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When William Marcy Tweed bossed Tammany Hall and New York City, political livelihoods were made by out-&-out peculation. Boss Charles Francis Murphy brought the city contract racket to its juiciest fruition. But fashions in municipal graft change. Nowadays Tammany feeds largely on the real estate and building businesses. How it is done was clearly illustrated last week by Inquisitor Samuel Seabury to the eight-month-old Republican-controlled Legislative investigation of New York City's administration...
...Mellon be limited to economic topics? No, they were free to talk world politics. Their rôle would be that of mediators and harmonizers trying to work out a ''reasonable plan" whereby Germany could receive a loan and thus help bring the Hoover debt holiday to fruition. Over & over it was reiterated that President Hoover's only motive was to bring better times to the U. S. by alleviating the world-wide Depression...
...Minister of Foreign Affairs, and consequently none of their subordinates, can lay down a plan of work to cover months in advance because changing conditions and new elements are sure to arise at any moment and any scheme proposed will be interfered with before it can come to fruition. There fore, in practice, the conduct of foreign affairs takes on something of a juridical character, in that the persons concerned must endeavor to settle cases as they arise, considering both precedent and expediency in the light of the new conditions which may surround the problem at the moment of decision...
...long reign of George III embraces all the great names in the history of British art; and after this astonishing fruition of national genius, there is no more painting of importance...
Fashions in bosses as well as fashions in political livelihoods change. Boss Tweed (1861-72) went in for peculation and bribery. Boss Murphy (1902-24)-brought the city contract racket to its juiciest fruition. Nowadays construction bonding is the most remunerative of Tam-many-controlled activities, and judgeships are the most luscious appointment plums which the Hall can bestow...