The Democratic Mistake; Godkin Lectures of 1909 Delivered At Harvard University
The Democratic Mistake; Godkin Lectures of 1909 Delivered At Harvard University
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Dissipation of responsibility is a more elaborate and artistic contrivance than multiplication of- offices. I do not know whether I have made this point entirely plain. In an industrial State in which a vast amount of money is spent on public works of all kinds, patronage does not mean I ' merely offices, but money paid out under con- J tract. Now, there is no doubt that division of responsibility promotes the disbursement of money in a great number of ways. If there is a board of four men who ...have the disbursement of a million, so long as they act as a body, and each is under a real political responsibility for the other, they are not likely to be wasteful. But if you divide the responsibility and give to each member of the board the spending of $250, 000, with the understanding that what one does all do, it is surprising how fast the money will dis- appear. Thus, one of the natural results of a division of spoils is a dissipation of responsibility. It is obvious that each member of the board is entitled to patronage to the extent of $250, 000, and when it is what is called a bi-partisan board, in no other way can the party balance be 144 THE DEMOCRATIC MISTAKE maintained.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Dissipation of responsibility is a more elaborate and artistic contrivance than multiplication of- offices. I do not know whether I have made this point entirely plain. In an industrial State in which a vast amount of money is spent on public works of all kinds, patronage does not mean I ' merely offices, but money paid out under con- J tract. Now, there is no doubt that division of responsibility promotes the disbursement of money in a great number of ways. If there is a board of four men who ...have the disbursement of a million, so long as they act as a body, and each is under a real political responsibility for the other, they are not likely to be wasteful. But if you divide the responsibility and give to each member of the board the spending of $250, 000, with the understanding that what one does all do, it is surprising how fast the money will dis- appear. Thus, one of the natural results of a division of spoils is a dissipation of responsibility. It is obvious that each member of the board is entitled to patronage to the extent of $250, 000, and when it is what is called a bi-partisan board, in no other way can the party balance be 144 THE DEMOCRATIC MISTAKE maintained.
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