The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-22
POLICE COURT
THE JOIs or LEADERSHIP.
Soms of tho Things a Politician IL Called
Upon to Do.

Upon to Do.
ITS all we'll enough to have the honor
arG glory Of being leader of your district il
there is any honor and glory attached to it,
but when you come to analyze the mani
fold duties of the place you viii discover
that it's not so pleasant" The speaker
was a typical TammRny district leader
one of the big chiefs of the wigwam, and a
character who stands high up in the or
ganization because of his ability to car
ry" his district under the most trying cir
cumstances.
The political district leader, as he IS
found here in New York, is thing indiG-
enous to the metropolis You find him
nowhere else as he is here. He is an out
growth of the old ward boss. He is pro
duct of the system of political organization
that obtains here The TammAny lead
er" is peculiarly interesting type Of this
product. He is well known in his relation
to the organization, and in a general way
the public knows pretty well how he runs"
his district and manipulates the machine
vote. But there is another side to his life
that less is known about and which is not
without interest.
1.-THE district leader" said the Tammany
for constituents than many persons have
any idea Of He must be both father and
mother to q portion of his flock. he is
called upon to perform almost all sorts of
services for his constituents, and il is in
doing these things that he gets much of the
pull upon which his individual political
strength is based.
There are many persons in every as
4 = H.
leader as the man who can help them out
Of all their troubles. Poor Mrs, Smith Is
all out Of coal and food, end Mr.. Brown,
who knows the leader, hurries OFF TO him
and tells him of Mrs. Smiths strait The
leader ascertains what he can about tie
case and then does his best to provide for her.
Very often he has 70 go down into his own
pocket to do it, but that is part of his bus
mess. Then, again, Mrs. Smith has no
money 10 pay her rent and is about TO be
dispossessed. If she can only secure few
days more time in which 20 get the money
to pay up she will be all right, and then
the leaders, influence is brought to bear on
the landlord
Zone Of the leaders, constituents dies
and leaves a will. The widow does not
know what 70 do, and the leader is called
On TO aid her. Mrs. Smiths husband IS
arrested and Is IN sad need Of a bondsman.
Smith has many friends, and each friend
has q vote, and tho leader sees that the
bond is procured and does what be can to
pull Smith out Of trouble Sometimes IL
is Mrs Smith who esss Mr.. Smith arrested
Smith has INDUCED his pugilistic instinct
to the detriment OF Mrs Smiths eye, bot,
sure, the pooe man Is fine fellow and
80 day or two after the arrest Mrs. Smith
calls upon the leader and inplores him 20
do his best to get Smith ont Of the peni-
Tertiary.
Il have lots Of Just such cases as these
every month. Tire people seem 70 regard
the Leader SIS a man who should know
everything They pour their domestic as
well as their financial troubles into his ears,
and he is kept very busy trying 70 Olsen
tangle the troubles Of Others.
'All this time Sd army Of men IS hust-
ling after him. and every man wants good
job. II you can't get him into the pubic
crib you must do your bes. 70 see thai bs
gets work II some private concern. Tbs
alderman Of the district USUALLY looks cut
for places among the city dspe<tnAnts AID
gets what be can for his district
Zone class CT men very difficult 70 dis
pose of Is composed Of sons of tAthe-s who
have toilet 70 educate ths-n- Wben tbs
father thinkstbe bog hsS education enough
be comes to Us 70 sec 4 we cant place kia
where be can earn living The yoUnz
chaps always o5peet TO manual labor. They
are educated d0zrn too fine for THAI and not
educated enough tO- take places Of respon-
ahlity, 90 ! usually zes them on the hO-se
cars - conductors. So you see the leaders
hsve pretty hard rows 20 hoe after all
How much dos il cost 20 oe TREonany
leader q big district"
We'll. have otsea figured that OCT and
I find that IL Cannes b dOns rp right On
much less that 5000 year. Thzt Is vtAt
it costa toe leader out cs hiS own pocket"
"Aad where dos the ieASez cncae IA -
'SOh, Is cones in El riEht- DSn't w0TTy
about him Kew Yerk Tine