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sillflliPiliiNlli
Brianna
i; (Newman Smyth, in the March Out-
'3; look.)
Happening to meet one day a gentle-
‘j man whose presence once haunted the
f lobby at Hartford. and who has been
a familiar spirit in the secret counsels
of both parties, 1 ventured the remark.
"i should like to be present at the last
day. when you are compelled to tell
all you know about Connecticut poli-
tics." He replied, "There would be
some interesting personal reminis-
cences." Unfortunately for the public
enlightenment. the legal evidences of
many things which now its hidden in
such reminiscences will probably not
be forthcoming before that day to
which our conversation referred. But
enough is generally known to brink to
than» of public conscience the strong-
handed political system by which the
civic virtue of Connecticut has been
held up. Enough facts are well an-
thenticated to expose the political
‘Insthods by which this commonwealth
is robbed of Its honor.
All exposure of tho Ito-called prac-
tical politics of Connecticut would not
be so sensational us are the accounts
of the political debauchery of some
other states where much the same dc-
inoralislagmethods are becoming prev-
digit.
ti hotter characterisation of the
prevalent political Vice is nestled than
,. was tiven by cit-Governor Bulkoley
(lately elected United States senator)
. It‘d- hearing before the Judiciary Com.
, of the legislature on lifay 11.
i .‘ After declaring that no corrupt
, ‘ cos aegis ram in thlls anagram
It . ' rs quest on w
shit Is lawful and right for a candi-
Jtlbto for office to buy» a vein which is
sat replied: "l thingtt is right
, “taste to secure that man's
m. if" hols without principle and
. . tyrant, by any in us you can use."
«« further instilled hat method when
flats "in the interest of the party" one
one to be right. The question
lifch the panels of this old New
. “state have to face is Just the
run which that event sat
‘ Mature of Council-
t record laid before it.
p more unusual or retraction
, mm "affiliates
rtlto III-Stu- of the system. he so
Justllfld. 'l'hat act of
has put the whole my
“motion-is. of ti‘igfigntsm
. it ,an I upon
lot of“ ‘stats: Tiler the
West animation
, , its a surrender or
t « Continual fatter-arts u-
m.fllflnl! bsfors thl‘
loose it by the press Would be betrayali favorable conditions for the use ofi found five new It‘ll'tlifllill‘ bills acct.
of its public trust.
it. would be sin.
with this Snapper: "it will be inter-
esting to see who opposes it."
have seen. Not a single prpsccution.;‘
under that law against bribery and
other forms of political corruption.
The whole system of practical politics
has appeared against it. This law
does not run as a live wire from town
to town. No political manipulator has.
seemed afraid of any sudden ShOt‘it
from it. Of late even the best papers
which our conditions permit us to burn
seem too much that ancient god of
whom a solitary prophet (incur said,
“Either he is milking. or he is gone
aside. or he is in, a journey. or permi-
vonture he sleepcth. and must
awaked." i
in order to untierstand the presunti
pltlablc case of the internal politics of.
Connecticut. the first cause to bc noto,
ed to the political power anti poasl~
bilities of the sniaJl towns.
The constitutldn of the state, with
its system of town representation.
gives to the email towns a great pre-
ponderance in the Legislature. '1‘th
naturally renders the rural districts
the chosen field of the political cx-
plotters. There control of the Logis
lature and of the larger part of nitric
patronage is to be gained or lost.
There it pays the candidate for high
office to dig hint wells and to watch
his flocks. Murat vor, the rotatory sys-
tem of representation now prevailing.
which turns up in new reproacutatlvc
at about sveryicluctlon. offers fur-
ther opportunitite for the alert manu-
facturer of male tiles in the Legisla-
ture. Formerly. he country town was
represented. often for a series of years
by some man w 0 had been tried and
was known and t rated. Pie needed to
make no pledge to secure his nom-
ination; he repr sated his townsmen.
or at least his 9 riy. He did not need
to make hay whi s the sun shines. The
extent of the‘c arise which has oc-
curred is appars I from these figure:
The proportion f members re-olectcd
to new members was, in 1880. 54 per
cent: in 1050, la. ; in 1880, 9.3: in 1889.
