districts and said: "See what I have done for you. You ain't got any
more taxes to pay the State. Ain't I a fine feller?"

Once a farmer in Orange County asked him: "How did you do it,
Ben?"

"Dead easy," he answered. "Whenever I want any money for the
State Treasury, I know where to get it," and he pointed toward
New York City.

And then all the Republican tinkerin' with New York City's
charter. Nobody can keep up with it. When a Republican mayor is
in, they give him all sorts of power. If a Tammany mayor is elected
next fall I wouldn't be surprised if they changed the whole business
and arranged it so that every city department should have four
heads, two of them Republicans. If we make a kick, they would
say: "You don't know what's good for you. Leave it to us. It's our
business."

Chapter 6. To Hold Your District: Study Human Nature and Act
Accordin'

There's only one way to hold a district: you must study human.
nature and act accordin'. You can't study human nature in books.
Books is a hindrance more than anything else. If you have been to
college, so much the worse for you. You'll have to unlearn all you
learned before you can get right down-to human nature, and
unlearnin' takes a lot of time. Some men can never forget what
they learned at college. Such men may get to be district leaders by
a fluke, but they never last.