The Great McGinty Page #5

but not one cent for tribute.

- You can call it advertising.

- No, sir.

Yes?

I'm sorry, Miss Dangerfield, Alderman

McGinty is in conference just now.

I certainly will.

Thank you.

Go on.

"Backing this agitation, said the mayor,

are so-called pious men

"who have accepted money from racketeers

and gamblers in sanctimonious secrecy.

"The petition was filed by Doctor Jarvis,

"chairman of

the Civic Purity League Incorporated. " Ah.

They're always talking about graft,

but they forget if it wasn't for graft,

you'd get a very low type of people

in politics, men without ambition.

Especially since you can't rob the people.

Sure.

How is that?

What you rob, you spend,

what you spend goes back to the people.

So where's the robbery?

I read that in a book.

That book should be in every home.

- What a racket.

- Not what I...

You shut up!

Quit sucking your clackers, you.

And don't rub that on the carpet.

Now get outta here.

All of you.

Get me Jarvis.

I suppose you saw the afternoon paper.

They cut down good trees

to print stuff like that on them.

Look, Jonas...

we need a new face.

Clean, typical American.

Upright, dependable.

Somebody they don't know too much about.

What do you think of McGinty?

The alderman.

Never heard of him?

Well, that's just what I'm talking about.

- So long.

- McGinty. McGinty, wait a minute.

McGinty, please.

- Back in a little while.

- Yes, Mr McGinty.

Just a minute, McGinty. McGinty.

McGinty!

Aren't you ashamed of yourself?

This guy will pay two and a quarter,

this Maxwell.

- No.

- I just left him.

That's the only good news I heard all day.

Now, listen.

Do you want to be reform mayor?

- What do you mean?

- What do you think it means?

Don't make me say anything twice,

I'm irritated today.

I said, "Do you want to be reform mayor?"

The mayor of this city?

What have you got to do

with the Reform Party?

- I am the Reform Party. Who do you think?

- Since when?

Since always. In this town I'm all the parties.

I'm not going to starve

every time they change administrations.

Well, then, where does Jarvis come in

with his Purity League?

Don't ask me so many questions.

I ask if you want to be reform mayor,

you can give me a plain answer.

Well... sure. I guess so.

All right. You're in.

You'll have to kiss a lot of babies,

squeeze a lot of mitts.

Wear your old clothes.

They don't want no dudes after Tillinghast.

I'll tell Jarvis about it.

Oh. Another thing.

You gotta get married right away.

What do you mean, "get married"?

What do you think it means?

Don't make me say everything twice again,

will you? Women got the vote now.

Maybe you didn't hear about it.

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