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Show In these limes ot self-seeking candidates can-didates for every oftice in the land, when politics as a profession or business busi-ness is so sadly demoralized that almost al-most every day develops some instance of defalcation and general criminality, it is refreshing to look back at tho character of Americans of an honest typo in tho past. When Daniel S. Dickinson was offered the New York collectorship, during Buchanan's administration, he said; "I am poor, and by the acceptance of that oftice might become wealthy. I understand that the legitimate salary is $10,000, but the actual pay of the collector exceeds $100,000. I reject the office, for I will not steal. " |