6.2 (Political Scenes Quarter”. Sail-
tember, 1889. p. 420): and in. 1897 it
had fallen to 2.8 per cent.
The significan s of this change is
waster than at rst glancn might ape.
pear. it might be said. Indeed. that
such rotation h s the advantage of
giving different men in. succession a
fair chance; but it also given the poll-
tidal “calculator vary cordon s new
chance. And it {lords hisl'sutsr nun
tsrlal to work. you though It be in»
accent. Pips-ls tag is through fresh-
er soil. Every shorten the rapidly ro-
tating wheel rattler- anew deal twi-
sihlst in this sy tars nominations may
be made the tart . a the old, ser-
pent maylurk d‘sr as ‘ vsuisut w-
zpishti'ssisrany own canals. it was
not, mover, it til the cafupal a “le
twat theme srnum in m that
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2.,” ”at 1 gm a A c ‘ "
church. now that, it IS confronted by} smaller towns was fully upprccialulu which he rt-turnetlf
iWiiai was known in some quarters as ten statement of
In the your 1898, when the ("ot'rupl‘| "the Salisbury plan" was then aucrcssd
Practices Act was up before flitl Judi-i fully limugurutctl,
Clary Committee, the Hartford Con-i ury for the candidate to have his put”-
runt ended an editorial in behalf of it} soual “limit in out-b town. who would?
know what was needed and how it
who was bold I'osponslblt- for dcliv~
so far as i am aware, has been brought ertnx the goods.
As to the amount of flu.- ve-ual vote
in the rural regions, tlilIt'l't‘ill tslillltlltlrl
are given by illt‘ll \Vt’“ qualiticd to
judge. Professor Mct‘ook, of ’l‘rinity
l‘ollcgc. Hartford, us the result of some
painstaking inquiries, estimated it us
high as Sixteen per cent. tithcra will
not believe it to be ovcr five Dt‘i‘ ccut.
if i might lake It singli- town u‘cli up
to the avoruuc iii morality us a repre-
sentutlvc town, according to the sluic-
incnt, computed for lilo by u world-r
who for several years has kept his
be private tally of the amount of the purv; kcpt in dot
cliusnblt- material and the price of curb
Vote, the quantity would be somewhat
ovI-I' ten percent. in one bill town the
amount of purcliasitbic volt-s bot-unu-
so large that the town ronmiittccs of
both parties Illlliit' a mutual bargain
that your not to buy any votes.
compact resulted in a popular outcry.
and the keeper of the country store
protested "against any movement
which cut. down the revenues."
The chief corruption now is in the
control of thtI caucuses and primaries.
'l‘he traps are set. for the feet of good
citizens long before they rcucli the
polling places. The innocent public
knows time of the large littt' of money
and other valuable considerations for
personal ends or for largo commercial
Interests long before a legislature cott-
wanes. A poor man has little chance
for a high office under ilit- conditions
which ordinarily prevail. Senator
iiulkcloy has not seen fit to comply
with the law of Connecticut which re-
quires a candidate for the United
States Senate to make a return of all
contributions or disbursements. if any.
for his campaign and election. in the
absence of any sworn statement from
the candidate, one can only take as
conjectural the moderate eatimato of
a well-informed politician that it cost
him $08,000. ifi add together the sums
credibly reported to me as having
been sent into several towns. and
strike therefrom anvaverage for other
towns, that amount would not seem
at all incredible. if i take the aver-
age of the most trustworthy state
ments made to me, a much larger sum.
at least 1150.000 during the late sena-
torial contest was unaltered abroad
over the countryside. For instance,
in one town of on than eight hun-
drd voters the l alpolltlcai agent of
one political interest was lntrusted‘
with over'a thousand dollars, which
was used mostly loconneutton with
the expenses of the primary. in an“
other case a detonate to a convention
held for the nomination of candidates
for the stateless“ was offered fifty
dollars as a rsisinsr for his vote; he
afterwards found it best to return it:
or. as his own story lg , after a visit
from cat-tats poll cal friends, he
it ilt‘l‘lilllf‘ custqu-‘
'l'litl ‘
Silence of lhci money as L‘lllllillliKli arguments in the doutully left in his overcoat pocket:
l have this writ
another delegate:
"Wt- were offered thou for the ~v— ~~-
ldoicguiiou, and two others were of—
. t'crctl $200 and $3M) l'orun single vote."
