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Honesty Graft

Introduction

Plunkitt of Tammy hall is a serial plan discussion regarding practical politics. This discussion is done by former senator George Washington Plunkitt, standing on his rostrum in the New York County court House Bootblack Stand. This work is a significant contribution for those people who have an interest in his stories or who are interested in the history of the political Sytem of America and for the Scholars and political historians (Shearer, pp. 15).

Geprge W. Plunkitt put challenge for the reformers of American States politics, who put forward blames for the ills of Metropolitan States on political Machines or Organizations like Tammany Hall of New York. Honest Graft of these machines was proposed by Plunkett. He said that these machines and government of America were kept in motion by the oil. The honest Graf of Plunkitts includes exploitation of privileged data like purchasing public land earmarked for establishment and vending it again by keeping huge personal profit. This book is combination of historical narrative with documents of history (Shearer, pp. 15).

This paper discusses the political practices of Plunkitt and his perceptions about Honest and Dishonest Grafts. Moreover, this paper discusses the perception of people about his patriotism. Furthermore, this paper discusses the role seen by Plunkitt for political party bosses to play within the Democratic Party. In the end the paper discusses the perception of people regarding the practice of Plunkitt and the reason why the reformers were unable to clean up the politics and the government.

Section 1

The author has discussed about Honest and Dishonest Grafts. There is a difference between both of them. The honest graft is the people who become rich with devotion and dedication in the politics. On the other hand, the dishonest grafts are gamblers, people with out ethical values. As Plunkitt says, “Yes, many of our men have grown rich in politics. I have myself. I've made a big fortune out of the game, and I'm gettin' richer every day, but I've not gone in for dishonest graft, blackmailin' gamblers, saloon-keepers, disorderly people, etc and neither have any of the men who have made big fortunes in politics” (Plunkitt, pp. 1).

Plkunkit earned his money by purchasing land via his network and social setting. He was aware of the fact that he would be required for public projects. He would purchase these parcels, and then sell them again at an inflated price (Plunkitt, pp. 1).

According to Plunkitt dishonest graft are the people who faked their identity behind the veil of having a “higher status” than others. In his view, these people were selfish and had no love for their country and no love for their fellow citizens. Plunkitt being a part of the Air Force Army shows that he not only felt responsible but also obligated to serve his country and play a role in saving the people of the United States (Dreier & Cohen, http://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/wal-marts-honest-graft).

Section 2

George Plunkitt's Standing on drinking is that he disagreed with the perception that a person ...