The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-01

iery face % his questioner. sur
mounted BY IFS bright red covering NJ
locks and responded easily. gracefully
ard most urbaneiy. 4 doat like the
color % YOUR hair And the delegate
remained -unssared Men were let
ol- Of their delegations FOR any or n
reasons The only question was 20
1avs the majority. OF a. least the loud
est and most pugnacious minority.
This latter. with the able aid OF the
chairman ard the secretary. viii ena-
bic any combination % Jam through
the nomination q their candidates.
supposing. for instance. that smith
IS the candidate the bosses want.
and Jones The opposition candidate.
The Seventh vard. We will say. -
called on and the chairman OF the del
esaricn roars out Fourteen votes for
Jones and one for Smith An assist
ant secretary repeats 20 the main sec-
rsta-y. Fourteen votes Tor Smith AMI
one fcr Jones. and it 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 t. 5e run
Ming too close they will not even give
the opposition candidate any votes
Until the bosses candidate is safe.
Any motion for = roii-call is gaveled
down By The chairman. and the se--
gsants-at-aru.s always chosen by the
bosses. are eager to eject any OBJ
streper0us patriot who begins any
iargOn about his nights
To -gavel down a motion is simply
20 hammer on the table with the gavel
and proclaim that a motion has been
carried. or defeated just as you
want Il TO 70. In this way no matter
what the majority is. the bosses and
The chairman and secretaries can
thwa-f the will 81 any convention. IN
less the convention splits and "a bolt
Is started TO bolt" is 70 leave the
hall organize a separate convention
and proceed a. though the other con-
venricn was not IN existence.
This is = last resort. and is seldom
done Delegates are timid and thev
rarely have any independent action.
They MAJ fume 10 private. but they
take the gan il public Party fealty.
pa-ty cohesion. Tarty this. that and
the other weighs on them and makes
then towards. For the most part the
delegates hope 20 get some crumbs
from the party table and they fear a.
revolt knowing well they will b.
marked men with the organization. r. 7
or potent phrase THE organization
There IS the -~ard organization. the
county organization. the state or
ganization. the national organiza-
ton all inext-icahly linked AM
welded together. and the national CON-
mitrceman can put his finger on
garbage wagon driver in a remote
ward and SEPARATE him from his job
II the driver doesn't do exactly as he
Is told. It's a beautiful system. Don g
imagine that IL is not perfected SO far
as 1t can be
Occasionally some fossil Of respecta-
hility. galvanized into spasmodic &C
ton By something particularly brazen
on the part Of the powers that run the
convention will get up from the plat
form. where be Is supposed 20 be ac-
quiesceut 20 the program and start
the animals by a fiery dlatr.be against
the bare-faced robbery going on und.-
his very nose Az such a time IL r.
really delightful 10 see the perfect re- /
sQecf In which his remarks are lis.
tened % By the chairman aud the
bosses" His remarks may be = ne