He feared that a Republican in the house to watch them would scare them away from the bait.

He wanted them to take bribes and be ruined by the scandal, and that would bring the Republicans back to power.

It was a good enough way to "turn the rogues out" by first letting them become rogues, but my heart was not set on party success only.

I believed in protecting the public.

So I went ahead and got bondsmen to qualify me.
But as often as I got men to sign my bond, the boss went them and got them off again.