influx myself desirous of gaining
trustworthy information a.»- to the bot<
Wei might most practically bc :ipplictl, and I turn facts, not being central to rest
:upon what is old to be notorious, l
have made inquiries of persons in a
position to know in urarly till of the
towns of lilt‘ state. i hitht sotiglit for
trustworthy information from two
‘ sources —-from good citizens in all these
. towns who might be Supposed to’
I know sunlt‘thilig of what iii buppcniug‘
i politically in their immediate vicinity.
land from politicians and workers, so,
i far fir. possible. who are tlIeu‘Iacle-s in‘
like game, and etc how it is played.
Most of the considerable amount of;
ilufornmllon which 1 how been able to,
lgaiu from this latter source must be;
all as conildcutinl. As ai
‘gcum'ul tabulation of the information:
.H” acquired. i am in u position to Say,
‘ (but III it few towns my inquiries thus
.t‘nr haw brought to tight no credible
‘ suupicions of the corrupt use of inoncyl
. during th- lust m-ruttoriul election; but.
in by far the greater number of townsi
‘il'lllll which i have obtained returns
i the illegitimate use of money or other
‘ \‘uluublc couuldI-ruiions in reputation
with nominations for state officers is;
icrcdlbiy reporttd, and in many in—.
stances with circumstantial accounts
of the amounts of money sent into
these towns for personal political purw.
' poses, and with details of the methods"
in which it was ll.~'.i'ti. Home political
uncuts. who lireitisvlvcn handled the
gorilla. buys bccn carried into this din.
Inorullzailou so far. and they find thug
Ironic so costly that they would built
like to quit it, its our of them informedl
Inc, because ashamed to look ui’lcr-'
awrda at their own faces in the killflliti
Such information llH this is not, indeed
legal evidence; Iwwrthciess it tells the
truth. Some good citizens who, if they
go to the cum-us at all, go as innocent:
lambs to the sluuhtcr, might possibly
rub their amiable oyt-s in'iistonlshment
if acme exact. story—«names. places.
dates. considerations, and ailwshould
be told them concerning what him
happened right around them in per-
sonal or corporation politics in recent
years. ,
While confidential information does
not permit me to give narratives
which. if published, would be their own
evident-e, i may use such communica-
tions as materials for a timimil d03-
crlptton of the. proceswtaklnz from
many individual instances a composite
photograph which may represent them
all. ‘
ti willi
i
in the aural] own of Aw“
put it) last autumn the United States.
senatorial contest promised to be a
close one. The fluid for the conflict;
was the primary. Those who were
posted knew what was to happen. The
public had little knowledge and less
concern about what milht he done.
The national election, held at the some;
tints, furnished the-convsnleuhcovcr.
under which the mess of state politics
was to be stewed. Before the primary
was held ll largo fund was sent l
a recognized polillt'ui urgency in lili‘.
interest of one candidate into this,
town. it was Stated that mort- could.
be bad if lit‘i'tit‘tl. Stunt,- of this mom y,
was put out for personal illiilit‘llt'i'.’
$100 for the tvuiporut‘)‘ loan of ornw
man's poltiit-ul lull-Ills. Some of this“
fund went for more or lt-FS legitimate
work and cunt-uses. The flight-st,
price known to have been paid to illlyl
one lllt'l't'i)’ for staying away from the.
caucus was $37; another man, pus-3
Scarred of loss liiimfcul power, rt’t‘t‘h'i‘tli
only $25.
lll‘tititzh‘lllt- wult‘h to ‘('liIllt‘Hl lIlt‘ “Gill.
THE NEW YORK GROCERY COMPANY,
Norwalk’s Busiest'Groceru Stores. 255-57 Main St. Norwalk.
pui'iy caucus would litll be the plague—
spot which it is becoming. if a nomina-
tion did not. in most of our towns, se-
(lll'l‘ nu elm-lion lint usually, it the
tow cpn “fix" the primary to their ad-
\lillltlgt‘. lb.- rcspt'rtublp citizens can
be trusted to do gratuitously the rest
of [IM' fixing ill the polls.
