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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: Il don't like the
color of your hair" And the delegate
remained ''unseated" Men were let
out of their delegations for any or NJ
reasons. The only question was TO
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.
Supposing. 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.
retary. Fourteen votes for Smith and
one for Jones'" and 1t 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 will not even give
the opposition candidate any votes
until the bosses candidate Is safe.
Any motion for a roll.call is "gaycled
down" by the chairman. and the ser.
geants-atarms. always chosen by the
bosses" are eager to eject any oh.
strepcrous patriot who begins any
jargon about his rights"
To ''gavei down" a motion Is simply
to hammer on the table with the gayel
and proclaim that n motion has been
carried" or defeated" Just us 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 IA bolt"
is started. To bolt Is to leave the
hall. organize n separate convention
and proceed as though the other con.
ycntion was not In existence.
This Ia a last resort. and is seldom
done. Delegates are tlmid and they
rarely have any independent action
They may fume In private. bu, they
take the gnn' In public Party fealty.
party cohesion. party this. that aud
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 20
revolt. knowing well they will be
marked men with "thc organization.
OH potent phrase. "thc organization.
There ls the ward organization" the
county organization" the state or.
faniEation." the national organiEa.
iiun." all ineStricahly linked and
welded together. and the national com.
mlitecman can put his finger ON
garbage wagon driver In remote
ward and separate him from his Job
II the driver doesn't do exactly M he
N told. it'a n beautiful system Don't
imagine that II iu not perfected no far
M II can be
Occasionally some fossil OF rcspccta.
billty galvanized into spnamodic nc.
,ion by something particularly brazon
on the part Of the powers tina, run the
convention. will get M from the plat.
form, whore he II supposed 10 be- nc,
aulcso.nt TO tho program. and start
the animals by a fiery dlatribc against
the bare faced robbery going on unisr
hls very nose. At such time II ia
really delightful to see the perfect re-.
spcet In which his remarks are lis.
tened 10 by the chairman and tho
bosses" lila remarks may bc pune.