The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-05-02

| 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
| -omained "unseated" Men were let
out of their delegations for any or no
| reasons. The only question was 10
have the majority, or at least the loud
est and most pugnacious minority.
| This latter with the able aid of the
| chairman and the secretary, will ena,
: BILE any combination to jam through
! the nomination of their candidates.
| Surprising, for instance, that Smith
| is the candidate the bosses" want,
and Jones the opposition candidate.
| The Seventh ward we will 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 to the main sec
rotary, Fourteen votes for Smith and
one for Jones'" and it is 50 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 will not even give
the opposition candidate any votes
until the bosses " candidate is safe
Any motion for a rOllcall is "gaveled
| down" by the chairman, and the sew
geantS-at-arms, always chosen by the
bosses, are eager to eject any OBJ
streperous patriot who begins any
iargon about his rights
To "gavel down" a motion is simply
TO hammer on the table with the gayel
and proclaim that motion has been
carried" or defeated" just as you
want it 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. TC bolt is to leave the
hail, organize a separate convention
and proceed as though the other con
vention waa not in existence
This is last resort, and is seldom
done. Delegates are timid and they
rarely have any independent action.
They may fume in private. but they
take the gam' in public. Party fealty,
party cohesion, party this, that and
the other weighs on them and makes
them towards For the most part the
delegates hope TO get some crumbs
from the party table and they fear to
revolt, knowing well they will be
marked men with the organization"
OH potent phrase, the organization"
There is the ward organization" the
county organization" the state or
ganization,' the national organiza-
ton all ineXtricaby linked and
welded together, and the national com
mitteoman can put his finger on
garbage wagon driver In remote
ward and separate him from his job
il the driver doesn't do exactly as he
is told. It's beautiful system. Don
imagine that it is not perfected so far
as it can be
Occasionally some fossil Of respecta,
hi,tv. galvanized into spasmodic ac.
tion by something particularly brazen
ON the part Of the powers that run the
convention will get mp from the plat
form whore he is supposed to be az
quiosccnt 70 the program, and start
the animals by fiery diatribc against
the barefaced robbery going on unle-
his very nose At such a time it is
really delightful 10 see the perfect re
spect in which his remarks are lis.
tened ~ Ly the chairman and tho