that comes out against Tammany. In describin' the formation of a
"Democracy" on the $50 basis, accordin' to the items I give, the
papers would say somethin' like this: "The organization of the
Delicatessen Democracy last night threatens the existence of
Tam-many Hall. It is a grand move for a new and pure Democracy
in this city. Well may the Tammany leaders be alarmed; panic has
already broke loose in Fourteenth Street. The vast crowd that
gathered at the launching of the new organization, the stirrin'
speeches and the proclamation of principles mean that, at last,
there is an uprisin' that will end Tammany's career of corruption.
The Delicatessen Democracy will open in a few days spacious
headquarters where all true Democrats may gather and prepare for
the fight."

Say, ain't some of the papers awful gullible about politics? Talk
about come-ons from Iowa or Texas they ain't in it with the
childlike simplicity of these papers.

It's a wonder to me that more men don't go into this kind of
manufacturin' industry. It has bigger profits generally than the
green-goods business and none of the risks. And you don't have to
invest as much as the green-goods men. Just see what good things
some of these "Democracies" got in the last few years! The New
York State Democracy in 1897 landed a Supreme Court
Justiceship for the man who manufactured the concern-a
four-teen-year term at $17,500 a year, that is $245,000. You see,
Tammany was rather scared that year and was bluffed into givin'
this job to get the support of the State Democracy which, by the
way, went out of business quick and prompt the day after it got this
big plum. The next year the German Democracy landed a place of