He does not bother about reaching their heads.
It is his belief that arguments and campaign literature have never gained votes.
He seeks direct contact with the people, does them good turns when he can, and relies on their not forgetting him on election day.

His heart is always in his work, too, for his subsistence depends on its results.
If he holds his district and Tammany is in power, he is amply rewarded by a good office and the opportunities that go with it.

What these opportunities are has been shown by the quick rise to wealth of so many Tammany district leaders.

With the examples before him of Richard Croker, once leader of the Twentieth District; John F.Carroll, formerly leader of the Twenty-ninth; Timothy ("Dry Dollar") Sullivan, late leader of the Sixth, and many others, he can always look forward to riches and ease while he is going through the drudgery of his daily routine.
This is a record of a day's work by Plunkitt: 2 A.M.: Aroused from sleep by the ringing Of his doorbell; went to the door and found a bartender, who asked him to go to the police station and ball out a saloon-keeper who had been arrested for violating the excise law.

Furnished bail and returned to bed at three o'clock.
6.A.M.: Awakened by fire engines passing his house.