"Honest Graft" (1903)

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HONEST GRAFT--15,300 Google hits
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The NY Historical Society is having a lecture on NYC Tammany Hall's George  
Washington Plunkitt. Did "honest graft" come from New York City? Chicago? Who?  
When?
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No OED citations?
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_With all that GOP corruption, why are Democrats so  quiet?_ 
(http://niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ask_this.view&askthisid=00180) 
Nieman  Watchdog, MA -  <NOBR>12 ho
... In his book, “Honest Graft,” the former Wall  Street Journal and CNN 
reporter, Brooks Jackson, chronicled the adventures of  the Democratic 
Congressional ... 
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_Senator Plunkitt : Honest Graft and Dishonest Graft  (1905)_ 
(http://www.panarchy.org/plunkitt/graft.1905.html)      There's an honest graft, and I'm an  
example of how it works. ... It's honest graft, and  I'm lookin' for it every 
day in the year. ...
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_OTHERS  TAKE UP CRY OF "GRAFT."; Abuses in the City Hall Are Admitted and 
Charges Stir  Grand Jurors. MAY ASK MAYOR TO TELL. Mr. Harrison, However, Says 
His  Accusations, While True, Are Hard to Prove. "GRAFT" DEVELOPMENTS OF THE 
DAY.  Charges Stir Grand Jurors. Had Pondered Over Abuses. "Graft, Honest 
Graft."  Blocki Says. "Of Course" O'Neill Defends His Men. Department Heads Blamed. 
Other  Mayors See Harrison. Mayor Wrong on One Point. Starr to Aid Inquiry. _ 
(http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=1&did=407348101&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=10&V
Inst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1140850395&clientId=65882) 
Chicago Daily. Oct 1, 1903. p. 3 (1 page)  
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"Graft. Honest Graft."
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     _The  Mansfield News_ 
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=oNSOVK9EnG6KID/6NLMW2hZRbBdkeDBMhQ4m6Q3IlPGWVq5MZFvdi0IF+CsZYmrz)  _Saturday,  
August 01, 1903_ 
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="honest+graft"+AND+date:1903-08-01)  _Mansfield,_ 
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="honest+graft"+AND+cityid:17490+AND+stateid:73+AND+range:1759-19
04)   _Ohio_ 
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="honest+graft"+AND+stateid:73+AND+range:1759-1904)   ...HONEST  GRAFT. The agricultural 
department of ths country is lucky. It is  the only ono ... ..

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