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Samuel Peter Orth. The Boss and the Machine: A Chronicle of the Politicians and Party Organization
The Boss and the Machine: A Chronicle of the Politicians and Party Organization
Table of Contents
THE BOSS AND THE MACHINE
CHAPTER I. THE RISE OF THE PARTY
CHAPTER II. THE RISE OF THE MACHINE
CHAPTER III. THE TIDE OF MATERIALISM
CHAPTER IV. THE POLITICIAN AND THE CITY
CHAPTER V. TAMMANY HALL
CHAPTER VI. LESSER OLIGARCHIES
CHAPTER VII. LEGISLATIVE OMNIPOTENCE
CHAPTER VIII. THE NATIONAL HIERARCHY
CHAPTER IX. THE AWAKENING
CHAPTER X. PARTY REFORM
CHAPTER XI. THE EXPERT AT LAST
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Samuel Peter Orth
Published by Good Press, 2021
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In colonial days, when the struggle began between Crown and Colonist, the colonial patriots formed clubs to designate their candidates for public office. In Massachusetts these clubs were known as "caucuses," a word whose derivation is unknown, but which has now become fixed in our political vocabulary. These early caucuses in Boston have been described as follows: "Mr. Samuel Adams' father and twenty others, one or two from the north end of the town, where all the ship business is carried on, used to meet, make a caucus, and lay their plans for introducing certain persons into places of trust and power. When they had settled it, they separated, and used each their particular influence within his own circle. He and his friends would furnish themselves with ballots, including the names of the parties fixed upon, which they distributed on the day of election. By acting in concert together with a careful and extensive distribution of ballots they generally carried the elections to their own mind."
As the revolutionary propaganda increased in momentum, caucuses assumed a more open character. They were a sort of informal town meeting, where neighbors met and agreed on candidates and the means of electing them. After the adoption of the Constitution, the same methods were continued, though modified to suit the needs of the new party alignments. In this informal manner, local and even congressional candidates were named.
