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Show THE PRACTICAL POLITICIAN. Ilia Career 1 IWset Hl-h Many Olsagr. bl liifflcultle, New York World. No one but a "practical politician" can appreeiato the strain under whiuha leader labors to keep peace in the rank and file of his following. For every place at his command there are a dozen applicant. Not long since Assistant District Attorney John F. Mclntyre, of the the Twenty-second district, almost committed suicide to eseape the importunities impor-tunities of one of his followers. The fellow wanted a place for his "brother-in-law" in tho Park department. Mr. Mclntyre told him ho could not have such a place, that ho had all the places his district was entitled to, but this made no difference, the fellow haunted him. When ho got home at night Mr. Mclntyre Mc-lntyre was waylaid at the street corner with the request to fix that blessed brother-in-law. He escaped, and on going to his office the next morning he was met by the smiling relative ofthe brother-in-law, who wanted to know something about that place in the Park department. Letters assailed him and friends of the man with a brother-in-law spoke to him about the matter. Finally, in desperation, having dreamed that he was living on a regular diet of brother-in-law, ho went to a member of the park board and asked that a place be made, "for if it is cot I'll go jump into the river to escape the man with the brother-in- law." A list of the appointments from Twen-I Twen-I ty-second was given him, and he was told that if he could select some name to be cut off he might doso and hare the other man put in his place. A single man was found on the list whom Mr. Mclntyre did not know, and he decided to let him go, asking that he be reap- f minted as soon as possible. He did not ike to do this but it was the only way out of the dilemma. The brother-in-law was appointed and Mr. Mclntyre got one good night s rest. But it was only one; for the next day, as he walked into his oflice, the first, thing that he saw was his old-time Nemesis. His ' far betrayed an anguished an-guished spirit. Without ' giving the lawyer time to take off his overcoat he rushed at him and oxclaimed, "Oh, yen did that fsst enough," replied the man with the pain in his face, "but see how vex did it. Yez got me brother-in-law the place, so yc did; but why did ye, get my other brother-in-law fired?" |