blind pig (archaic). An unlicensed saloon, as distinct from speakeasy, an illegal
saloon during Prohibition (1920—33).

boodle. Originally, the private use of public funds, a corrupt legislative fund,
or the practice of selling one's legislative vote; now a generic term for graft,
bribery, gratuities, or just ordinary pork-barrel benefits.

bummers (archaic). Men hired to disrupt, by brawling if necessary, a gathering
of the political opposition.

Camp Beverly. An office where Chicago public schools employees accused of
misconduct perform menial administrative tasks while awaiting resolution of
the charges; named for the supervisor.

Camp Muni. A room in the Richard J. Daley Center where municipal and Cook
County judges accused of misconduct await resolution of the charges while
performing only menial judicial tasks.

captain's man (archaic). A police officer selected by his captain to collect the
police district's illegal payoffs from businesses and vice operations.

chain voting. A vote-fraud practice by which a precinct captain outside the
polling place fills out a ballot and gives it to a voter, who drops it in the bal-
lot box and then is given a fresh ballot. Upon exiting the polling place, the
voter hands the new ballot to the precinct captain, who marks it in advance,
and so on.

Chinaman. A political sponsor or patron.

clout. Originally, a noun meaning improper political influence or the bearer of
it or a verb meaning to exercise such influence; now a national generic syn-
onym for power.

collection (archaic). The practice of taking bribes, kickbacks, gratuities, or boodle.

fetcher bill. A legislative measure contrary to corporate interests introduced merely
to solicit, or “fetch, ” payoffs or at least campaign contributions to kill it.

floaters. Transients rounded up on election day and transported from precinct
to precinct to cast multiple ballots, as distinct from repeaters, voters who cast
multiple ballots under various names in the same precinct.

four-legged voter (archaic). A vote-fraud practice in which an election judge (a
machine worker at the polling place) accompanied a voter into the polling
booth, allegedly for assistance, which is legal, but actually to ensure that the
correct machine votes are cast.

ghosts. See payroller.

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