At the end of that time, so well had he done
his work, that he was made president of the corporation. Because of that
position, and because he is clever, New York society swallowed him and
has ever since delighted to fete him. I find it no harder to shake hands
and associate with the men he bribed, than you do to shake hands and
associate with the man who gave the bribe."
"Even supposing the great breweries, and railroads, and other interests
to be chiefly responsible for bribery, that makes it all the more
necessary to elect men above the possibility of being bribed," said Le
Grand. "Why not do as they do in Parliament? Elect only men of such high
character and wealth, that money has no temptation for them."
"The rich man is no better than the poor man, except that in place of
being bribed by other men's money, he allows his own money to bribe him.
Look at the course of the House of Lords on the corn-laws. The
slave-holders' course on secession. The millionaire silver senators'
course on silver.
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