People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1895 — Boss Rule. [ARTICLE]

Boss Rule.

The people of the United States are under the rule of the political bosses, always have been and always will be unless tbe masses decide to take a greater interest in practical politics.

The boss rules because he grasps the scepter and nobody objects. His reign is a usurpation, and is possible simply because of his impudence and the lukewarmness of the people in asserting their rights. There is an occasional revolt like that in Pennsylvania against Quay, but the result usually is that one boss is deposed and another enthroned. This is the outcome for the reason that the revolt is not by the people at large but that of one political faction against another faction. It is never ah uprising of the people at large: and better things cannot be hoped for until voters as a mass, the common miltions, assert their power in politics and transform politics from a prc*cssional game to a strict, common matter of business. The boss is sure to come to grief sooner or later for he constantly grows more arrogant and tyrannical: but while his downfall may be a source of satisfaction. the people are not benefited, for while the boss goes, his methods remain.—Voice.