The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-03-25
THE VOTERS PART N GOOD GOVERNMENT

has become a profession called Rot
ten Politics. Making up the Governing
Family has fallen into the hands Of
the ward heller. city heller, county
heller, state heller and national heel
er. Heelers are of all sorts. They are
not only beer-guzzling buns in dives;
they are well-dressed. polished men In
high positions; and these latter are
the more dangerous because they work
beneath the cloak of responsibility.
Joe Healing. of Indianapolis, Is a
heller for w. H. Taft. as example.
There are countless others. That is
one.
These s~elf-seeking, money-grabbing,
souiselling heelers collectively, consti-
tute The National Political Machine.
The National Political Machine is
made up of State and District Ma
chine. which in turn are made up of
County, Municipal and Ward Ma
chimes. The candidates for Office are
chosen by the Heelers. who are the
Machine. Heelers, as a rule, are not
square, honorable, nor trustworthy.
They r Heelers because they seek
by being Heelers to gain Money or
Power, or both. They are not apt, nor
do they set forth candidates for office
very often, who are square, honest or
trustworthy; he cannot be controlled
by the Heelers.
The Ward Machine is a good speci-
fc example of all political machines.
Hence, what is a Ward Machine? A
Ward Machine is man or body of men
who, through friendship, blackmail or
what not, control the voters of the
ward, or the machinery which regis
tiers the votes of the ward voters. The
voters controlled by the Machine Heel
ers in turn control the candidates by
virtue of their votes. The candidates,
when in Office control the Offices which
that those Offices constitute the city or
county government. The city and
county officers are controlled by the
state government, the Offices of the
state government are closely allied
! with the National Offices, which arr,
held by the Governing Family, which
controls the millions of lines of per.
sonal interest.
Thus, if the man who heads the
Ward Machine is a dive keeper with a
dive-keeper's hopes and ambitions and
methods, he is apt to put forth his
efforts to place in Office men he can
control; men who will, secretly but
surely, do what this dive-keeper and
other dive-keeping ward-machinists
who helped put him in Office, want him
to do. Ordinarily, they do not want him
to do what is good for your lines Of
personal interest.
Thus, through the continuation Of
the bad influence introduced into you,
city or county administration by the
work of the dive-keeping, top-hatted
Heller, the domination and control Of
district, state and national govern
ment goes on up through the ranks Of
other Heelers-and the higher the
Heller, the heavier his cloak Of respec
liability.
The power held by this succession o.
Heelers has brought into existence a
Secret Community of Evil Interest
leading in a broad, invisible line from
the dive-keeper, via the Upper Heelerf
and thence into the hearts, hands and
minds of the Governing Family of the
Great House of Washington.
In order to pay their obligations tt
the Secret Community of Evil Interest
leading in a broad, invisible line from
the dive-keeper, via the Upper Heel
ers and thence into the hearts, hands
and minds Of the Governing Family Of
the Great House of Washington.
In order to pay their obligations tt
the Secret Community Of Evil Inter
ests which put them in the city, coun
ty, state or national office held by