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As a Rule His Good Thing Turns Out to Be a Pair of Deuces.
HE term "four-Hushing , " al
though of comparatively
T recent origin , merely
means , in Its last analysis ,
a pretense. It is a poker
term , meaning in that game the prac
tice of pretending that yon have five
cards of one suit when you only have
four of one suit and one of another ,
and of trying to win with that kind
of a hand , In hopes that the other play
ers will hcllcve that you have a gen
uine "flush , " five curds In one suit.
It Is a favorite pastime in the great
American game to bet high on a
"four flush" to intimidate or "timlfy"
vote wo can rake and scrape. Thorn's
lots of ugly talk about thisv thing in
my neighborhood , and It's the same
everywhere. NVolI , so long. "
No one but a rank "four-llushor"
makes these senseless "breaks , " but
the laigo cities simply swarm with
rank "four-lhishers. "
A favorite scheme of the standard
"four-flushers" in elections was to put
up an "independent" "dummy" candi
date. Somothimes two "dummy" can
didates were put forward in the race.
Suppose , for instance , that "A" and
"IV arc the regular candidates of the
main parties. " ] } , " wo will say , Is ( he
ties. Does this daunt the "four-Hush-
or" who wishes a little advertising ?
Not a bit of It. lk > gets together his
cohorts and besieges the political au
thorities demanding that thpj do those
things which are under the law abso
lutely forbidden.
The authorities consult the law de
partment , and the department gives
an opinion , bused on the soundest au
thority , that the proposition Is unten
able. Then the reforming "four-
llwihor" holds a few public meetings
and adds some more "four-llushers" to
the list. Speeches are made and the
authorities are denounced , also the
His Ways , His Manners , His
Methods , His Dress , and
Fly.by-Night Election
Schemes Dead Politically
To-day , He Resurrects
Himself To-morrow In a
New Ward , with n New
Plan and Perhaps Affiliates
with the Other Party How
Ho Takes Up Reform as an
Asset and Meets Defeat ,
with Attendant Notoriety ,
Gracefully.
( he others at the card table and there-1
by "rake down the pot. " But it does
not always work.
In politics 1 have seen enormous
quantities of "four-llushinc ; " indulged
In ; and in fact about two-fifths of all
politics is "four-Hushing. "
In the various angles of the political
game there may be counter "four-
flushing , " or practicing the art on
both sides , or If there are four or five
candidates In the Held , there may be
only one candidate who really stands
any .show of election , and a quartette
of "four-flushers" gaily bringing up
the rear. The "also rnns" have entered
the race for various reasons. Some
of them get a little notoriety , some of
them to try their political strength ,
and others for the purpose of leading
a forlorn hope against the probable
winner.
I recollect particularly one of this
kind. Ho was always going to do
great things. And he would demon
strate by verbal mathematics just how
it was a "cinch" that ho had the ward
tied up as tight as u snare drum. All
suggestions that ho might possibly be
mistaken wens either pooh-poohed
away , or you were given to under
stand that you were "dead niittv. "
This gentleman would keep on swellIng -
Ing until the morning after election ,
and then he would disappear lor a few
days. When he reappeared , with his
ward knocked "galley-west" In the
election , and about 9 ! ) per cent , of his
predictions gone wrong , ho would still
have that old "bluffy" walk on him ,
find would bo gabbing triumphantly
about some precinct that had gone his
way , and explaining how they would
have all went the same way if "Hill
Hotsford" or " .loo Sammons" or "Pete
Highball" had "stuck. " The only of-
tensive thing about this lobster's atti
tude was that lie assumed that some
one was going to bollevo him. Ho was
per so n "stiff , " as such cattle arc
termed in politics , and a laughing
stock among seasoned politicians , but
he went about imagining that ho was
a real factor in politics , when he could
scarcely control his own vote.
"You know how that is , Mac. " ho
would go on. "The people out there
fool that way , and that's the way they
feel all over the city. It's strange t (
me that some one hasn't pointed it out
to the major. If something Isn't done
we'll lose out election day. Such
comparatively small thing , too. Jt
don't make any difference to mo per
sonally , for I don't care. Hut 1 don't
want to see our boys loso. Somebody
ought to see his honor about It. 1'n
just telling jou bncau.-- i crn sue
foi yourself how it is \ \ < in Ml vi'r >
stronger of the two. " V financoH the
nomination of an "independent" can
didate , or a Prohibition , Labor-Social
ist , or any old candidate whom ho may
think will weaken "H'u" chances. If
" 11" thinks the move will weaken him ,
he may up with an "Independent" can
didate of "A's" party stripe , and pay
his expenses to cut Into "A's" vote.
