The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-25

ticians. This will be the practice un-
 til every man understands and acts up-
 the belief that public business is his
 busoiness and sets apart a time to at tend to it. In this way the worker IS
 appointed to office and the office does not interfere with his political activity.
 The party leader has then supported py
 the government, by the state, by the
 counties, towns and municipalities an
 army os trained political soldiers who
 do his bidding in the conventions where the party government is kept
 intact and the nominations for elective
 officers are made.
 i People wonder how it is that in
 great city like New York, one man should be it's master. l have known several of the bosses, or leaders, or Tammany Hall, and Tammany Hall has governed the city almost unlnter- lruptedly for a generation. The man pe-
 gins his political activities in the ward when young. He becomes a member or the common council; he becomes very
 popular in his locality; he secures a
 following which candidates for once have to reckon with; he becomes uis- trict leader: he becomes one or the
 trusted advisers of the boss, he is put
 in that position.
 The city organization is a close cor
 poration and upon it's continuance ln
 bower depend the living and the for
 tunes of the directors. who are the dls-
 trict leaders.
 If he has the courage and sagaclty
 which was possessed by John Kelly as
 l. q leader. and is possessed by Richard
 Croker, he remains autocrat. Tnere are
 thirty-five districts and therefore tnir-
 ty-five district leaders. They eonstltute
 the power of the TaInmany organiza-
 tion. The district leader is generahy
 an office holder with a large salary
 twho is expected to keep his district Ill
 line for his party. He has no time toi
 the office which he holds. Its dutles
 are performed by deputy. He mus' he at the police court in the morning to bail out constituents who have peel arrested for drunkenness or petty or fences or to secure their discharge T4e must be at the civil court to nell tenants who are being dispossessed; h' must spend the rest of the day nam lmering at the doors of every depart ment to secure positions for constltu ents who are out of work. In thi' Was ' these thirty-five men have Dy lesili
 Innate work among their people tre lmendous following which IS led ps 7 them on election day for their party , and their ticket Now. suppose vol 3 wish to get rid of MT. Croker or MT l Kelly. Eighteen of these thirty-nV s must decide to do it. Before the revol
 lhas reached five, the leader has dlscoV cred it: the thirty-fve are called to y lgether: traitors are pointed out; thel ! districts are re-organized; in each dis e trict faithful henchman of the bos T is mt in command, the traitor IS dis = missed from office and finds himsei d stripped of power, patronage and i'll come and utterly helpless. If the hos | is corrupt, or if he permits corruptiol n I.n the organization, and pad govern ment in any and every form. there IS }, remedy always with the people. N n organization, no combination of distrlc ' leaders. no boss nor leader can surviv 0 defeat at the polls If the boss remain W fin mower, remains autocrat, renaih l. master. It is because the people wan - him. If the people rise in their migh Q and elect men of their own choice VII T are hostile to the organization, to tn Headers. and to the boss, their poWe
 lis at once gone If that defeat IS re V heated leaders are changed, the or e sanization is reformed, assumes a neN W shape, conforms itself with new men t e public opinion, and gets into power or r., Aa the las IS analysis bad government and goo Ie government are are solely, wholly, al IS solutely with the people.
 It would be invidious to speak of tn ' living, and therefore I will say the " the greatest party leader I ever kne e- was Thurlow Weed He was a polit le elan of rare sagacity; he was the pro v. prietor and editor of the state paper " his party: he was a journalist wit ie prophetic instinct as to popular opii l Ie ion. He governed his party for thirt 's wears by recognizing talent wherev' lo if exhibited itself in state conventic V or in the legislature. young man WI ' displayed ability upon the platform N with his pen, which could be useful
 a the party, was sure to be brought o' le land advanced by MT. Weed. Mo n- party leaders whom I have known, ar ne who have been deposed, have met the ot Waterloo because they have becon r. welded to old associates and have d le nied young men and young ambition ID admission to a share of the party go 2 ernment and party organization uni le they have been overwhelmed by u a. rising tide of youth.
 It is an inestimable privilege no \ lli to be enjoyed by you to become Al is erican citizens. You have before " is great examples in men whose lives a i open for your study and guidance. T
 twentieth century for the United Stat E, is a period full of opportunities, grea N CT than those which were presented O Hamilton, Jefferson, the Adamses al I% Roger Sherman; greater than we <, presented to Webster and Clay al 2 Calhoun; greater than were present N to Lincoln and Chase and Sewar Fr greater even than have been preser v led to Mckinley and his cornpatriots VI Politics are cleaner and purer tn EH in what are known as the good ( s., times" Education is more widely d W f,,sad and there is an accessible pu