Another powerful factor to be con-
sidered in rclutloti to Connecticut State
politics is the city machine and its
exigencies.
liavcu mm-
The ‘
A description of ”11' New.
blue, with which lam sonic-t his course to his friends by saying.
()uo man, who was himself with! familiar. will best Show how such i “it is politics, you know.”
lmcdlatc political success. The nom-
ination becomes the temptation: the
office itself may be the bribe: the fear
of political suicide the cause of dis—
honor. A young man seeks to enter
political life. The door. is swung op-
(‘11 for him by the boss who holds the
Skeleton key to all the doors. As he
passes through no pledge may be re-
quirml of him, but he finds that the
door through which he entered opens
into a path which is hedged in on eith-
or side. He follows on.( justifying
if 0 cannot.
an adept. l't't't‘h‘t‘tl 3.30 from cat-b side, 3 machines have to play a considerable; Vote now quite according to his own
and. as tlu» business agrnt of Ulll‘ Iilt" 1 part in tho lai'gcr field of State poll-jconvictions, for he must “save his in-
tlon said, "the uurdluc llt_\'i‘i' iurnni ovd‘
lies. The present boss of the New
tlucnt‘c for future usefulness.“ As a.
pry The Wt... {up w“... in this mu. . Huvvu combination might more happi- rcprmcutaliro in the Legislature put
you went as high as Stu or $15.
manage-r did not I‘t-ialn so Illlli‘ll tori
illililt‘.
'i‘lIc ly be called the bond coach in the,“ the other day, making apology for
lie controls the pluycrs. St—IIIII-‘lother political catnip-followers besides
mt. own (affui‘lfl as kc bud lntcndcd toiing one in, taking another out of the. himself who had taken nominations
kneel», immuta- in the last hour of the; lillllt‘ as be secs fit; but lit' in in ft . and who did as they were told. "1 sup-
primary be was seized with iln- roar? liiluucll’ for the fun of ii. flu is one peso we must put our hands on our
that 1“. mm been beaten, and he felt lot lhp princes of lhf' house of lurael,.rioscs and do it."
Now and then a
“bug”: to m... morc liberally the last who, apart from his political iictivtfij strong luau may quit. and afterwards.
effective m-gmupm with p Immbcr oi tics. by hard loll. clear sugar-fly. and fill' people will take him up.
But na-
men who had been waiting around uw‘ Iwrsnnul inivurity has risen In M nrw imul tum-H of Puttisnnahiu. Semi ici-
“P‘ynuripg {01- n... m‘nppt‘ psychologh-ul t Iliilll‘i business position, illltl won for! l(i\\'t-.lli]i_ and comradeship work 1039th
llltllllt‘lii in which to make their votes
count. The representative in this.
town could not himself in- bribed. but,
it was previously understood what in»)
li'l‘t‘t-il he would support. and who was
to provide for thc election expenses.
it crisis the managers loss if by any;
means they can get hold of and use It.
conscientious man than it docs to1
watch and to keep from becoming rost-
iosu a man more pecunitirily suscepti-
ble. like that representative from one
minor town concerning whom the local.
uncut wroit- that be was becoming un-‘
easy and smoothing must be douc fort
him.
Then realm-I of this composite photo-
graph vary aouiewhai in different plac-,
es; the quotations for nomination and t
election would need to be altered iul
sovcrul towns-«$300 to begin with in
some small places, and more if need
ed: $760 in another town. $300 for a
needed man in another: and still larg-
er amounts, running up according to
different estimates before me to $2.500.
in other country towns. but. with vary-
ing details in its essential victousness.
the story is ovorywhcrc the some. Alilu-
with regard to the highest honors and
the smaller offices. the people do not
give the gifts: the party does not make
the choice; even the bosses themselves
and the local agents often find their
preferences unavailable: "practical
politics" does it. and that. being in-
terpreted. signifies the deals and the
power. the business interests and the
money. of the few intimates who do
cusp-for all these things. We still
fondly boast of government by the peo-
ple: «we accept as necessary [overn-
mcui by one or the other of two par-
ties: .We laugh at and occasionally cv-
erturn government of the local boss.
is the last state of democracy to be
voluntary bondage to an olisarcliy?