All this Is "four-flushing" to make
the voters bellevo there are four or
( he lUchmonda In the Held" when. In
fact. "A" and ' H" are the only real
llguros ( ln the contest , and the extra
candidates are "fakes. " And the
beauty about It is that these "Inde
pendent" or other campaigns are often
waged valiantly and a tremendous
amount of dust and excitement kicked
up about them.
Reform Is a prolific source of politi
cal "four-llushlnj , . " Take some busi
ness which offends certain of the moro
puritanically inclined citizens. Tills
business may bo regularly licensed
and declared legal , and there may bo
constitutional grounds which , until a
cliango In the constitution , ' would ab
solutely prevent interference | ri ( j,0
on the part of the authorl
lav.\TS . who have ghon the dissent
ing opinion to the views of the icform
" . "
"four-flushers.
Then some scintillating genius
among the brethren suggests that an
Injunction bo obtained from some perfectly -
foctly "unbiased" judge. A descent
Is made upon the courts , a perfectly
"unbiased" and complaisant jurist IB
picked out , who Issues an injunction ,
and the "four-llushers" gather to offer
up tlmnka. An appeal being taken
from his ruling , the slate couit , or the
supiemo couit of the United States ,
hands down an opinion that the "un
biased" judge IB an "ass , " or wotds to
that effect , and the injunction is dis
solved.
Thereupon the "four-Ilushers" hold
additional moorings in which they de
nounce the supreme courts , and , as
soon as a now set of authorities como
into power , resume the old "bluff" of
asking that the business which they
do not like be suppressed.
One of the most unique of political
"four-llushors" is ( heman who Is
"bucking lho panio" solel > on his
nerve. I recollect one such individ
ual , and ho was certainly u clussle
specimen , and a nervy proposition.
A certain hotclkeeper had been se
lected as a candidate for aldennanlc
honors. At party headquarters , after
his name had been offered and deter
mined upon , a committee of "promi
nent citizens" was picked out to noti
fy the gentleman of the honor which
had boon accorded him. Among
others , this "hot sport" was chosen , as
he was a very neat talker , and the
chairmanship of the notifying commit
tee was ic.served to him , as the man
who was best qualified to break the
news to the hotelkeeper of his selec
tion as the aldermanlc standard-
bearer.
At that time of the year , eaily
spring , a number of these "prominent
citizens" wore wearing light over
coats , and our heio was nattily attired
in one which buttoned high to his
throat , with an Immaculate silk muf
fler folded neatly above It.
As the committee entered the rotun
da of the hotel II mot the then city
clerk , who , on Invitation , accompanied
them on their trip * .
The llonlfaco was sent for , a pri
vate room opened and the gentleman
with the dove colored spring overcoat
and will ; mufllor stepped from the
group of "prominent citizens" and
urged the acceptance by the tentative
candidate of the honor vouchsafed
him. It was a neat speech , and told
of the "ropresontativo citizens" who
were present , anxious to lend their
prestige and solid business s'tandltm
to his campaign , all "prominent busi
ness men , " and all desirous of having
the ward taken care of In the council
by a man of their own stamp.
The hotelkeeper was very much
gratified , accepted the honor in n few
words and invited the committee to
take dinner with him. it being just
about six In the evening. All but the
city clerk and the orator of the even
ing accepted the invitation with alac
rity. The orator , however pleaded an
Imperative engagement , and the city
clerk had to catch a train. Hut as
these two came out of the hotel the
city clerk , who knew his companion
as a sort of "fly-by-night" ward politi
cian , said , "Why didn't you stay and
take dinner with the committee , Dick ?
The old man will give the boys a flno
feed In there. "
To which the politician , with a per
fectly nonchalant air. replied : "I'd
have liked to. first rate- ; but I haven't
got any shirt on , " at the same tlmo
opening hin spring overcoat and din-
closing underneath his stylish muf
fler the unmistakable presence of a
neat but not gaudy undorshlit next to
his manly chest
The city clerk reached Into his vest
pocket and dislodged a two-dollar bill.
This ho handed to hlo friend. "You're
a dandy representative citizen all
right , Dick , " ho remarked , "and u first-
class hiiBlnesfi man Go and get you a
shirt with that and then buy .sonic-
thing to oat. "
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