Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-05
THE CRACK IN THE BELL
y STORY OF POLITICS IN PHILADELPHIA
S. BY PETER CLARK MACFARLANE
EHAPTER XXI (Continued) J

xfetective tariff to pour out its gifts
pD3n the city,
but" warned the sage. speaking
( Xntckly. You must not criticize the
tsrin. You must stand for it. Your
: idea was right as you put it last night.
Don't fight this Republican party obses-
2i0n in the minds of the voters. I'm a
Democrat myself, one of the thirty thou
eand irreconcilables in the city; but
Cont fight this deeply inculcated, II
4 blind, faith of the voters in the Repubi-
can party. Take advantage of it. GO
4 n for control of the Republican City
y fCommittee.''
"And the first step is?'
The first step Is money. You Will
fast, Mr.. Archer, you will be waited on on
within very few days, II plans of whlch
heard this afternoon are carried out
and offered money"
+. sTi' Jerry was surprised again, The
Judge only smiled. ..,,
"Oh," he said, "a good many men
besides myself have been watching you
They've been talking you over at ciups'
IN, hotel Hobbies and on the golf links
You have made yourself a marked man
and there's disposition TO set you up
and pin things him oney ON you NIionaires In have
faith in money. The first thing MI. MI.
Iionaire thinks about when you ehlst nus
hts enthusiasm for any movement Is ms m
checkbook. He is apt to suppose dars ma. i's a
can order an election as he ORDERS ="
limousine. Look at that Mltchel catLi- All
paign in New York. Mitchell was as uns
hest friend the masses of that CITY EYER
had in the Mayors char Sed Sod TI,lor tbe mil
fionaires also They appropriated nIi.i :
thew surrounded him and gilded MN VIII |Iii
their attentions: they made MN nroG lUoG
iika one of them: and they slnotlleI "s : u u
Mn, in money. They drowned hlm anu ,
damned him with money. Now !G;u
ren,ember this at the beginning a HITIe I.r 5,
money is necessary lot Oh II tsn,,,a;yhat rs
Ysryv recovering his head s9nGWilnV
after the first giddiness caused DH nt taiv
ing that other men were usS nF n
nisnniny to put him at the heaI hHaS "a as g
save-Philadelphia me moNe.laTr,. tsnannsss Of these
he acknowledged the heei''''
sana oDserns'ht what would be the next step
Judge, in your opinion w. ,orse answer
>ron, the old lips which droo,ed w.suTlt IS tba
~ steadily. "Organtze right aoMa Tin, - Of a
botiom' - Begin by making lis its' ronnd "n d
go.en or fifteen men you've tuet =, S,mti
over the city that would be W,sH thaf You You
over such a proposition; men that ~"
4 rink YOU can trust ana woIN ed
Invite 'em to dinner anu tba wards
Jpick OUT a dawn mast the ward leaders
trd n;ck out a leader for eaCn w. u, he.
Iyn,v ward leaders got 10 W. uo division
cause he's got o,iTsr 10 h%mn,' 'em They must be
ant ahle to him or. if he can rS smlt6 t6
jtSs Fight kind of men, you IL nav can,
11r-t.Iy warG leduct n
y.,-a going to start you RnoH, Ssrs
sxou re ,.5v bighbrows as ward leabely tSroy .,
~ as YOU move along you IL ,et the
\ them out. because they sGIprised Gan If in
elbow to4Se tSe best help you're getting
zee. men that can hardly make thenl na
nark. TX Many. a. fellow fell"s,1n tnat and d'' high
genius at all for great % one for human
Lnnisanl,snding Lninne and for personal iea'ei
INN among small groups. already"
..Tve begun to ho''oe
80 S serrS don't overlook the importanree p,,,are
ehass u division leaders. RefoptFnerS Far,,,
Xwenerally do. The hrs' ,;,,eiv TO hear
~ crker in the diTls'Shi VI bis e existence up at
S1sSouarters is when they sem sinsion M form
&eia of tracts on the conlinIsS' Election
Of government the nignt iag;ncuiate n them be-
mnu ,nnrning and carry the diNistiott' is,ist.Ie
tore y night Don't make that iniSsainit M ,iit.
