The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-27
THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES

men VINO gave II TO you.
He did not answer.
Il pledged my word / went on
You gave the promises. I Endorsed
for you. The debts must be met"
Never before had l enjoyed using that
ugliest Of words.
You ask me to bring myself into
unpopularity with the entire country"
he pleaded Several Of the men on
your list are ex-convicts. Others are
about to be indicted for election
frauds Many are men utterly with
out character"
They did your work, James" said
I. Il guarantee that in no case will
the unpleasant consequences to you
be more than a few disagreeable but /
soon forgotten newspaper articles
You haggle over these trifies, and
why, look at your cabinet list. There |
ara two names on 1.-two of the four
Goodrich men-that will cost you
blasts of public anger-perhaps the !
denomination"
rs this my friend Harvey SayIer?"
he exclaimed. grief and pain in that
face which had been used by him for
80 years as the sculptor uses the mold !
ing clay.
1T is" I answered calmly. and
never more your friend than now.
when you have ceased to be a friend
to him-and to yourself"
Then do you ask me to share the
infamy of those wretches," he pleaded
They are our allies and helpers" i
said, "wretches only as and all Of us
in practical politics are wretches. Diff
ference OF degree, perhaps; but not
of kind. And, James, if our promises
to these Invaluable fellow workers OF
ours are not kept, kept to the utter
most, you will compel me and my
group of senators to oppose and de
feat your most important nomina-
tions And l shall myself, publicly,
from the floor of the senate, show up
these Goodrich nominees of yours as
creatures of corrupt corporations and
monopolists." l said this without
heat; every word of it fell cold as arc
tic ice upon his passion.
A long pause, then: Your promises
shall be kept" he assented with great
dignity of manner; not because you
threaten, Harvey, but because 1 value
/ your friendship beyond anything and
everything. And l may add | am
sorry, profoundly sorry, my selections
for the important places do not please
you"
Il think of your future" 1 said.
you talk Of friendship"
mo, no, Harvey" he protested,
with a vehemance of reinsurance that
struck me as amusing.
And" 1 went on, ut is in friend
ship, James, that 1 warn you not to
fill all your crucial places with crea.
lures of the Goodrich crowd. They
will rule your administration, they
will drive you, in spite of yourself, on
and on, from excess to excess. You
will put the middle west irrevocably
against you. You will make even the
east doubtful. You are paying, pay
ing with your whole future, for that
which is already yours. If you lose
your hold on the people, the money
crowd will have none of you. If yor
keep the people, the money-crowd will
be your very humble servant"
1 happened just then to glance pas
him at a picture on the wall over hi;
chair It was crayon portrait of hi:
wife made from an enlarged photo
graph-a poor piece of work, almOS
ludicrous in its distortions of proper
ton and perspective. But it touched
hn r :
humble thing, reminiscent of her ant
his and my lowly beginnings. And al
appeal seemed to so straight to N!
heart from those eyes that had 81
often been raised from the sewing il
sympathetic understanding of tn
things 1 was struggling to make he
husband see.
l pointed to the picture; he slowl
turned round in his chair until he
: too, looked at it, What would sh
say, Burbank" I asked, IF she wer
with US now?"
, And then / went on to analyze hi
7 outlined administration, to show hir
7 in detail why 1 thought it would rui
him, to suggest men who were a
good party men as the Goodrich crow
and would be a credit to him and
r., help. And he listened with his oil
= / time expression, looking up at hi
. dead wife's picture all the while. ''Yo
must be popular, at any cost" EN-
|. ed. THE industrial crowd will sta
with the party, no matter what we d.
, AS long as Scarborough is in contrt
g on the other side, we are their onl
hope. And so, we are free to see
popularity-and we must regain it {
we're done for. Money won't save 1
s when we've lost our grip on the ran
and file. The presidency can't /
bought again for you. If it must /
u bought next time, another figure-hea
L will have to be used"
Il Il can't tell you how grateful I am
Il was his conclusion after had put II
y whole mind before him and he ha