Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-05-01
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fiery face of his questioner, sur
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 no
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 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 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 "gaveled
| down" by the chairman, and the SER
geants-at-arms, always chosen by the
BOSSES" are eager to eject any OBJ
streperous patriot who begins any
jargon about his rights"
To "gavel down" a motion is simply
to hammer on the table with the gavel
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 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 fume in private, but they
take the gaff'' 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 inextricably linked and
welded together, and the national com
mitteeman can put his finger on q
garbage wagon driver in a remote
ward and separate him from his jot
} if the driver doesn't do exactly as he
, is told. It's beautiful system. Don'
imagine that 1t is not perfected so fal
J as 1t can be.
: Occasionally some fossil of respecta
bility, galvanized into spasmodic ac
ton by something particularly brazer
on the part of the powers that run the
; convention. will get up from the plat
form, where he is supposed to be ac
, quiescent to the program, and star
the animals by a fiery diatribe agains
? the bare-faced robbery going on undeI
: his very nose. At such time 1t II
t really delightful to see the perfect re
, spect in which his remarks are lis
. tened to by the chairman and thu