The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-11-18
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III EtAMEk DAVENPORT.
Taking lunch the other dav In
New York With John nurns. NJ =.
of England. and other distinguished
men and women. the whole CONVEX
sstlen ran To the great money steal
ers 81 America. not the people In
prison. bat tho REAL THIEVES
WHO ARE ALL. OR MOST or
THEM. At LARGE Mr.. Burns was
anxious q get at the cause OF. as
he put IL the wholesale graft in
America We argued long and
loud. Int Eot n no conclusion other
thar - system Was a school for
graft and that our political BOSSES"
we're in great measure the worst
people IN the whole world. that
there was bat one remedy and that
remedy publicity" exposure IN the
press. and that when bosses appear
on the horizon they should be set
upon At once BY the press OF the
country. and never LET up on tn. II
possible. THEY ARE LANDED IN
JAIL
A boss Is n peculiar thing. n you
stop tn think Of Il. What Ia a bossf
Ha Is generally a
COURSE. CUNNING CREATURE
who once asked some Lowry one on
the street corner Go do something.
The weak person oheyed and tho
boss had one man he could COM
mand hy giving him a smile and a
cigar The underllng told another
Of hts kind and others. TIL finally
this domlneering one could truth
fully say that he controlled 20 men
on election day.
The Boss known n AZ least 20 was
spoken % as important. thus paid
70 deliver hts moral towards. and
did Next year he was In position
60 demand general recognition from
the alleged big ones; he had half
the crooks tn town under his nod.
ana IN a few years. by standing BY
his thugs. he controlled all OF that
element and their allies. and then
ct the convention the state senators
and representatives found the BOSS
in power. Thus they sought him.
and were glad to keep from farm
work BY wearing his collar.
Thus the Boss elects the governor
and United States senator's. sends
who he wants TO congress. a. be
usually controls the conventions.
Seemingly great men who frowned
at the idea Of paying the first Boss
20 deliver his 20 thugs now find
themselves and their following IN
der the power of the Boss. which
they now call a machine" but
which IL sfili Ross. the most pow
erfui and dangerous criminal on
public highways.
A corrupter Of Law. n suffer OF
tho ballot box. a man living from
graf. whose every dollar is tainted.
THE HYENA OF THE HUMAN
RACE As We stand for him. even
permit him. IN many states 70 go
to the United States senate and
there occupy q seat. when. n justice
could reign for a brief period. Il
would send him TO prison. where he
would At least know what 20 DO. But
the dav Of tha hoaS will come 10 an
end and he will soon be
CI.AsSED WITH OTHER GRIM
INALS
and share their lot
ftHt8GH8N AMI REAL - hstN -
POWER WILL PUT HIM DOWN
FOR THE LONG COUNT.
In America today there are two
great fights against bOssism- The
feeling Is all over the country. but
in New York ctr and Ohio the fight
e bitter. and In each OF these places
there = a great boss and his bench
men living frUm graft. They steal
the franchises and rob the poor.
they license crime and divvy with
the robber. But their life IL grow
ing 70 an end. because the publle
through the fearless press. have
learned their game. and all that Is
required in a few years o. honest
ballot. and you viii find the bosses.
pTOrs FAT MEN. COOL ABOUT
THE HEAD FROM CLOSE HAIR
CUTS. WORKING EASY. LIVING
ON PLAIN FOOD AND GETTING
FULL NIGHTS REST. PERHAPS
COMMANDING OTHER WEAKER
CONyfCTs TO PASS A CHEW OF
TOBACCO. But NOTHING MORE.