New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-22
NoT TUC WIS BIT THE N]NIEM.

Not THE MAS But THE N1HIEh.
r,,, v.,rs ago there sat in room in East
Fuuriccnth-St Il gentleman who. though Oily
, prlva,c citizen holding 10 public oiflrr, WAS
rccornizrd rs the real ruler of this ciiy ana
STATE He did not talk much. II" listened
And when he had listened. ana mad" mp ms
mimi ne sent brief message; tr trusted l'ii'"i
ANS M certain political centres through whom
e rncrssory they were communicated To one
man In every election district in this town. ana
the thing he had decided upon and ordered done
was dana with the certainty and prompincSS
with which welldisciplncd army obcyS the
orders of its commander. II II was matter
relating ~ legislative action at Albany or al
pontmcnrs Ivy the. Executive or anything per
tanning 10 the affairs of the State upon Witch
having been consulted. he had made up his
mind he simply put his mouth to II long dls-
,,nc, t.lrnhonr and transmitted his orders 10
tho c,uital when they were promptly aud I'M
hcsit,,iualv obevcd II was as perfect AMI com
ple,e A system II complicated hui hic'N ~
install machinery which This gentleman con
,ro,lod os ever responded To touch of button or
,,ucle of bell And 10 individuals or corpora
tions having business with III" Legislature !"
the way either Of procuring or drfraiihs h'G'S
latiou il was an amazing help. u rrh'N"i 'H'"
If thc cost and trouble of dealing Win large
number of persons 10y reducing the negotiations
to a single one They saw MN ana H'"""
with him and went away. He touched Il p"'
ION or rang the telephone and did The resi-. II
was beautifully simple. But II WAS IN 'n"'-
nous power Richard Croker welded u d"l"'
less rs wisely and rs we'll ~ any on" could III
his environment and with his associations. tie
WAS not by any means the worst "i MS Class
4, the same. time there sat in The office "f Il
busjness corporation on lower Hr'adWAN I'll
other private citizen: private citizen ana voter
Of Tioga County doing business IN ms t"Wh'
His power was moi 81 large rs Mr. croker : '"I
his party was in The minority III pom CIV anu
State but he had an intimate khoWl'lS' 81 anu
ocouoiutancr with the active manasing pom
ticpnS Of both parties Throughout III" S'a''' III"
h,d made The iniiniicsimal details "f p'l'"''
manaccmcnl an unccaSins. >l"'il'SS study. ne,
TOO SAT beside Il button and 4 bell lie '"i"'"
rather more Than Croker for unlike 'r'h'r' h'
opiovcd intensely. beyond The MGR" S'nS' ~
no,v.r the inioxicafiun 81 the i"oillsh'S ana
h. CONSCIOUSNESS, Of lie index finger "i III" pun
lie Pm, ne listened - well lie listened io can
1d,t.s for office fo ambitious Young men WI"
,ld.r no,iiic,ans who had attained prominence
anal innuonco and were already factors ~ con-".
oronc in III. gam, II politics. II thcy wanted
nominations. hc touched his button "n' '''"
,rurlc,i.d his wishes 10 hi, liculrnlni> for No.
-, had gathered round himself % w'l7li>'l
MINED CORPS II followers. whom % common 'll'
AMI common purpose had "'In'h''d '"-''"'
without any machinery of organization sue" -
ftt.F
Croker had and thc tling Va~ done u 'n'H
were already In nomination ana Wan'"i '"'"'F
to carry on their campaign. h" rin- h' ''" ''''
called down some wealthy corp ra'l'n ''r '""
,rihu,ion with an understanding. express OF l'"
nlicI that m. cons Iteration FOR III" sam" WIS a"
,nor,cacc on Tho candidate. And b" dd D. "l"'N-
with a sweet grlci'u,nr>N when ih''.'"N
hdghtcncl The soisr ~ obligation. Alll-l'n ""
uhi,.h WIS carefully avoided And whenever y
WIS deemed necessary I'm his own or 'nr i'
..r,s. IL nj. followers 20 have au understanding
with In. other cool. clcnr headed leader ~ '.'~'
rourtccnth.si he touched The button ann ines
came together That 'oo. WIS an enormous
,o,ycr. little less ihln Crok'r's l'"uh'i~N
Thomas g. Pott welded il IL wisely AMI wei
=. any politician f his class could Nh''n''
ne did or not. IT must De- said of h.m il"i h'
worked for il with lnccs>ant diligence. ana. ia
the conditions which existed. perhaps earned H.
Hni a year ago the voters Of THIS SAFE iN'
III and said they lid not like HE machinery 'H
which these fwo mon welded such enormous
mower They said they dd not lik" ID" system.
fin. ouc.l man power There was popular UP
using aeuln~, Ro,-sm Everyday Recognized
th,. objective of the movement. Inc f'phpl'''"
marty Of this town took official recognition 81
!, and notwithstanding facrionnl differences
and much working at cross purposes III '"nN'
ourncc made il evident that the sentiment 81
,hc masses II the party was Overwhelmingly
onros.l to The system Of party government ana
cnn,rol which was incarnatcd in Tho person of
Mr. pIait ON the 9Th Of the present month the
voters Of this city and State NOR" 'sl"riailF
Of This city gave concrete expression 10 Their
hoetljfv not 10 the two men who have been is
most consuiclIors opponents. hui tO the system
itself Of Bossisln II WAS in III" nature of =
noli,ical revolution The voters aStonShcd them
solves bv its magnitude. But ,hey are not ="
much asionishcd that they fail 10 comprehend
It's meaning And they will not be- baked III
The fuhmcnt Of their purpose tn" man
whose sincIcncss nf aim. ind"nitabl" co'irlG"
and persistence have done more than anything
else or any one person to concentrate public
sentiment upon this one ssu" has fairly and
fully expressed the popular will in his lately
publishcd letter. in which he says in effect,
that II Is not "BosS,s' but "BoS>ism That must
90 And to Or ParlhurSt the honest citizens
Of This town Of all parties say amen.
MEDIdTION REFUSED.