The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-16


smile: You've been here seven
minutes and half-just time for
lookout downstairs 10 telephone to the
Auditorium and for the messenger to
drive from there here Goodrich is on
the anxious seat, all right"
The messenger was Goodrfch's
handyman. Judge Dufour l myself
have always frowned on these public
exhibitions OF the intimacy of judges
in practical politics; but Goodrich had
many small vanities-he liked his
judges to hold his coat and his gov
errors to carry his satchel. One
would say that such petty weaknesses
would be the undOing of a man. For.
tunately, we are not as weak as our
weaknesses but as strong as our
strength; and while the universal
weaknesses are shared by the strong
their strength is peculiar and rare
After Dufour had introduced himself
and We had exchanged commonplaces
he said: Senator, there's a little con-
ference Of some of the leaders at head
quarters, and it isn't complete without
you. So, Senator Goodrich has sent
me over to escort you"
Thank you-very courteous Of Won
and of him" said I without hesitation.
for l knew what was coming as soon
as his name had been brought in, and
my course was laid out But l can't
leave just now. Please ask him If
won't
the next four hours" This blandly
and without a sign that l was con-
sc1ous of Dufour's stupefaction-for
his vanity made him believe that the
god the great Dufour kneIt to must
be the god of gods
There is no more important branch
OF the art of successful dealing with
men than the etiquette of who shall
call upon whom. Many a man has in
his very hour of triumph ruined his
cause with blunder thereby going
to see some one whom he should have
compelled to come to him, or by COM
pelling some one to come to him when
ne should have made the concession
OF going. ! had two reasons for thus
humliating Goodrich neither of them
the reasons he doubtless attributed
to me, the desire to feed my vanity.
My nrSt reason was his temperament:
L knew his having to come to me
would make him bow before me in
spirit. as he was tyrant, and tyrants
are always cringers My second rea-
son was that / thought myself near
enough to control of the convention
to be able to win control by creating
the atmosphere of impending success.
Ihere is always 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 victory
for him who can lure them over at
just the right moment.
AS soon as Dufour had taken his
huge body away | said to Woodruff:
Go out with your men and gather in
the office downstairs as many mem
oers of the doubtful delegations as
you can. Keep them where they'll be
bound to see Goodrich come in and
go out"
He rushed away, and I waited
working with the leaders of three far
western states. At the end of two
hours I won them by the spectacle OF
the arriving Goodrich. He came in.
serene, smiling, giving me the joyous
ly shining eyes and joyously firm
hand-clasp of the politicians greeting;
not an outward sign that he would
like to see me tortured to death bv
some slow process then and there.
Hypocritical preliminaries were not
merely unnecessary but even highly
yet, so great was his an
ger and confusion that he began
with the prospects of an old-time
convention, with old-time enthusiasm,
and that generous rivalry which is the
sign of party health"
I hope not, senator" said /. pleas
antly. Here we think the fight is
overland won"
He lifted his eyebrows: but I saw
his maxillary muscles twitching. I'VE
don't figure it out just that way at
headquarters, he replied oiliIy. But.
here's no doubt about it. your man
has developed strength in the
west"
And SOUTH" said l, with deliberate
intent to infame, for I knew how he
must feel about those delegates we
had bought away from him.
There were teeth enough in his
'mile-but little else. Il think Bur
bank and Cromwell will be about even
IN the first ballot" said he. May
he best man win, We're all work |
ng for the good of the party and the
country. Butt came, rather, to get
our ideas about platform"
I opened drawer in the table at
which l was sitting and took out a pa /
'eF. We've embodied our ideas in
his said I, holding the paper toward /
Tim. There's complete platform. /
tut we only insist on the five par /
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