Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1911 — Making No Secret of It. [ARTICLE]

Making No Secret of It.

A rude person in the audience interrupted the orator. "You speak of the ‘obligations of politics,’ ” said the rude person. “May I ask what you understand by the word politics?’ ” . “Yes, sir. Politics is defined as the science of government, and I subscribe to that definition.” “And what is the science of government?” "The science of government, sir,” thundered the orator, "Is knowing how to get the offices and how to hold them, and, by the jumping jingo, we’re going to land all of them some day, sir!" The audience cheered wildly, and the rude person, utterly, crushed, did not interrupt again.