Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-11

that shelter their dim-thinking brains Also, in addition to magnetism and ! presence, he had dexterity and distinc' tion and as much docility as can be expected in a man big enough to use i for important work.
 |. In September gave him our party
 nomination for governor. In our one. sided state that meant his election. . As I had put him into the governor
 ship not so much for use there as for use thereafter, 1t was necessary to protect him from my combine, which had destroyed his two immediate predecessors by over-use-they had become so unpopular that their poltt- ical careers ended with their terms. Protect him must, though the task would be neither easy nor pleasant. It involved collision with my clients "a square test of strength between us., What was to me far more re- pellent, it involved my personally talk ing a hand in that part of my political work which I had hitherto left to Woodruff and his lieutenants.
 One does not in person chase and catch and kill and dress and serve the chicken he has for dinner; he orders chicken, and hears and thinks no more about it until it is served. Thus, all the highly disagreeable part of my political work was done by others; 1 Woodruff, admirably capable and most careful to spare my feelings, received the demands of my clients from their lawyers and transmitted them to the party leaders in the legislature with the instructions how the machinery was to be used in making them into law. As was financing the machine of both parties, his task was not dfi- cult, though delicate.
 But now that began to look over Woodruff's legislative programme in advance, I was amazed at the rapacity of my clients. rapacious- though I knew them to be. had been think ing that the independent newspapers there were a few such, but of small circulation and influence-were ma. lignant in their attacks upon my friends" In fact, as soon saw, they had told only small part of the truth. They had not found out the worst things that were done; nor had they grasped how little the legislature and the governor were doing other than the business of the big corporations, most of 1t of doubtful public benefit, to speak temperately. An hours study of the facts and I realized as never before why we are so rapidly developing a breed of multi-million- aires in tns~ country with all the .op- portunities to wealth in their hands. l had only to remember that the sys- tenn which ruled my own state was in full blast in every one of the states Of the Union. Everywhere, no sooner do the people open or propose to open a new road into a source of wealth, than men like these clients of mine hurry to the politicians and buy the rights to set up :oll-gates and to fix their own schedule of tolls.
 However, the time had now come when I must assert myself. I made no. radical changes in that first pro-. gramme of Burbank's term. con- tented myself with cutting of the worst items, those 1t would have ruined Burbank to indorse. My clients were soon grumbling. but Woodruff handled them well. placating them with excuses that soothed their an- noyance to discontented silence. So ably did he manage 1t that not until Burbank's third year did they begin to come directly to me and complain of the way they were being thrown down" at the capitol.
 Roebuck, knowing me most inti. mately and feeling that he was my author and protector, was frankly in- sistent. We got almost nothing at the last session." he protested, "and this winter--Woodruff tells me we may not get the only thing we're ask ,Eg."
 was ready for him, as I was for each of the ten. 1 took out the list of measures passed or killed at the last session in the interest of the Power Trust. It contained 7s items. 34 of them passed. handed it to him.
 "Yes-a few things" he admitted, but all trifes!"
 That little amendment to the Wa terways law must alone have netted you three or four millions already."
 Nothing like that. Nothing like that"
 T can organize a company within 24 hours that will pay yon four mil lions in cash for the right, and stock besides"
 He did not take up my offer.
 You have already had 13 matters attended to this winter" I pursued. "The one that can be done-Really, Mir. Roebuck. the whole state knows that the trustees of the waukeegan Christian University are your dum- mics. It would be insanity for the party to turn over a hundred thousand acres Of public land gratis to them. SO that they can presently sell 1t to you for a song"
 He reddened. Newspaper scandall" he clustered. but changed the subject as soon as he had shown me and re- shown himself that his motives were pure.
 saw that Burbankis last winter was to be crucial My clients were clamorous. and were limiting at all snrfs of dfre fninKs 1T they were not