The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-15

and uneasy states. so ruinous had
been Goodrich's management that
oven at that comparatively simple
task we should not have succeeded
but for the fortunate fact that the
great mass OF partizans refuses TO
hear anything from the other side;
they regard reasoning as disloyal-
which, curlously enough. II so often
is. Then, too. few newspapers in
the doubtful states printed the truth
about what Scarborough and his sup
porters we're saying and doing. The
cost OF this peryerslon OF publicity TO
us-dlrect money cost mean-was
almost nothing. The big papers and
news associations were big proper.
ties, and their rich proprietors were
interested in enterprises 20 which
Scarborough's election meant disas.
ter; n multitude Of the smaller pa.
pers. normally OF the opposition, were
dependent upon those same inter.
prisos for the advertising that kept
them alive.
Perhaps the most far-slghted-cer.
tainly. as the event showed. the most
fortunate-single stroke OF my cam.
paign was done in Illinois. That state
was vital 10 our success; also II was
one OF the doubtful states where.
next TO his. own Indiana. Soarboroughs
chances were best felt that we
must put a heavy handicap on his
popularity there. had noticed that
In Illinois the violently radical wing
OF the opposition was very strong. SO
! sent Merriweather 10 strengthen the
radicals still further. I hoped 10 make
them strong enough TO put through
their partys state convention a plat.
form that would be n scarecrow to
timld voters In Illinois and through.
out the west; and I wished for n
wild man" as the candidate for gov.
ernor. but didn't hope II. though
I told Morrlweather II must be done.
Curiously enough. my calculation OF
the probabilities was Just reversed.
Tho radicals we're beaten on plat.
form; but thanks 20 a desperate ef.
fort Of Merriweather's In "coaxing"
rural delegates a frothlng. wild-eyed.
political crank got the nomination.
And be never spoke during the cam.
paIgn that he didn't drive voters
away from his ticket-and. therefore.
from Scarborough. And our machine
there sacrificed the local interests to
the goenral BY nominating a popular
and not insincere roformer
When Rocbuck and descended
upon Wall street on October iG.
three weeks before election. had
everything In readiness for my final
and real campaign.
ThrouFhout the doubtful states
Woodruff was IN touch with local ma.
chine leaders OF Soarboroughs party.
with corruptiblo labor and fraternai
order leaders. with every element
that would for a cash price deliver a
body OF voters on election day. Also
he had arranged In those states for
the right sort" OF election officers
at upward Of 500 polling places. NJ
least half Of them places where sew.
cral hundred votes could be shifted
without danger or suspicion. Also.
Burbank and our corps Of "spellblnd.
ors" had succeeded beyond my hopes
In rousing partiEan passion-but hero
again part Of the credit belongs 10
Woodruff. Never before had there
been 20 many free barbecuca. dlstribu.
] lions Of free uniforms 90 woiifnanccd
Burbank and Howard Campaign clubs.
and arranEings Of those expensive pa.
rades In which the average citizen De.
lights. Tho wise Woodruff spent
nearly one.thlrd Of my education"
money In this way.
One morning found him laughing
over the hn for a grand Burbank
rally At lndIanapolis-about $4,000.
a. | remember the figures.
What amuses your" said T.
4 was thinking what fools the poo.
pS arc. never 20 ask themselves
where all the money for these FREQ
shows comes from. and why those
who give are willing 90 give 20 much.
and how they get Il back What an
ass the public isi"
Fortunately" said l.
For ua." said he.
And for itself" roiolnod
Perhaps" he admitted. 1t was
born to be- pluckcd and suppose our
crowd does DO the plucklng more
scientifically than less experienced
hands would"
4 prefer 10 put u another way"
said I. Lets say that We save Il
from a worse pluekIng"
THAT II better" said Doc. For. on
his way up In tho world. he was rap.
idly envcloping what could. aud
should be- called conscience.
I looked at him. and once more
had a qualm like shame before hia
moral superiority 10 me. We were
plodding along on about the same
moral level. but he had assembled 10
that level. while had descended 10
Il. There we're politicians. posing M
pure before the world and even In
tho party's behind.tho-scone. who
would have snccred At Docs econ.
science" Yet 20 my notion. they.
who started high and from whatever
sophlstry Of motive trailod down into
the mire. are lower far than they
who began deep In the mlro and have
been struggling brayi. toward the
surface. know a man who vas
born In the slums was a ri'krookol
at eight years Of age. was a boss at
t5. administering Justice according "a