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 “graft.” 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 Folk’s name in the platform, If it would should give them good government. at his “gall.” 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 itself—has 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 didn’t 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 Gast’s 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 corruptionist’s 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. “I have told you many times, Mr. Folk,” of many more, partnerships were dissolved, companies men warned me that they would not “stand for” 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,” came out to his house to see him. outlaws who were to work under police direction benighted,” Philadelphia is supposed to have no poor. voting, and he stopped some “wholesale grabs” 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 Corporal’s service—is 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 “Eastern magazines.” The people would come to St. Louis to find out what “new 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 “reform.”. 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 Devery’s 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. wouldn’t do anything anyone else could be persuaded channels which run all through the “World 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 don’t, 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 “do better,” 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. competitors’. But don’t try to reform politics with the banker, same purpose, which was and is—to sound for the The bill, however, passed both houses of And I’m 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,
“How 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 “Do you think, Mr. Clarke,” he cried, “that 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.”. community was indicated. their tickets, and they satisfied him. Folk, “for 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 years—the 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 “too far” 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 I’m going to fix up a joint for you.’ started, the records show them shifting their vote Nine, only they did not know it. 33a “combine”—legislative institution—which of the young lawyer’s 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 Doctor’s before the grand jury. “I’ve 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: “Why didn’t 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,

“The 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,” the bill read, “for 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 hog’s 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 1895–96 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: “I 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 “Municipal Voters’ League.” 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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