The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-04
BY STU BSUS.
tWho Never Tired to be Irue)


 done | am not doing this with the idea that anyone else can accomplish what have done politically, for Il takes more brains and ability than anyone else has. but l want my fol lowers to appreciate my schemins.
 Before take up political matters, want 10 explain why l modified my name from stubs to stub bus" As you know. the title Stubs was given me because my enemies declared that l had burned up the stubs of receipt book which would have shown how much money had collected for the city when l was city magistrate. Of course that story about the stub-book and the grand jury investigation were prompt ed by the politicians who oppose me. and | do not think that the name Stubs. on account of the way it came to be applied, is really nice. So, from noH on please call be gy my new name
 In the first place don't try to build up a party that is not already built. or one that is not in power. This talk about loyalty to a cause is all right for the people who are followers. but the leaders must pick out the cause that insures best fin ancial returns to themselves.
 After you have picked out party that you want to build, that is, to build it so you can handle it, make the people believe that without you the party never could exist. If, then, you find that you nave selected party that is not going to control things right away, why just make flop, and attack yourself to the one that is taking the popular lead.
 | Did It.
 You will remember how l did that very thing when l deserted the Demo cratic party to boost James Wicker sham for delegate to congress few years ago. At that time the Demo crats were out of it. and there was no financial argument for me to stay with their party. This financial side of politics is the most import ant, as l have demonstrated many flop, and attach yourself to the one times by my own experience. Jim was known then as Republican, but was really running for the of flee independently.
 One time when a number of Demo crats criticised me for deserting the Democratic party, l told them frank ly and with candor that the Demo cratic party had never done anything for me l believe in being frank when you've once got a political job that they cant very well take away from you Anyhow, l made them understand that l was out for the money and not for the cause
 After you have deserted your or iginal party and it braces up and begins to get more power, just flop back to it again, and pretend that you made mistake in ever having left it, and swear allegiance to it foreyermore. It's easy to swear al legiance to anything, for you can swear something else when you want to.
 How to Flop
 To show how this can be done successfully, l will point again to my own experience. You will re- member how l Hoped and deserted Wickersham when the promise of financial rewards induced me to do so. As a matter of fact, of course, Wickersham no longer has any use for me, and of course, l am doing all in my power, which means some thing, to make people in Alaska be- lieve that Wickersham's success iu congress is really due to my wonder full influence there l have induced several people to believe it, two of whom were crazy men l was taking Outside to the asylum.
 No man can be a successful poli tical leader unless he makes scien- tific study of the game. This l have done You must learn the trick, just as a circus horse learns his stunts. There are some political tricks that are getting pretty old, but you should know them, for they are still useful in certain conditions.
 Rule or Ruin.
 One of these tricks is either to rule or ruin a convention. When you find that the majority of the delegates are against you and your interests, just get your crowd to- gether-it don't make any differ ence how few there is of you-and go across the street and start rump convention of your own. It can be made to work if you are tricky enough, though an honest man would never attempt it, and if he did