"For instance?"
"Johnson and Kenealy."
"Why Johnson and Kenealy? Why not Shillman and Riley?"
"Shillman and Riley never have done anything for the party. Johnson and Kenealy have."
"What have Johnson and Kenealy done for the party?"
"For one thing, they have always voted right."
"That is one thing, but not a large thing. Other men have voted right too—frequently. Some too frequently; if you know what I mean."
"Politics, my dear fellow, is not child's play. We do what we must to win. But it doesn't pay to look a gift horse in the mouth too closely. He may bite." Tip O'Gorman stared at the new sheriff.
The latter smiled a long, slow smile. "There are muzzles," said Bill Wingo.
Tip dismissed this with a wave of his hand. "Too big a horse and too many teeth," said he.