Show found a good way to defeat a political boss THE most abject slaves of a political boss will revolt renolt it if their laier 1 1 hung flung in thair faces philosophized philosophised Represent inge mckellar IN who bo c come me at from the memphis tenn district I 1 had a concrete example of 0 th that in ni first congressional campaign he continued one day I 1 met in the street the political boss of bingham ton a manufacturing suburb for nears lears he be had voted noted the men like sh shep sheep ep and he was proud of ills his auto IZIC cratie cratic rule lie he hid had opposed general gordon ma m predecessor and was now novi 1 but good natured lj appos f me mac he be said aou ou wont get but four notes in binghampton Bing hampton there are 35 votes notes there altogether and ill poll the 1 I carry them in my m vest pocket well bee about that tom I 1 replied with nith a laugh and thereupon relying upon that principle of human nature I 1 hae lust just stated I 1 planned my attack upon tom toms s stronghold where I 1 was nas to speak the lolloping lol loping night I 1 att m crowd in a good humor that evening with a tew few preliminary stories end and then electrified them by assuring them that I 1 lid did not expect their votes notes that they could not ote note tor for me cien it if the wished to for no longer ago go than est besterda eiter erda dai I 1 told them their fellow toxins townsman man had informed me that lie he carried all their votes vote but four our in his test nest pocket and they would all bi bb cast against me I 1 called for a show of hands from those rhosa otea notes ro posed in toms vest pocket not a handt band I 1 then called for or the hands bands ol of the independent voters arid and every hand went up and on election day I 1 carried binghamton by a handsome majority |