The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-24

tho man whom they recognized as their
chief and sponsor. "A Tha time and energy
they consumed In his service you'd raT n a
idly advance them to responsible high
salaried positions should they put as
much vIgor and enthusiastic In ka9 private 4.
business Some az them were 'fanat icaliy
loyal to- their ward bosses. and al Of
them were> rcadySsto fightEat heMlrop &
OF the hat for their polite masters
& This condition OF what might zeal iRs
political feudnlism was one OF tho most
problems which q vas E
called upon TO solve 1t seemed to me 4
that II l. gave a public position 70 q 4
young man he ought to be my feiloH', '.Ss
my partisan, But I soon learned that
after all 4 was only the employment
Argentine princirals were the local lead
ers. who took care OF their blowers
through me. l$' i2 {l&s5.. aa54t S55
This humlliating truth was driven home
to mo several times, and rs often was I
on, the point of asserting myself by sum
srlarily discharglng scores OF employees
who had been put on the pay roll at he (
reQuest L Eof their ward leaders, But I &
\ could not afford to lose the poltt icai
friendship Of men who. In n their Q"
communities. were stronger than p - JOE
could u hope 10 upset IA deep-rootcd COZ
Adition which, ter all. was entirely an
#harmony5witlI our rcprcscntat tive form of$
government. So i swallo we'd my bride
and did Just what all Mayors. Governors N' 4
ard Presidents tio--c onsnlted the lea ers,
and thus enlarged their, Importance IN
#the eyes Il or their Immediate followers
4 one rnust use the tools he finds at hand
N he cannot secure pc q e r. Al Vi
s "a according II ii the5 dictionary. q poll -3sG
teal party IL y d number aof persona 55
united In opinion aud d csign IN opposss--
ton 10 others iii he cotnmuriit3 B E
one has oniysSto be Il. Mayor but a te "
weeks 10 almpst believe thntf u poiitical
party III n large number OF persons who (
are made to think they arc the rciia
tparty By d small number of persons ~ y, y
call themselves tie organization I'M 5 ard 4
who claim all the spoils Of office as /
Il reward for their i,nseIfish devotion 70 4
the party. One OF the stock phrases use 8
by politicians who brought applicants tor@
positions to me Was n. He did good WorFkg
Tor the party What they should nay
said was, He did good work for Il tl ~ &
the machine w tlouty pa -fF
tronagc it would be exceedingly d.lfc
to maintain political machine, and 3ti ''a :
lis the real reason VIII y polillca. organ gar. y
tons and Leaders are poscd sto, siYiis
service reform 9 i 4, ain III putting orr 4
this statement as possessing the clainl i
Of novelty, for the fact Is known Of Of a. lS
men ~ But 1t viii serve TO call attention
10 the hypocritical devotion to party
and fraudulent loyalty to party
principles loudly voiced by the bosses Of
political machines, Such mon are ever
strumpeting their disintf party
LOYALTY and devotion, and their incessants
claims III timo lead many Esato believe
them This devotion does not go outside
thcir@littlc circle; their Loyal " is con-
fined To the small groun which Is the the
llne, and this machihe tops running
when the OIL OF patrona go ives o1lt
1T may seem strange hat did net
know ~ 81 any own know led 90 what an I'M
portant part hypocrisy played In politics
until Il fer became Il Mayor. but w, q
ny nomination i lad been Ike hundreds
or thousands of others, interested IN poll
tics oniy&during campaigns. md then, /
bit slightly ! was not ~ leader Ks nor
even a prominent party man. Z sol ein
! the habit of Voting tlie ticket made up
IN caucus by the ''organizat lion AMI NJ
nominated In convention By the dele
gates elected BY the organization. Thus
81 knew nothing Of the Inside workings
OF political organza lions. But when me
machine leaders had to come 70 me Tor
| the patronage on which they thrlyed my
eyes were opened, and ] saw politics Was
"a business which dealt In public JOBS ana
contracts, and that the head and pelle-s
ficlarles of the concern We're he lev per- y
sons who were leaders Of tho greal poll
| teal parties gs. a