Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-18

ne, the desire to feed my vanity Ny first
| reason was his temperament: | knew his
| having to come to would make him
| bow before me in spirit as he was a tyrant
| ana tyrants are always cringers. My
| ond reason was that thought myself near
! enough to control of the convention TO be
| able to win control by creating the atmos-
| phere of impending success. There is al
| ways a lot of fellows who wait TO see who
| is likely to win. so that they may be on the
| SIDE OF the man In the plum tree: often
| there are enough OF these to gain the vic
| tory for him who lure them over at
| Just the right moment.
| AS soon Dufour had taken his hure
| body away l said to Woodruff: Go out
with your men and gather In the Office
9oWn stars as many members of the
Z doubtful delegations you can Keep
| them where they'll be bound TO see Good
| rich come in and go out"
he rushed away. and l waited-working
| with the leaders of three ia western states
| AL the end of two hours. l won them by the
| spectacle of the arriving Goodrich. He
| came In. serene, smiling. giving me the
! 1oyousiy shining eyes and joyously firm
| hand-clasp of the politicians greeting: not
ar outward sign that he would like TO see
| me tortured TO death by some slow process
| then and there Hypocritical preliminaries
| Were not merely unnecessary hut even
| highly ridiculous: yet, so great was his an
| ger and confusion that he began with the
| prospects for old time convention with
old-tlme enthusiasm and that generous RI
valry which is the best sign of party
| health"
| | Dleagartly.
| Here. we think the fight is overland
| won
He lifted his eyebrows: but I saw his
| maSiiliary muscles twitching. we don't
| figure 1t out just that way at headauar-
| tiers, he replied Oily. But there's no
doubt about it. your man has developed
| strength in the west
| And south" said I. with deliberate In
| tent to inflame for | knew how he, must
feel about those delegates we had bought
| away from him.
| war
| little else. Il think Burbank and Crom-
| well Will be about even the first ballot
| SAID he May the best man win! We're all
| working for the good of the party and the
| country. Butt came. rather To get your
| Ideas about platform
| L opened a drawer in the table at which
| l was sitting and took out a paper We've
embodied our Ideas in this said /. holding
the paper toward him. There's a complete
| platform, but we only insist on the five
| BILE
He seemed to age he read. "Impossi-
! PIE! ne hnal!y exclaimed. 'Preposterousi
| 1t would be difficult enough to get any
| money Tor Cromwell on such PLATFORM
| well as our conservative men know they
| can trust him. But for Burbank-you
r1aldnt get eent-not a dn cent, A
| that's what they'd say"
| L made no answer
May ask he presently went on. has
Ex-Governor Burbank seen thfs-this as
| tonshing document"
Burbank had written it. I confess when
| he first showed it to me, it had affected me
somewhat as 1t was now affecting Good
| rlch. For a dealer with business men as
| well as with public sentiment / appreciated
| instantly the shock some of the phrases
| would give the large interests But Rur-
bank had not talked to me five minutes be-
| 1ore saw he was in the main right and
| that his phrases only needed a little ton
ing down" so that they wouldn't rasp too
| harshly on conservative" ears. Yes Mr.
| Burbank has seen IT. said I. He approves
Though, of course, 1T does not represent
ms personal views. or his intentions"
II MI burbank approves this exclaim-
ed Goodrich. red and tossing the paper on
the table. then my gravest doubts about
MN are confirmed He is utterly unsafe
| man He could not carry a single state in
| the east where there are anv large CEN
| terings of capital or of enterprfse-not even
, our yellow-dog states"
lie can and will carry them ALL" said l.
Ihey must go for him. because after the
opposition have nominated and have an
nounced their platform. your people Will
| regard him as at any rate much the los or
| Two evils. We have decided on that plat
| form because We wish to make II possible
Tor him to carry the necessary western
states sta We can't hold our rank and file
OUT mere unless We nave a popular plat
FORM. The people must have their way be-
Tore election, senator, If the interests are
to continue to have their way after cleo
ton
IN never consent to that platform" said
he, rising.
| a show
regret, rising also as if had no wish to
prolong the interview
He brought his hand down Violently upon
the paper. This" he exclaimed lis a
timely uncovering of a most amazing plot
plot to turn our party over to demagog-
uery.
ITO rescue it from the combination of
demagoguery and plutagoguery that is
Wreckng it, said | without heat. and
make it again an instrument of at least
sanity perhaps of patriotism"
Va r,,1 ., al,
went on, and can tell you now. Senator
Sayier, that that there platform nor moth
ing like 1t. will never be reported" In his
agitation he went back to the grammar of
his youthful surroundings.
Il regret that you will force us to A fight
on the moor of the convention" | returned.
1t can't but make a bad impression on
! the country to two factions in the party
one for the people. the other against
them
Goodrich sat down
But, l went on, "at least such A fight
Will insure Burbank all the delegates ex-
cept perhaps the two three hundred YOU
directly control You are coura geous SEN
ator, to insist upon count of noses on the
issues we raise there
He took up the platform again and began
to pick it to pieces phrase by phrase That
Tended, some | conceded might be altered
to advantage others L cheerfully agreed to
discard altogether. Presently he had a pen
Gil In his hand and was going over the cru
! clal paragraphs. making interlinea-
tlons And he grew more and more rea-
Sonable. AT last | suggested that he
take the platform away with him. make
the changes agreed upon and such 9TH
ers as he might think wise ana send 1t
pack Tor my criticism and suggestions.
He assented, and We parted on excellent
terms-"harmony' in the convention was
assured.
When the amended platform came back
late in the afternoon, l detained Gooirfch's
messenger. the faithful Dufour. again. 1t
was san the Burbank platform, with no
changes We could not concede. ! had a
copy made and gave il to Dufour, sa wing:
Tell the senator | think this admir- bic, a
great Improvement. But I'll try to see him
tonight and thank him..
did not try to see him, however. | took
no risk of lesseninE the effect Gated by
his having to come 20 He had entered
through groups of delegates from all parts
of the country. He had passed out through
a crowd SO well did my men employ the
time his long stay with gave them.
On the next day the platform adopted.
On the following day, amid deiirious en-
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