Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-09
The Political Sorts.


4 very prominent and very officious sort
are the Wire and Wool paUers; it is the
interest Of these to be united, and hence it
is policy for them to work together and
this they commonly do, and although they
have different parts TO perform in the politl-
teal drama, it becomes a necessity that
either should understand the others, tactics
that the game may be carried on the more
dextrous. Thc Wire pulIcrs have TO lead,
and therefore they are kind Of chief and
the part they have to act is and must be
behind the curtain, and it is nothing Won
dcrful for many a midnight hour to pass
over their heads while they earnestly conjure
among tie wires. To work the wires 50 as
to turn up Jack in the game, is considered
the cream ofthe performance, but it requires
dcxtrous handling of the coil to do that,
and hence the art of wire pulling in politics
il become one Of the most intricate sciences
Of this age, and the profoundest. sages OF
this land are intent on being expert in it,
because 10 be a skillful wire puller is to be
popular. and to be popular as wire puller
affords a chance very favorable chance
to feather ones own nest
The feathcring Of the nest is an import
ant idea, and political handlers whose mod.
cum of brain does not reach the standard
of capacity for dextreus wire pulling, so
into the pulling of wool SO as to cooperate
with tile wire pulling conjurcrs behind the
curtain Their business is on the outside
SO that YOU see more OF thcm-here more
Of them, ana sometimes know more of them
than YOU do Of the chiefs. These receive
their rlu, from the wire pullers, and being
confused in their way, proceed with less or
more caqtionr-less or more shrewdness to-
pull the wool gently over the eyes OF the
voters, so as to be able to lead them by, we
had almost said (by the nose), but that is
too vulgar, therefore we will say by the
beautiful trappings of party cliqu'ism.-
The class with whom the wool pullers sue
coed the best, are the GuHj6ihties, a mis-
fortune it is that this class is so numerous,
and it is really surprising how gently and
innocently they submit to the process OF
having the heecy fibers drawn over their
eyes, and when the wool is drawn over pref
~ thick, they go it blind and lustely yell,
hurrdh : our party for1ccri
Aye, saith the wire pullers and the wool
pullers,. that's the talk, hip -hip-hurrah -
One of the curiosities is the fact that when
the wool is sEillfully drawn on, it is no easy
matter to get it of, in some instances it is
barely possible, but even these instances
are rare, in fact, the policy Of the wire con-
iurers and the wool pullers is to make it
stick, if possible, and they are generally
succc7sful. Should it so happen that the
aeecy envelope becomes thin and transpar-
ent so that there is no risk that the Gull
iibilSties viii be likely to see through the
wool, other maneuyerings must be resorted
to, 10 make the thing hang and hug, and to
those who are fortunate enough to have
escaped being wooded, it is amusing to see
what appliances are at work to wool the
.Gulibilities and how the wire pullers and
the wool pullers play into each others hands.
"Diddlc is trump" says the wire pnller.
"-Aye, aye, sir, says the wool puller, ''and
trump is diddle."
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