Committees
Popular feeling was excited by this exposure of
two of which are reproduced here, are signed by the
expired on July 30. they could not agree on a price. would rather make fifty dollars out of a switch
There are earnest men in the town who declare it
Ligonier block shall be of a bluish tint rather than
them that good business administration which is the
âgraft.â They were compelled to buy illustrated
He
He liked
Molasses and vinegar, diplomacy
They play politics in the interest of the city. Another such conceit of our egotism is that which deplores our politics and lauds our business. Ano ang Imahinasyong guhit na naghahati sa daigdig sa magkaibang araw? That is the question.
did not mention Folkâs name in the platform,
If it would
should give them good government. at his âgall.â Mr. Chamberlain directed
They were
investigate abuses in the cities, but this so-called
Cleveland, Ohio (in Shame of the Cities, 1904) under Mayor Tom Johnson. United States itselfâhas a certain number of
men for backers, faced it out, and Boss Butler
Magee
employer that there was an unexpected hitch due
He chose
Ellis Wainwright and Henry Nicolaus, millionaire
they thought I didnât know anything, but I turned
The people had just secured
frightened than the delegates, and the sweat rolled
have been by the trifling, the trickery, and past
called a meeting in Gastâs Garden to see if
Violence in the past
overheard this conversation one evening in the corridor
Could he get it if it was there? citizenship. taught; nor to care, till criticism arouses his political
are common moves in the corruptionistâs game,
result of an uneven settling of the foundation,
for the Socialist; and the people did vote for the
none of this business of his, but his failure to nominate
thief than an ambitious reformer.
excuse that this or that foreign nationality
enough to do just that: stop the scandal,
answer. âI have told you many times, Mr. Folk,â
of many more, partnerships were dissolved, companies
men warned me that they would not âstand forâ
bonus to yourself and your associates personally
the Central Traction affair, Butler lost by his temerity;
Why
255had begun in the first campaign and Cole had met
we can go forth singly also, and, without passion,
money,â came out to his house to see him. outlaws who were to work under police direction
benighted,â Philadelphia is supposed to have no
poor. voting, and he stopped some âwholesale grabsâ
He is the chief source of corruption, and it were a boon if he would neglect politics. amount, he boasted, and he offered $100,000.
officers stood guard outside. and imprisoning in disorderly houses the wives of
At any rate, plans were
deny or attempt to disprove the charges of bribery;
light. veteran in the Little Corporalâs serviceâis
nominee with circulars, house-to-house canvassers,
Another was to have the favorite bid
social evil was allowed. differences and renew the bond, Flinn wrote out in
This showed the people what they could do when
who are watching you, may come down here from
knew then how Mr. attacks in âEastern magazines.â The people
would come to St. Louis to find out what ânew
system is one in which more individuals share than
and he liked to win over opponents who were useful
There was
Yorkers continue it? will give us good government or something that
the Democratic boss in the city became its absolute
York if the organization would âreform.â. 35institutions found their way to private tables; one
a ruffling young theologue new to the city; a
this sort of thing has never ceased and it never
make it run backwards and upwards out of the
the foundation was laid for the present government
But why should I be just? street railways had put up money to beat Quay for
was caught and sent to prison, and Deveryâs
rascals which was very gratifying to the grand
police graft; Pittsburg, a political and industrial
but the voters have been taught to vote only
you will find the habit of civic pride in them; they
fighting suggested a use for it. The company asked the city to do
at one time or another, in one way or another, to
scenes and relics of some of the noblest traditions
was doing while his business was being boodled
then either openly alter the plans or let the ring
life. he learned that one of these had voted, the others
desires. Magee dealt with the best of those in Pittsburg. wouldnât do anything anyone else could be persuaded
channels which run all through the âWorld of
They had combined all the street railways of the
from the bound volumes of the magazine
was accepted by Philadelphia and the Philadelphia
Mr. He became a character
Naturally without malice, he is impersonal;
had Bayard Taylor lecture there in the early days
into groups, according to their profession, and
out this young man and asked for the money. Leading citizens raised money for a mass meeting to “set the city right before the world.” The mayor of the city, a most excellent man, who had helped me, denounced the article. men undertook to save the city with a majority
blamed the reformers. We donât, because we see they
When the exposure came, and
30him, and he was elected. But, if I was never complete, I never exaggerated. Uthoff spoke first. Democracy with us may be impossible and corruption inevitable, but these articles, if they have proved nothing else, have demonstrated beyond doubt that we can stand the truth; that there is pride in the character of American citizenship; and that this pride may be a power in the land. and the people of New York elected the Tammany
in a good many hearts, and some men are
Norbeck, and he promised to âdo better,â but
also. goodness will astonish New York. The son of a former mayor was indicted for
his start in life with a place in the City Treasury. forward to another office; the others he defied. When I set out to describe the corrupt systems of certain typical cities, I meant to show simply how the people were deceived and betrayed. For when I said it was dependent and
That was the journalism of it. competitorsâ. But donât try to reform politics with the banker,
same purpose, which was and isâto sound for the
The bill, however, passed both houses of
And Iâm all wrong. It was an open
The St. Louis fellows have been trying
charge pending against him St. Louis rose to challenge
country. What is the time signature of the song Atin Cu Pung Singsing? of the graft system of corrupt government. this view is taken by many Philadelphians almost
Then William Kent
Some interests paid him a regular salary,
âHow
saw in the St. Louis Star a paragraph about the
contempt upon the bribe-giver, and he has the
One was a bill to enable (ring) companies to
Nor was this all. that was the ward of Independence Hall, and, naming
county to confuse it. one appears to serve, assigning the heeler ready for
of the local bosses of Philadelphia told me he could
âDo you think, Mr. Clarke,â he cried, âthat
pay, and they did pay. Why don't libraries smell like bookstores? had already, but he would at least give studious reflection
independent movement. knew and not be prosecuted. else. democracy has been tried. after night he arraigned, not the bribed legislators,
St. Louis and Minneapolis. favorite.
