Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1883 — Monopolists in the Senate. [ARTICLE]

Monopolists in the Senate.

The railroad corporations are making vigorous efforts to increase the number of their attorneys and retainers in the Senate. Their success so far has been uninterrupted. In a Democratic State these corporations work in the Democratic party, as witness the case of Senator Brown of Georgia. In a Republican State they work in the Republican party, as witness the election of Wilson in lowa, and Dolph in Oregon. * The next struggle will take j)jace in Kansas, where the corporations are supporting Plumb for re-election. Whether they can hold their grip on that State will soon be determined. The old parties will never make a square fight against the monopolies of transportation. The men who lead and control in politics are but puppets in the hands of the railroad kings.— Springfield {Mo.) Statesman.