Like the wise general who raises a volunteer army he is not
meticulous in the choice of his privates, providing they are
capable of performing the tasks assigned to them. No seeker after
souls ever believed the end justifies the means more sincerely than
Boies Penrose believes his vote-seekers are justified in stretching
the code a bit for the benefit of the organization--particularly if
it is actually endangered.
Just as he believes in the Republican Party he believes in a high
tariff--the higher the better. Prosperity without protection is
inconceivable. During a Washington career of more than twenty years
he has been constantly caricatured as the tool of the interests--
the man upon whom they could rely to raise the tariff wall an inch
or two for their personal benefit.
He has raised it whenever he has had the opportunity to do so, but
not for the reason assigned. He is no man's tool. The suggestion
that Boies Penrose personally has ever profited financially through
politics is too absurd to be entertained for a moment. Of course,
he expects the interests, whom the party serves with tariff
protection, to save the party at the polls and they usually do so.
But that in the opinion of the senior Senator from Pennsylvania is
the essence of sound politics.
Unbelievable as it may sound in these days, Senator Penrose
actually thinks that most men are dependent for their daily bread
upon the success of a very small group of financiers, magnates, or
whatever you care to call the great leaders of the world of
business.
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