The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-11-17
. Tweed struck the chairman all NV

from Tweed struck the chairman all NV
heap.
Certainly, / will, eff 700 wish il" sed
he a.. " but i spozed-that is, my idee
wu1-in a general way, 700 know-that
the least sed about corrupshen, in view
nv-well. | am list now holdin place
witch paws suthin like ten thou-but
never mind, it shell be done.
"Then agin," sed Tweed, smliln still
blander. and with the faintest sejestion
NV twinkle in his left eye, 81 wood
seest that 700 pledge the Democratic
party to honest and economical ex-
penditoor NV the public funds"
The chairman turned pale with sur
prise. but he conceded. Everybody co
| incdes with Tweed.
And while 700 are at it, continued
the great chieftain, with smile, the
blandnis Nv witch can't be described.
'.you he'd better put in resolooshen
denounsin the profiigacy NV the man
agement NV matters in Moo York city,
but maxim it, mind 700, the result NV
Radikle legislashen four years ago.
Draw up this resolooshen so ez to make
it plain that it's me you're drivin at,
without exactly namin me. It's much
better to hev the corrupshen denounced
by us than the enemy, pertikerly ez we
know more definitely about it. And |
wood sejest that 700 hev resolooshen
! boldly Challenger comparison between
the Republican and Democrat admins
trations NV the State and city govern
ments and there he smiled with
blandnis witch wuz heavenly, ez he I'm
gered magnificent diamond on the lit
! tie finger NV his left hand and slipped
glass NV champagne any little thing
wich VOC kin throw in ez to the necessity
Nv return to the simplicity NV our Pu-
ritan fathers, wood be well.
The chairman wuz too much affected
TO say a word, but he made the necessary
notes, and, castin one look Nv astonish-
ment at the greatness Nv his chief, who
sat there smilin blandly, retired from
the presence.
But the great mans work wuz not yet
done. He promptly telegraph every
prominent Democratic editor and politl-
clan in the State to denounce him in the
bitterest terms, and then tellin the con-
venshun who to nominate and what to
do, went home.
There is greatness and grandeur in
this man which | can't sufficiently adj
mire Some men wood be SO pulled up
with the possession NV the twenty-five
millions which he hez made ez TO insist
upon an Endorsement by the party
through which he made it but not so
with Tweed. There amt no vanity
about him. So long ez he hez the con.
whether he is publicly recognized or not.
| u l. 1t 10 10 tla 70,
continuashen in power is in denunsia-
shen Nv me, very good, denounce me
kin stand it. | amt the first man who
to get on, hez trampled on the dead
body wv his own reputashen. I'd jest ez
soon pull the wires behind the curtain
ez to manipulate the puppets in front Nv
it. | amt goin to let personal vanity
stand in the way Nv the great success
I'm hopin for next year. Pm a rather
heavy load for the party to carry jest
now, and I'm goin to relieve them-till
after the Presidenshel eleckshun."
Then | saw wat motive wuz actooatin
the Amerikin Napoleon, and | wuz agin
lost in wonder. Whoever the Demo.
cratic nominee is, he will simply be
shadder, NV witch Tweed will be the sub
stance. Tweed will be the power behind
the throne, witch is greater than the
throne itself. And wat a glorious pros
peck opens to us! Think NV Demo
cratic President in 1873, with Tweed be-
mind him Think NV Tweed maxim
collectors, and assessors, and postmas-
tiers, and all NV EN- bein responsible solely
to him. Eff he hez made himself a Gree.
sus, and his friends likewise, out NV the
revenues NV one city, wat will he do
wen he hez the nashen to bleed
| shell to wunst cultivate pleasant re-
lashuns with Tweed
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