Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-07-27
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| You ask me 10 DING mySeII into
unpopularity with the entire country, 2
he pleaded Several Of the men on
your list are ex-conyicts. Others are
about to be indicted for election
frauds. Many are men utterly with
out character"
They did your work, James," said
l. Il guarantee that in no case will
| the unpleasant consequences to you
| be more than few disagreeable but
soon forgotten newspaper articles.
You haggle over these trifles, and
| why, look at your cabinet list There
are two names on 1.-TWO OF the four
! Goodrich men-that will cost you
blasts Of public anger-perhaps the
denomination"
''Is this my friend Harvey Sayler?'
he exclaimed, grief and pain In that
face which had been used by him for
30 years as the sculptor uses the mold.
ing clay.
1T u.s." / 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" |
said. "wretches only as | and all Of us
In practical politics are wretches. Diff.
ference OF degree. perhaps: but not
OF kind And, James, II 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.
tons. And | shall myself, publicly,
from the floor of the senate, show up
these Goodrich nominees of yours as
creatures Of corrupt corporations and
monopolists. said this without
heat; every word Of 1t 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; mot because you
threaten, Harvey, but because I value
your friendship beyond anything and
everything. And / may add l am
sorry, profoundly sorry. my selections
for the important places DO not please
you"
Il think of your future" / said
you talk of friendship
"No, no, Harvey" he protested.
with yehemance Of reinsurance that
struck me as amusing
And" l went on, lit is in friend
ship, James. that | 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. II you lose
your hold on the people, the money
crowd will have none of you. II you
keep the people. the money-crowd will
be your very humble servant
| happened just then to glance past
him at picture on the wall over his
chair. 1t was crayon portrait of his
UsLIs AAd0O AAOAI dA ClAol 6E4 R1OlO
graph-a poor piece of work, almost
ludicrous In its distortions Of proper
ton and perspective. But 1t touched
me the more because it was such a
humble thing, reminiscent of her and
his and my lowly beginnings. And an
appeal seemed to go straight to my
heart from those eyes that had so
often been raised from the sewing in
sympathetic understanding of the
things | was struggling to make her
husband see.
| pointed to the picture; he slowly
turned round in his chair until he,
too. looked at it. What would she
say. Burbank" | asked, 'if she were
with US now?"
And then 1 went ON to analyze his
outlined administration. to show him
in detail why | thought it would ruin
| him, TO suggest men who were as
good party men as the Goodrich crowd
and would be credit to him and a
help. And he listened with his old
time expression, looking up at his
dead wife's picture all the while. 'You
must be popular, at any cost" end,
ed THE industrial crowd will stay
with the party, no matter what we do.
AS long as Scarborough is in control
on the other side. we are their only
hope. And SO. we are free to seek
popularity-and we must regain 1t or
we're done for. Money won't save us
when we've lost our grip on the rank
! and file. The presidency can't be
bought again for you. If it must be
bought next time, another figure-head
viii have TO be used"
Il can't tell you how grateful am. "
was his conclusion after | had put my
whole mind before him and he had
discussed it. But there are certain
pledges to Goodrich"
Break them" said /. ITO keep
them is catastrophe"
knew the pledges he had in the
foreground-a st. Louis understrap-
per of the New York financial crowd
for secretary of the treasury; for at
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