It is a worthy and proper ambition. It is an
honor that belongs to the people. It isn't a heritage to be passed on
from one bunch of politicians to another. It isn't to be bought and
bartered. I realize that precedent has given you that impression. But
it's a pernicious precedent. It's time to do away with it. That's why
I'm here to-night, dipping into slime that I hoped never to be soiled
with again. I've been frank with these other gentlemen. I'm going to be
frank with you, Mr. Everett. I know you stand for The System. I don't
have to tell you what that is. You propose to continue the nullification
programme, bar-rooms tolerated on payment of fines, tax reform slicked
over, water powers and other State resources peddled out to favorites.
It's useless to deny. We've all been in politics together too many
years."
Mr. Everett did not deny. It was too intimate a gathering for that.
"This is not the way I'd like to be called to the Governor's chair of my
State," went on the General, "but it's the way of politics.
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