32/37 Have you ever heard of an institution called the Political Boss ?' "'Oh, yes. At home we use him to a degree, as a sort of political Black Bogey, to scare naughty children who like to play at Radicalism.' "'Well, Amos Blackstone is a specimen of the Political Boss.' "'Indeed? 'Don't mistake me; they are not all like him. He is a lion among jackals; the best political organizer in the State. But he is getting crowded out by younger men. |