I placed a lot more on public works done by contractors, and no
Tammany man goes hungry in my district. Plunkitt's O.K. on an
application for a job is never turned down, for they all know that
Plunkitt and Tammany don't stay out long. See!

Let me tell you, too, that I got jobs from Republicans in
office-Federal and otherwise. When Tammany's on top I do good
turns for the Republicans. When they're on top they don't forget
me.

Me and the Republicans are enemies just one day in the
year-election day. Then we fight tooth and nail The rest of the time
it's live and let live with us.

On election day I try to pile up as big a majority as I can against
George Wanmaker, the Republican leader of the Fifteenth. Any
other day George and I are the best of friends. I can go to him and
say: "George, I want you to place this friend of mine." He says: "Mi
right, Senator." Or vice versa.

You see, we differ on tariffs and currencies and all them things,
but we agree on the main proposition that when a man works in
politics, he should get something out of it.

The politicians have got to stand together this way or there
wouldn't be any political parties in a short time. Civil service
would gobble up everything, politicians would be on the bum, the
republic would fall and soon there would be the cry of "Vevey le
roil"