To the most grafter, so goes he.

I read it in this books.

When the boss grafter does not so, what use is the grafts?
How then does he know which he shall do for, the ordinance-wanting man, or the ordinance-not-wanting man ?" The Colonel tried to argue with him, but the mayor was obdurate.

He would not budge from the highest principles of graft, and, as the Colonel had gone too far now to recede with honor, he secured the best terms he could.

The most he could obtain was a promise that the mayor would not mention any names, nor so much as hint that graft had been promised.