El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-12

outstanding hair Of him who hears VIII
make the pOrcupine Grm0r 9ok uke
80 cents.
callind the proverb that man may be
known by the company ne Keeps, and
the nature of his projects Dy the Eind
of tools ne uses, cur50ry description
of the chief among the aforementioned
GREY Wolves. men VINO, first and last,
were In the Chicago council Tor the
'swag,' may not be 3mlss-
some Of the Grey Wolves.
There was the say and festive John
COghlau, who dances with all Jhe belies
Of the slums and who, because ne Lro-
posed public lavatorles ZOE l lttt uu-
washed. was denOminated 'BaLnnouse
John" Johnnie Powers, VINO conIrlVed
TO make himself solid by tlOOdlng the
slums at Christmas win turkeys.
Michael Kenna, surnamed 'Hlnky Dlnh'
Drfucc of gutter saIOOnkeepers; Blind
Billy Kent with the shreWdness OF Me-
phfstO and the cold cruelty OF a 'mOcas-
sin snake; and, finally the Celebrated
Mr. Quinn. whose prehens1blIlty was SO
irresistible that a friend Of his declared
he vvould take anything he could lay
his hands on, except red not stove
and who. owing to the circumstance
was rebaptised Hot Stove Quinn
A man who made use OF tn tnese
worthless had dirty legislative Work to
do, and he got them to do IT,
He Is shrewd.
He is shrewd-the shrewdest ever.
All who know him or know Of him are
as one Oh that. A Chicago friend OF
mine who related how, years ago, ne
got the hungry Sullivan lad the job OF
Washing the courthouse windows, said
little about his virtues. but he waXed
eloquent on the subject of his quick
ness and his sharpness. But il is the
cunning of the INSCRIPTIONS.
Mr. Blythe says: There is nothing
- IA q hn fc
and does not trim or straddle"
This is a fatal, if not an absurd,
error A man who is at once very
shrewd and very selfish automatically
practices both. In the case Of Sullivan,
trimming is the breath Of his nostrils;
and straddling is his long suit
We have shown that he Is a boss.
Now, according to his biOgraphers, he
aspires to be also refOrmer. Indeed
some men Of known public spirit have.
they tell US, declared that: They
found Sullivan in advance Of other cor
pOratiOn representatives in his appre-
citation of changing public sentiment
Mr.. McFarlane says: Although he
voted his cohorts against the Dill to
give Chicago the right to regulate the
price of gas, he confessed to the pro-
ponents of the bill and declared to
his fellow opponents that regulation
was bound to come" And further, He
cast the weight of his influence for
civil service. direct primaries and the
commission form Of government, merely
because he had sensed the advance in
the popular mind. This is the most
hopeful thing you can say about Sulli-
van today....he is politically wise.
He reads the drift and follows it Like
Murphy. If upIift's the word, he is for
it."
Reform as Last Resort.
That's what I call talking He takes
reform wnen he sees he cannot possibly
obtain his ends by opposing it. He
"holds off'-that's the cOnsecrated
phrase-untiI this situation has fully
developed; then he blandly pins on the
reform badge. One would be tempted
to susDect that he had studied the i'm
mortal work of Macchiaveni, who adj
vised the prince, upon overcoming an
insurgent people, to cut down the
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