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Naturally, in a dozen or twenty men, there will be
grades, and very often a single man will be able to dominate them all,
just as the smaller bosses dominate the smaller men. And this man the
papers call a boss of a ward. Then when these various ward bosses
endeavor to unite for general purposes, the strongest man will sway
them, and he is boss of the city."
"And that is what you are?"
"Yes. By that I mean that nothing is attempted in the ward or city
without consultation with me. But of course I am more dependent on the
voters than they are on me, for if they choose to do differently from
what I advise, they have the power, while I am helpless."
"You mean the smaller bosses?"
"Not so much them as the actual voters. A few times I have shot right
over the heads of the bosses and appealed directly to the voters."
"Then you can make them do what you want?"
"Within limits, yes. As I told you, I am absolutely dependent on the
voters. If they should defeat what I want three times running, every one
would laugh at me, and my power would be gone.


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