Show sm charles F murphy of tammany said in a discussion of the spread of surprise us for moneys roo corrupting corrupt lne pow power er Is immense let me tell you a story A senator while traveling in the south attended a colored church one sunday morning and put a 20 bill in the collection plate the collector gave a start he carried the plate with its little heap of coppers and nickels and its crisp yellow bill up to the pulpit there he and the preacher and a couple of elders ders conversed excitedly in hissing whispers for several minutes finally the collector tiptoed down to the senator and muttered in his ear boss when yo gwine to leave dis town tomorrow morning said the senator wall boss whispered the collector we uns have decided to pass her it if promise to keep still dere aint a man in town can tell her from a good one |