The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-04-30
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fiery face OF his questioner. sur.
mounted by its bright red covering OF
locks and responded easily. gracefully
and most urbanely; II don't like the
color Of your hair. And the delegate
remained "~unseated." Men were let
out % their delegations for any OF no
reasons. The only question was TO
have the majority, or at least the loud
est and most p%ugnacious minority.
This latter. with the able aid OF the
chairman and the secretary. viii ena-
bic any combination to jam through
the nomination Of their candidates.
%Supposing. for instance, that Smith
is the candidate the bosses want
and Jones the opposition candidate.
The Seventh ward. we win say is
called on and the chairman Of the del
egation roars out Fourteen votes for
Jones and one for Smith. An assist
ant secretary repeats 10 the main sec
Rotary, Fourteen votes for smith anil
one for jones' and Il is so recorded
The chairman from the Seventh ward
may think the vote Of his delegation
has been recorded properly. Some
times. when things appear TO be run.
ming TOO close. they viii not even give
the opposition candidate any votes
until the bosses candidate is safe.
Any motion for a roll-cal Is 'gaveled
down by the chairman. and the ser
geants-at-arms. always chosen By the
bosses. are eager 90 eject any OBJ
%streperous patriot who begins any
iargon about his rights
To egayel down a motion is simply
10 hammer on the table with the gavel
and proclaim that a motion has been
carried. OF defeated" just as you
want II to go. In this way, no matter
what the majority Is. the bosses and
the chairman and secretaries can
thwart the will OF any convention. un.
less the convention splits and "a bolt"
Is started. To bolt is to leave the
hall. organize a separate convention
and proceed as though the other con
vention was not IN existence.
This Is a last resort and Is seldom
done. Delegates are timid and they
rarely have any Independent action.
They may nme In private. but they
take the gan In public. Party fealty.
party cohesion. party this. that and
the other weighs on them and makes
them towards. Fur the most part the
delegates hope 10 get some crumbs
from the party table and they fear 20
revolt knowing well they viii be
marked men with the Organization
Oh! potent phrase. the Organization
There ia the ward organization. the
county organization. the state or.
eanization, the national Organiza.
ton. al %inextnlcabiy linked and
welded together. and the national CON.
miiteeman can put his finger on a
garbage wagon driver ia a remote
ward and separate him from his sob
II the driver doesn't do exactly az he
is told It's a beautiful system Don't
imagine that Il Is not perfected 80 far
rs It q be.
Occasionally some fossil OF respocta.
billty, galvanized into spasmodic &C.
tion By something particularly brazen
on the part Of the powers that run the
convention. viii get up from the plat.
form, where he Is supposed 70 be ac.
~Quieseent 10 the program. and start
the animals hy a hery diatribe against
the hare-faced robbery going on under
his very nose AZ such q time q d
! really delightful 10 see the perfect 10.
spect Ia which his remarks are rs.
tened 10 by the chairman and the
bosses Ills remarks may 10 pune