers, but evI
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ery effort was made to secure a militant
minority who would stand together
on fundamentals."
The battalion to which Mr. Manly
referred is at present composed of
Senators France, Ladd, Norris, Walsh,
and LaFolIette, and Representatives
Beck, Browne* Burke, Frear, Keller,
Mead, Nelson; Sinclair and Voight.
CONSPIRACY IN JAPAN.
Alleged That Secret Society Contemplates.
World Domination. '
.Toklo, May 12.?Revelations of the
work carried on by the "Omotokyo"
cult, which began when the police
raided the headquarters of the organization
at Ayabe, near here, continue
to astound the people of the empire.
Newspapers accuse leaders of the cult
of aspiring to set up an "Omotokyo"
dyhasty, to whfctf all- Cfopantesc would
flock with the hope of attaining world
dominion.
In the secret passage leading from
tho temple of the society, the police
declare, they discovered, a portrait of
Wanisaburo Deguchi, leader of the society.
The police declare they discov-...^'i
? it of noo-iiohi wparincr a
lieu Ck pui null, vv .-.?
costume resembling that usually seen
on the image of Ama-Terasu, the sun
goddess, the traditional grand ancestress
of the Japanese imperial family.
It is alleged that in the temple were
found crypts in which were placed the
bodies of those who were slain for betraying
the secrets of tljc Organization.
It is declared that '"unspeakable
:rimes" were committed against wo-:
nen by members of the cult, who are
jaid to have bordered on fanaticism in
the zeal. Cart loads of alleged seditious
literature has been seized, includ,ng
a famous volume bearing the title
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of "Fire." This volume is interpreted
as embodying project# for a social upheaval
of a "dreadful nature" and incompatible
with the present government
of Japan.
It is said that the followers of "Omotokyo"
numbered 300,000. When the
police seized the collection ctf pebbles
representing the divinity of the organization
a band of the faithful'clinched
their fists in fury, declaring the acts of
the officers to be sacrlligious. Leaders
made addresses urging, forbearance and
long suffering in t-he presence of the
desecration of their deity by the heathen.
An Osaka newspaper owned by
Deguchi has issued an extra edition
denying reports that bombs were discovered
in the temple and explaining
that swords found there had been given
to the temple. The newspaper declares
that "follower's * of "Omotokyo"
have committed, no^rime. . . ,
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Pittrburgh Chinese Work a New
Dodge. '.
Two city' cieieciivcB, s?iu iu nivnu- |
gate a run on the lemon market, in .
the Chinese section:-in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
last Thursdaj* reported to headquarters
that they had discovered opium
secreted in the fruit being sold to the
orientals. According to'the officers,
several lemon peddlers were disposing
of their stocks at the rate of one to
each customer and collecting high
prices. The detectives said they seized
one.of the lemons and that an investigation
disclosed- that the inside
of the fruit had been removed and raw
opium substituted. Yee Zouck and'
Yee Wing were arrested in connection
with the case and are being held for
further investigation;
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