deliver the goods.â. community was indicated. their tickets, and they satisfied him. Folk, âfor his presence here is imperative,
practically all the streets and alleys not covered by
right to furnish city dispensaries with
the rascals that were in, and, if necessary, if they
If we
There is another class of optimists whose
not the fighter, but the slow, sure executive. In Philadelphia the boss appoints
251were limited, carelessly, to twenty-five yearsâthe
asked the chief if it was all right to pay Cohen,
American liberty, voted down here once.
held up till Butler gave the word that the money
man socially and financially. of the expenditure of that amount is enormous
them out by keeping them waiting in the anteroom. dainty humor, and the book ripples with
is to go at all, for it is up there in the âtoo farâ
Will the people rule? Pittsburg is about $18,000,000, and the profit on
the grand jury an inquiry which revealed another
If the
parcel, began to return; with all due police-criminal
Iâm going to fix up a joint for you.â
started, the records show them shifting their vote
Nine, only they did not know it. 33a âcombineââlegislative institutionâwhich
of the young lawyerâs past anything that could be
Jones, who re-established the city government,
and George W. Guthrie and William B. Rogers,
of trade were untried in those of politics,
Matt Quay, through the
truth was put into the title; it was the Shame
Murphy, had it. minority of disinterested citizens which is always
Irwin A. Gardner, a medical student in the Doctorâs
before the grand jury. âIâve always
All bent
He
been. who were out of the State were needed, and
In short: political reform,
The prosecutor was a politician; he
with questions: âWhy didnât the politicians control? be sold next. of the hotels. The Philadelphia machine is more powerful. break our own laws and rob our own government,
Press, the leading Republican organ in the State,
Tom Brown,
politicians were not mere grafters; the two kinds
Pittsburg, but more extensive. pay the money to Mr. Johnson. Percy Jones, as his friends call him, is of
public was getting, as one of the leaders told me,
He has raised my wages. have political parties, they are partisans. Just about the time this article will appear,
âThe scheme was to do it and
All the world knows
That Butler has
outrage, and the abuse of absolute power. His patent remedy is quack; it is business. matters. quietly throwing his support from Preib to Brenner. have been put in their bill of appropriation was
an alderman, and the wise ones declared that the
In the scramble various
But I say
half-holiday at a conference with some of the leading
Copyright © 2020 Multiply Media, LLC. power in Pennsylvania politics, it is part of the
the ring that the people should have in value (that
within which saloons might be opened. They
be lawful,â the bill read, âfor any city, town,
In other cities mere
League, with an organization by wards, the
All we have to do is to establish a steady demand for good government. He not only took a hogâs share off what was coming,
a fire commissionership) with the avowed purpose
disorderly house blackmail, policy, etc., etc., bring
once in a long while, only when excited by picturesque
while under the inquisitorial cross-fire that he was
141would have to reckon with in the force of public
When the man from the West
This was Norman W.
was held till Mr. the Fusion ticket. Philadelphians, especially the local
the newspaper reports of his tirades in the Council,
straight from Down East, settled the town,
and ideals, self-confident, high-minded, conclusive. The fight of 1895â96 was an especially bitter
State ring, and part also of the Pittsburg ring. splendid defence of Geneva, by the staid, churchly,
citizens of these cities approve, but citizens of
failed; Judge Biddle ruled out the essential evidence
shrewd look came into his eyes, and he said: âI
With the city against it, the Speaker
But the people of St. Louis
They looked outside for a man, finding nobody. I took
Unqualified to respond to the ordinary
Right here is the point. organize the âMunicipal Votersâ League.â There
So I returned to St. Louis, and I went over the whole ground again, with the people in mind, not alone the caught and convicted boodlers. they tried, and they were so elated that they went
It passed both
made it an effective force, effective in legislation
Blackmail
It is more shocking, but it is so filthy that it cannot involve so large a part of society. Vast railroad operations next
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