that no one knows, is the excuse for trying. While I may not
believe that a certain theory will work, still, if I feel sure it
will do no harm, I am willing to see it tried.

_Question_. Do you think that Mr. George would make a good mayor?

_Answer_. I presume he would. He is a thoughtful, prudent man.
His reputation for honesty has never, so far as I know, been called
in question. It certainly does not take a genius to be mayor of
New York. If so, there have been some years when there was hardly
a mayor. I take it that a clear-headed, honest man, whose only
object is to do his duty, and with courage enough to stand by his
conscience, would make a good mayor of New York or of any other
city.

_Question_. Are you in sympathy with the workingmen and their
objects?

_Answer_. I am in sympathy with laboring men of all kinds, whether
they labor with hand or brain. The Knights of Labor, I believe,
do not allow a lawyer to become a member. I am somewhat wider in
my sympathies. No men in the world struggle more heroically; no
men in the world have suffered more, or carried a heavier cross,
or worn a sharper crown of thorns, than those that have produced
what we call the literature of our race. So my sympathies extend
all the way from hod-carriers to sculptors; from well-diggers to
astronomers. If the objects of the laboring men are to improve
their condition without injuring others; to have homes and firesides,
and wives and children; plenty to eat, good clothes to wear; to
develop their minds, to educate their children--in short, to become
prosperous and civilized, I sympathize with them, and hope they
will succeed. I have not the slightest sympathy with those that
wish to accomplish all these objects through brute force. A Nihilist
may be forgiven in Russia--may even be praised in Russia; a Socialist
may be forgiven in Germany; and certainly a Home-ruler can be
pardoned in Ireland, but in the United States there is no place
for Anarchist, Socialist or Dynamiter. In this country the political
power has been fairly divided. Poverty has just as many votes as
wealth. No man can be so poor as not to have a ballot; no man is
rich enough to have two; and no man can buy another vote, unless
somebody is mean enough and contemptible enough to sell; and if he
does sell his vote, he never should complain about the laws or
their administration. So the foolish and the wise are on an
equality, and the political p