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Take my ward. Burton is a prize-fighter, and physically a splendid man.
So he has his little court. Driscoll is a humorist, and can talk, and he
has his admirers. Sloftky is popular with the Jews, because he is of
their race. Burrows is a policeman, who is liked by the whole ward,
because of his kindness and good-nature. So I could go on telling you of
men who are a little more marked than the rest, who have power to
influence the opinions of men about them, and therefore have power to
influence votes. That is the first step in the ladder."
"But isn't Mr. Moriarty one?"
"He comes in the next grade. Each of the men I have mentioned can
usually affect an average of twenty-five votes. But now we get to
another rung of the ladder. Here we have Dennis, and such men as
Blunkers, Denton, Kennedy, Schlurger and others. They not merely have
their own set of followers, but they have more or less power to dominate
the little bosses of whom I have already spoken. Take Dennis for
instance.


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