, 1875-09-13
POLITICAL PlCNICS.
Various Methods Of COalcscfng the
Masses Considered.
Eooiability tho Keystone Of Success II
Modern politi;s.
Discussion Of tho Greatness Which Come.
from Touching Hands.
B|buiousnew an Element Of Power IN Oct.
ting Office.

BIbulousness an Element Of Power in Got
ting Office.
Legend has Il that tin,o Was when men wero
elected to municinsl and county offices becaueo
Of thotr fitness and Integrity. Dut, Of courBo,
though by mistake somewhere. men OF rueh sort
may ilavo boon elected, everybody knows botter
nowadays than to credit sucl, grauadamos'
tales. From tue beginning men must llaVo got
ten the Offices aud fattonoI upon the pay, per-
quisi.cs. anil H.ealsngs. bccaaso they had learned
tocaptutn tho samo. II IL great art,--ono which
even the reporter who knows everything couldn't
explain IN lifetime, -ths art Of capturing Of
fee. Besides, like whiting poetry,
IT Ia NOT Alt. AN AIT.
Gepins alone ia equal toit Ese. for tho bano-
at Of alt tho good lttlo boys vLose tna,umas havo
them In training for tho Presidency. and who
{not tho manmae, but the good ltsio boys aforc.
said) naturally expect to begin tho ascent Of tho
ladder Of fame by climbing into tho Doard Of Al
doymen,--clse for tho beuotit Of thoas youths
tho reportor might DO tempted 10 tell all no
knows about it. But, II ali those young hopo-
fnls will diligently pcruse what follows. thoy may
pick mp point or two worth remembering.
80, too, limo was shen men captured tho Of
1cos becnnse
THEY 'nuH WITH THE NAsHEEs;"
but tho paid fro department has knocked that
Into cooked hat; /; when thoy got office because
Of capacity to emilio I'll day Itko Chinese
manniktn, and to ehako hanls by Tho hour and
engage In interesting converse on tho health Of
| tho babT. but that also ie played out. Tho
| business ia altogether TOO thin for this Ronora-
| tion, though It worked like charm with our
t<x }tnH @f$
wards to ply the reckoning At tho bar is still
| potent agency. Agea ago. back somewhere
about the time OF tho food. it counted much that
a man could
| arour srREAp-EA0LE nuxcoapE-
tfiat ho could go: .ts glorious fowl Of freedom
soaring a!otf, with pin,ons outstrctclcd. ard
ready to Bnatch baid-headed any foo OF This Our
glorious land. Dut now. tns most eloquent
| Bceech 10 summed up in that pithy expression,
90 pregnant With suggestion and which mover
falls 10 elicit tho hanrtleBt RESPONSE: "UsB, let's
| take think"
For ycars It was reduced to an axiom among tho
g:eat Democratic party, that the tactics Of which
that touching bit Of e1oqueaco mas tho highest
| expression couldn't be beaten, and OF q truth
tl,ose rho wete readiees at it wou often enough.
But that Waa In
THE nAys OF TIE GREAT rEor1E's rARrr~- i,
/ boforc BOSS HeSiug. and ]. j. Slclrath, aud
Aid. Stout. and "Johnny" Eorcoran had hlos-
somcd to tho present mighty fullucsa Of thcir
/ greatness. 49,.
Since tho days uhen It davned upon these
Wss ta1ntn,t with ruritanisu, and Justly opou 10
suspicion Of paAlm- singing, aud therefore dis
| qualified for holding office Tin conae1ucnce
| whereof eyorT ol}lcoscekcr claims some foreign
| land as bis 6trthp1Ace]. new school Of taceica
| has boon iuaugurafed and most successfully cuI-
| tiyetcl for tLs captute OF the oilicos,
| TUE CARDINAL DOCTRINE
Of tho now school il: by aoclablllty nc conquer:
| How much tue davelopnaut OF thta auccesatul
| ~ hin roltira in attrh,kAbn In tia
ha 80 msuy Of the arest Of tho peo
plo's party havo been, or are, ssIoon-keepers, is
question for tho coming historian. 10 him It
il feft with tho suggestion ttst In thls ora no
| such proyoc4tion Of BocnbiIity Ia there al tue
saloon and that only within its procincta ID ii
that men wax 90 sociaoie that thev fling their
arms round each others necks aud pledge thotn-
eolyes to Hyoto for 70, 1nu boy, ever, time =
| which in some Of tho .preoluots means great
many many tines.
So it has come to pass that we hare those
crest social centres, which are also the centres
of tls Peoples party, and each Of which centres
about soma great 1nan-tho Cosmopolitan, thc
| JofYnraoniap. and liza Union Clubs. and (which.
shough somewhnt less prctentious. ia no leas i'm
postant when things are to be tlxcd or ballots to
to psss H. another sssnsy Of @ soes
n,ent. and tho great lover Of tho Peoples
| marty In tho dog.d .days, has been discovered in
With each other and BY no words over spoken
vets thsy eyer haf 90 aaickly brought to = com
men nrdsrstandiru N py that taismsnic Dh7sso
which has made thom alien To each other s,,ce
Dabel. On Tho basis Of that common under
standing how eaay it is to arrive u a furtlaer
| cotumon understanding a. to running the prirns-
noIIs' Hofsr to apy Of Tie great men Of tlo
Feop!e's Marty, and agafn tho reaponse will b.
TiiEuE's NOTHING L1IE r."
It fau1ilinrizea common folk with greatness,
which il also 3 good thing. Tbere must always
be- doubt III 10 the fninds d common foit n 10
The creatnesa that holds itsolf sIoof
from them. Il It be truly great w..y
should it fsar inspection II IL only
st such distsuco that tho alloy can't be detected,
Uosdoe, What constitute % greatness novsdays3
AK aoy Of tbs great men themselves, or their
fnm,f,nrs. and vol will got tho snswcr in i,t{y.
fsnIor. or the hLa ? Nonscnool Yoi viii bo
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