The Marshall republican., 1907-04-19

n THUMB NAL Skctcn OF = y rscuc1i
politieisn"--The Profits OF an Al
Around Servant OF the People, Who {.
Seen His Opportunities and Took
EN-"
Honest graft will reach It's higbes'
level when. Ms predicted 10y the en-
thusiasts. the principles Of municii"
ownership are accepted by New yori
and the city controls the trolley iiic
The electric light aud Eas works ~
all the ferries ms well Ms the wa,s
works aud the police. the fire and
street lie, 'artments.
Then sucls patriots rs George Wa
pgton rlulkitt. for many years
gani alton leader Of the Fifteenth .
trict In new York. will reap rewards
greater magnitude than they have
l,cen able ~ gather under the pre-
" der Of things. TX
Perhaps you have never heard ahe
W. rIunkitt's honest graft sclle'ss
lie told about them himself In n
published last year. which was
iucch 10y n paragraph Endorsing hi
a veteran leader " the organizsi
signed by its greatest chief.
Ilnnkitt was sore because thereVt
some objections 10 graft being
nut NJ the city by men like him. y
the first chapter ~ his book he nj
n vigorous protect. "Rinckmaiiin'ig-
blers. saloon keepers. disorderly Ut
pir. ctc.." he admitted to I've w,st
That was dishonest graft" he
"Rut." no added. there's m Is
graft. and I'm an example ~ b.i,
works. secn my opportunities Hid I
took en-"
Mr.. riunkltt's explanation Of how hs
did these things will illuminate tho
possibilities of futur. municipal owner.
ship days. " trey ever come.
After ~eidcldntiug the ways he was
tipped on NJ various times by mem.
hers " his party the party In power
whom new bridges. new parks. new
streets were 10 I've opened. 80 that To
might Invest In real estate likely To
rise In price from the improvements
contemplated. he n'is: II haven't con
fined myself to land. ANYTHING that
pays Is In my line" Then he gives q
sperIhc instance:
Learning that the city was about ~
repnve a certain street and so would
have several hundred thousand old
paving blocks n sell. he wns ION hand
10 buy" and no "knew just whnt they
were worth" Hut q newspaper tried
10 do him" aud got some outside mel
from Brooklyn and New Jersey t3S :
against him. Mr.. %rlunkitt's w wort
tell the story best:
WAS 7 donei Not much. ] Wen
10 each ~ the men and said. How
many Of those 10000 stones do lyo,
wantf' one said 2o.ooo. and an niue
wanted 1900. and another wanted 10.
600, I said, An right; lot me hii for
the lot. aud III give each NJ yotN-pr
you want for nothln'.'
'"rhey agreed. 81 course Then
s~uctioneer yelled. How much am
for these hne pawn stonesy
1.-TWO dollars aud nfty cents say
1.-TWO dollars and ffty rel
screamed the a%uctioneer. oh. that
Joke. Give M n real hid
"He found the bid was real enou
My rivals stond silent. ! got the lot
$3.50 and gave them their share. III
how the attempt 10 do riunkitt en-
and that's how all such attempts en-,
n In hardly necessary. In the i:ht
this authentic statement OF hon
CRAFTS" workings. 10 enlarge upon
extended opportunities that wo
come 10 the men of the Flunkitt sta
were the dream of municipal W
ship IN come true. rlunkltt says IN
politicians who are accused ~ r,bl
the city get rich the same way" he
They didn't steal a dollar from, .
city. They just seen their opportuin'
and took them"
While In the legislature riunklit
troiuced the bills that provided fort
OUTLYING parks Of New York. the H.
lem river speedway. the Wasbins'
/. bridge, the One Hundred aud Fit
/, nth At, Get vladuct. additions tn !
Museum of Natural History and ma
other important public improvement
lie Is now a millionaire, Cn'er
proposed order of things, with city he
; troll OF everything. he might become
: Millionaire.
Under municipal ownership OF .
> public utilities In New york-and
: most other cities In polite.
like rluukitt. who at different ur
has been elected state senator. ass
hlyman, county supervisor and al
man by his fellow citizens. hes
serving as police magistrate for
|, term, and who boasts ~ his recor
. huing four public offices In one
and drawing salaries from thre'
. them at the same time. would tioW
" NJ :. .,h~,o u.nva ~ greau HAY ~