The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-02
The Richmond Palladium and Sun-TeIeqran.

me important people VINO were there
notes of all the people 1 ever met any
where, every letter or telegram or mote
I received. II you do. you may fint
after q few years that you have ar
forgotten them because you meet sc
many, but they will not have forgot
| ten you, who were one of the princl
| pal figures at the meeting or recep
ton That's in substance what she
said And so. We began and kept II
| up"-he paused in his deliberate man
ner, compressed his lips, then added
together
opened one of the filing-cases
glanced at him for permission. took
out a slip of paper under the Ms. II
was covered with notes. in Mrs. Bur
banks writing, of reception given
10 him al the Manufacturers Club in
St Louis three years before. A lot
Of names, after each sum reminders
of the standing and personal appear,
at random from the same box con-
tanned similar notes of trip through
Montana eight years before.
Wonderful" 1 exclaimed. as the
full value Of these accommodations
doomed in my mind. I knew that she
was an extraordinary woman. Now l
see that she had genius for politics"
His expression-a peering through
that eternal pose of his--made me re-
wise my first judgment OF his mourn
ing. For / caught q glimpse OF real
human being. one who loved and lost.
looking grief and pride and gratitude.
"If she had left me two or three years
earlier" he said in that solemn. pos
ing tone. Il doubt if should have got
one step further. As it is. l may be
able to go on, thought have lost
my staff"
What fantastic envelopes does man,
after he has been finished by nature.
wrap about himself in his efforts to
improve her handiwork, Physically.
even when most dressed. We are
naked in comparison with the en-
swathings that hide our real mental
and moral selves from one another
and from ourselves.
Ny campaign was based on the
contents of those filing-cases. l
learned all the places throughout the
west-cities, towns. centrally-located
he had been and had
made an impression; and by simple
and obvious means we were able to
convert them into centers of the Bur
bank BOOM" l could afterward trace
to the use we made of those memo
randa the direct getting of no less
than 107 delegates to the national con-
that takes no account
OF the vaster indirect value OF so
much easily worked-up. genuine, I'M
purchased and unpurchasable Bur
bank sentiment" The man of only
local prominence, whom Burbank re-
membered perfectly after chance
years before. could have no
doubt who ought to be the party's
nominee for president.
The national machine OF our party
was then in the custody, and sup
posedly in the control, OF Senator
Goodrich of New Jersey. He had a
reputation for Machiavellian dexterity.
but l found that he was An accident
rather than an actually.
The domination of the great bust
ness interests over politics was the
rapid growth of about 20 years-the
Of business naturally
concentrations Of the bust
ness worlds political power in the
hands of the few controllers OF the
big railway, industrial and financial
combines. Goodrich had happened to
be acquainted with some of the most
influential of these business kings"
hox 1i1yv hot
for the conveying Of their wishes
and their brides of one kind and an
,ther to the national managers Of both
parties. They knew little of the de-
.ails of practical politics. knew only
what they needed in their businesses;
and as long as they got that. it did
7ot interest them what was done with
he rest of the power their campaign
gave.
a With such resources any man OF
onod intelligence and discretion could
le.se got the same results as Good
re- Is. He was simply lackey.
ut sting and cutting a figure in his
nd fr's clothes and under his mas
be pane. He was pitifully vain of
on geutation as Machiavelli and q
re- soeen. Vanity is sometimes a
ZEE Of Of great strength; but vanity
Tor whisort and about a position in
on coulfrecy is the prime requisite, |
ad rAn only weakness
ice troll put his eight years of con-
eW sion 8, party it had had posses
en- al aamepartments of the nation |
as hoyse alton except of the
TIN past representative during the |
lgs jnterrupts. This meant the I'M
As the interd unchecked reign of !
en- GRAFTON th,To treat with consid
al rests. the strong men
FREQ ban.hey who must have
az sources. TO developing its re-
immunities hem privileges and
=, mitted the or what can be per-
ad- ratlon-thal Is -
ever offensive prse which, now
~. has. as it seemsract justice. still
n. tice in it. and : practical JUS
he pursued SO long rate, must De
10. voters are short-s masses or the