And that oligarchy not distinguished
by the virtues which fit men for gov.
erritnantl
The methods of political control
whiclf’l have just described have been
rendered easier becauseof late there
has been no strong opposition party on
1 . I .
lIlIIIst-if u good HHHII’ among those who
know him. The same industry and
talents which have rcudcrcd him pros-
perous in busini-su have contributed
to his success as a political manager.
irrespective, however. of the personal
character of its drivor. the machine
has its own necessities. it ciuiuot on.
tape, even if it would, from the culti-
puislou of its own service.
l't'i-liltit‘l the story of the ricotta of the
present New Haven machine illus-
truies the llXiKt‘nClt‘K or all similar or-
ganizations. . it cnuu- lllln power from,
flip sticcosaful conduct of ward poli~
tics: li dictated the nomination and so-
t-uicd the election of the mayor and
other city Officials: but it could not,
atop there. its own momentum com-
pcllurl It to drive further and harder.
it laid it» lltllltli-i upon the county oin-
ccs: It guessed correctly what faction
would be dominant in the [legislature
and made It deal which would enable
it to gain control of the local judicial
appointments and the accompanying
patronage. in the lower courts the
seat of justice is now Iuahcine made.
To look after all these contracts the
city organization had its hand in the
nomination of the Governor of the
commonwealth. and besides that be-
came a party in interest in the choice
of a United States Senator. And.
still further. since besides the debts
of the Dust. to be paid the business of
the future has to be secured, the city
imachinc now has its man for the next
Governor in readiness. and the suc-
ccsafut candidate for Governor will
not he likely to forget the political pit
from which he has been dug. Thus it
happens that the exercise and the love
of political power by a single man. not,
himself an aspirant for any office. com-
pcta him, in order to make good what
hp has got. to reach dominatinaly up
to the judiciary. the Governorshlp, and
the United States donate.
'i‘hsss influences together could not
work so axidnaivs mischief were it not.
for another ntrlbuiory cause: that lit.
the doctoral ration sometimes of good
men through ..thstr,ambiiion for some
in this
or in keeping the manager's majority
solid; and So it happens that the peo-
ple look for leaders. and find politi-
t'ltlllF.
No account of the political situation
in Connecticut would be conipieiu with-
out somc reference to the evolution of
tilt. lobby. it has passed. broadly speak-
ing. through three stagcu of develop-
ment. At first it was an individualistic
affair. Individual lobbyists were rc~
llliitt'li for different Incasurcs. Then the
lobby began to organize itself into pre-
datory groups. Smoothing like this
was the condition about the your l883.
when. in one instance. some eminent
lobbyists who had been omitted in ii.
plot-c of proposed corporate spoilatiou
made their collective presence maul-
fcst and were taken in with the rest!
Following this period of groups of log.
islut’tvu bandits, so to speak, the third
house became a more organized and
powerful body. Oncu when the Con.
uoltritticd Railroad virtuously sought to
dispenm with its services, it soon
found itself compelled, in me language
of one of its officials at that time. “to
open the ling." Without entering here
into this chapter of our politics, it in
enough to remark that combinations
between the two. corporations and
State politics. have not usually been
followed by a rise of the securities in
which civic virtue is invested. The re-
mark should be added that, as the lat-
ter and of the lobby. ‘it now stands
with can fool, inside the Legislature.
amt with one hand open outside it.
in such ways has it come to pass
that this land of steady'hahlts is now
a good field for the oiltical million-
aire. The remark w ich is frequent-
ly board where men interested in poll-
ttcs congregate-wife has put his men:
ey into it, and he ought to have it." is
enough to Show the morality of it.
No one -will deny" that ' the system.
which has grown until it ovorshsdows
the State. has home this season its
consummate fruit. And the cities and
the towns of gonnscticut hovel new
(concur-d on mm m. .
Norwalk Chronicler