“ There will not be the slightest feeling of antagonism toward Congress as a body - the people's lobby will merely see, in a methodical manner, that Congress hides no secrets, no secret alliances.
The lobby will be to Congress and to National politics what Dun's and Bradstreet's are to commercial life, its promoters hope, and to give it standing and to free it from suspicion of magazine control a governing committee is being organized. ”

“ Charles S. Deneen of Illinois.
"We believe," says the editor of Success, "that we can guarantee to the citizens of this country that there will not be a man on the Governing Committee who would for an instant consider a proposition to sell out the People's Lobby. Neither will there be a single demagogue or a man who could be swayed by the demands of demagogues for sensational and unsettling legislation." ”

“ Like all other lobbies, the People's will need money. Already those who have announced their moral support of the idea have contributed checks, and the magazine makes request from its readers for dollar subscriptions. ”