The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-27

The "Snollygoster," or the man who
is in politics for his own personal ag-
grandizement, the man who always is
with the side which he thinks will win,
on any political question, the man
who plays the part of a demagogue
for the final booty which he gets
out of it was well dealt with by
I:Col. H. w. ]. Ham, in his lee
ture, "The Snollygoster in Politics. .
at the Chautauqua yesterday after
noon. Col. Ham with that true
Southern characteristic, fearlessness,
roundly condemned this sort of pol
itician and openly laid his practices
bare. and in such a way that the
average minded man might distin-
guishS him.
In his opening remarks he said,
Day by day l see more things which
can citizen living in this great land
of ours. A nation composed of peo
pie yho always take a stand for the
right, and a people who forgive and
forget. This, the highest type of
American citizenship was Illustrated
to you today, when the large crowds
with tears in their eyes crowded
around the woman whose husband had
fought against you in that long and
bloody conflict between brothers, and
gave her your congratulations and
love.
A Mans Right to Talk.
Il have come to talk to you upon
the subject of the Snollygoster in
y peculiar one, but you know man
of any sort can deliver a lecture and
upon any subject and he will be greet
ed by large audiences who will flock
to hear him, pouring their shekels in
to his Golfers. My subject is a pc
culiar one but l will try to picture to
you this man. that you. cannot help
but recognize him.
You ask me what a 'Snollygoster
is? l will tell you. He is a man
who takes a stand for any political
party or question, if he thinks that it
will finally triumph over the others,
and he has any chance to get a
whack at some political job whether
he has the necessary capability or not.
A man who stops at nothing to meet
the final end. A man who is willing
to sacrifice his character, and manli-
ness in order to get an office which
he thinks will meet his require ments,
as to money and other little fixtures,
such as bribes.
lauds Old Time Statesmen.
These men havn't the character
that our forefathers had. Those
grand old men were not seeking po-
litical offices for the money which
they could get out of it. but were
there to serve the interests of their
country and TO fight for their sacred
principles which were so dear to their
hearts. AS time went on these men
came to realize that another and
dangerous class of men had began ito
seek the offices of the country, car
ing nothing for the interests of their
people, but were there for the money.
Our forefathers come to realize this
and they Immediately banded them
selves together to fight this great
army of men, who endangered the
life and prosperity of what was des-
tined to be the greatest nation on
earth. The "Snollygoster'' does not
fight for principles as our early states
men did, unless there was vision Of
a chance for graft ahead of him.
"Snollygoster" Characteristics.
Il will endeavor 10 give you some
of the characteristics of the true
-Snollygoster" First he has a
mouth and knows how to use il, car
ing nothing about what goes in it or
what comes out He is the man who
takes the stand for a certain party,
and you can wager he is the first man
TO be on hand 10 get his share of the
plums when the tree is shaken. This
is why men get in offices of trust. and
you wonder after, how he gets there.
will tell you. The people of this
country who stand for the right, put
him there. The lawyers, the bank
ers, the merchants. all do their share
in putting the incompetent men in of
fee as they seem TO think that they
are tending to their own business if