Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1897 — The Word Boss Is Dutch. [ARTICLE]

The Word Boss Is Dutch.

The wood “boas,” which is now so commonly used, Is an Inheritance from the Dutch period. It Is derived from baas moaning foreman or master. A hundred years after English be-, wmo the official language mon of weal th nnd character like “Boss” Wai- ■ ton of the famous Walton House, In Franklin Square, received the appellation from persons who wished to be deferential, « And to-day a workingman may use the title in its original sense when ad ' dressing his employer or accosting a stranger. In Its political significance "boss'’ lg] a Tammany product. Ar such It de- : tines a vulgar usurper of public author- i Uy, who knows he would be squelched If ho ventured to stand as a candidate himself, but who succeeds by caucus ' methods in forcing hfs puppet candldates on tho electors and in directing their official acta for bls awn selfish snflg.