I can go to him and say: "George, I want you to place this friend of mine." He says: "Mi right, Senator." Or vice versa.
You see, we differ on tariffs and currencies and all them things, but we agree on the main proposition that when a man works in politics, he should get something out of it.
The politicians have got to stand together this way or there wouldn't be any political parties in a short time.

Civil service would gobble up everything, politicians would be on the bum, the republic would fall and soon there would be the cry of "Vevey le roil".
The very thought of this civil service monster makes my blood boil.

I have said a lot about it already, but another instance of its awful work just occurs to me.
Let me tell you a sad but true story.

Last Wednesday a line of carriages wound into Cavalry Cemetery.

I was in one of them.