Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-04-21

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terence of some of the leaders. at h 4
quarters, and it isn't complete withoa
you. So, Senator Goodrich has sent
me over to escort you"
Thank you--very courteous of yoJ
| and of him. said without hesitaticn
Tor | knew what was coming as scol
as his name had been brought in, ana
my course was laid out. But | can't
leave just now. Please ask him !
he won't come over-any time within
the next four hours" This blandiy
and without sign that | was COZ
scious OF Dufours tupefaction--ror
his vanity made him believe that ftAt
god the great Dufour knelt to must
be the god of gods.
There is no more important bran -
OF the art of successful dealing with
men than the etiquette of who shall
call upon whom. Many a man has ~
his very hour of triumph ruined his
cause with a blunder thereby gou-
to see some one whom he should have
compelled to come to him, or by com
pelling some one to come to him whea
he should have made the cOncesS, III
OF going. | had two reasons for thus
Illuminating Goodrich neither of thnm
the reasons he doubtless attributed
to me, the desire to feed my vanity
My first reason was his temperament;
| knew his having to come to me
would make him bow before me in
spirit as he was a tyrant, and tyrants
are always cringers. My second rea-
son was that | thought myself near
enough to control of the convention
to be able to win control by creating
the atmosphere of impending success
There is always lot of fellows who
wait to see who is likely to win so
| that they may be on the side of the
man in the plum tree; often there are
enough of these to gain the victory
for him who can lure them over at
just the right moment.
AS soon as Dufour had taken his
huge body away | said to Woodruff:
GO out with your men and gather in
the Office downstairs as many mem
bers of the doubtful delegations as
you can. Keep them where they'll be
bound to see Goodrich come in and
go out
He rushed away, and l waited
working with the leaders of three far
western states. At the end of two
hours | won them by the spectacle of
the arriving Goodrich. He came in
serene, smiling, giving me the joyous
ly shining eyes and joyously firm
hand-clasp of the politicians greeting;
not an outward sign that he would
like to see me tortured to death by
some slow process then and there
| HypOcritical prelminaries were not
merely unnecessary but even highly
ridiculous; yet, so great was his an
with the prospects of an old-time
convention, with old-time enthusiasm,
| and that generous rivalry which is the
! sign of party health"
Il hope not senator" said l. pleas
antly. Here we think the fight is
Overland won"
He lifted his eyebrows; but | saw
his maXillary muscles twitching. I'VE
don't figure it out just that way at
| headquarters, he replied oilily. But.
there's no doubt about it, your man
has developed strength in the
west"
And south" said |, with deliberate
intent to intiame, for ! knew how he
must feel about those delegates we
! had bought away from him.
There were teeth enough in his
smile-but little else. 81 think Bur
bank and Cromwell will be about even
on the first ballot" said he May
the best man win! We're ~ York
ing for the good of the party and the
country But came, rather, to get
your ideas about platform"
| opened drawer in the table at
which | was sitting and took out a pa
FER. We've embodied our ideas in
this" said |, holding the paper toward
him. There's a complete platform,
but we only insist on the five par
agraphs Immediately after the pre-
amble."
He seemed to age as he read. I'm
possible!" he finally exclaimed Pre-
posterous. 1t would be difficult enough
to get any money for Cromwell on
such platform, well as our conserva-
tive men know they can trust him.
| But for Burbank--you couldn't get a