Your division leader mas ma and eO5 You've got
tie father ~ money to work with !!
Hoesn't take lot of money money mean any.
s,,csn corruption. 1t doesn ~ me aimes il
thing improper; ecr, ebodv a eH around to he a
Sriend. 10 go bail, to give sGlmp"'"' nan
.hs;ce or to make a small loalt' to he
.Your division =. Leader GOOD %iS Sneighbor to
IN = poSs,i In his ward. You enaoie nun ,I
everyoVt ~ that and give him ~ !tt''G idea. ea.
ro,,ra cement. and get nhT astonished
sifted around, and you be'T turn out
e's - n moral center in eVeFE ,,oorai
d,vision. just as there Is San AN stabiIity
one. You establish cer nennie know
- that moral center, so peop,e p3.ee,i ont
" ~. find it. week in ana WteN 80
ny r,ate II a helpful force IN tnSir ' ,ra,
and you'll be gratineo oaciaiiw az if It's
,a rally around IT, espeClallS 80
people thsre;s a big parent moral cen
eiaSt s., the ward and in the city tor eeS, eti,
sec secai ~ TO back up against when "eeo'
more power. ., o,,,nloved the poll
Rand jobs?' Jerry ei''P
uca uc.Wa,,u have to promise some OF nc ne
,..cn,e Jobs. And why not. las las arr
workers. in the ,,ren eity isd OF INTO your organi
sn,S s,lsS, II they're good workers tor W. S1u
skev.u be good workers Ior taM tne aeain
That's where your reio1 ,,piirh in abstrac
ard not enough in humanit!.eS,i
eisa en- for hours. with Jerry nstJit,rn na
ssssen-mouthed, and asking an on snillin
= SYlesst;on the older man Went on, sP,..' Pr- -
S,t in one night, from his long yeaI a, IN y
49,, - M-ohseryation, a whole course uh;ia m 40
history Of practical politics politics ~ int W tw
oeipnnls- 90 must have run OFF Jerry
n1ss.s vithout sinking in but no" eS
vHrsence had freshly plowed ana Sn,ii h''
rowed the soil of his thlina5 I'M 5roT Vas al
S.,,,ed 10 him that every CROP MS Lt !,
,rhsd Informing and watering MS II
.
senuvna1 nana now" said the old man. man:
,.-s4h "having smoked my nmlI q,
sS~srs for the day. ana haNlns NC,
ssfnsd myself with a very pleasant Pr u
rSect. / think l shall let you If thin
s ~ me when you want advice, II sha
nj, need it but do not COME On"
snA greed,' said Jerry, wrlnging =, II
$50. ~ "I cannot thank you sun sS ~,
~ y y ssTsbe only way you can thahh M =,
}2isa4t - out and use yourself up III III ci'St !
fSg the Philadelphia winothh"
S seisht win, you know;
.1,i - ferrv laughed boyishly. H., -,
& Hasiaughed again, when, stahnihs ~ ~
y -1de an the step at l o'clock III !,
,,nroinc. with all the myriad hsnra
~ 49, rity scread out before MN, anu
rfranee prickling glow N hlS s Har
- q f7ere came sense OF nyst 81 ~
IAN waves playing round nun. Ill VI 80
seSr, forces gathering TO lena nun LII, hi
81. S1,d make him the master OF an Itpil ~
-'Spestiny he breathed eSu'taht
~ >sr1estiny is taking hold OF me 49,,
Hut Immediately he sneered hilfis'
nsff ,f this boyish MOOD OF elation'
2isfing that he was no 1901 OF a,io az
& 81 ~fafIc dreamer. but SOBER, prac'IG'
esfentifjc production engineer, .,.i W. "
J; !, ~ ssGDinr 10 work to produce, "tthti y
4 %ear and a half, majority Lo5 Giei
IS ovornment in the city OF fhhaoeiph'
CHAPTER XIII