Chapter 590 The President is a Good Man
Before the advent of the Bureau of Investigation, United States government agencies often hired private detective firms to solve crimes. During the Roosevelt era, illegal land sales in the western United States angered incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt, who authorized Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte to set up a small detective agency to investigate these crimes. The agency later received the official name of the Bureau of Investigation.
This was the predecessor of the FBI, but the FBI did not really become famous until the great man of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, officially became the first director of the FBI. During the 48 years that Hoover was the director of the FBI, the FBI had an extraordinary status.
Even if it is not as good as the Korean Prosecutor's Office in Sheffield's mind, it is definitely on the same level.
When he was still in New Jersey, before arriving in Washington, Sheffield was still thinking about Roosevelt's breaking of the unspoken rules. But now, as an old double standard, the slave owner does not uphold the rules, but sees whether the rules are beneficial to him. If breaking the rules is beneficial to him, there is no problem.
I did it to restore order, but others would break the rules. Now the FBI was right in front of Konstantinovich. Sheffield only needed to let this old friend take a step forward, and this agency would become the biggest backer to protect the United Company. Sheffield, who always adhered to the concept of "better safe than sorry", never complained that he had made too many preparations. It didn't matter. As long as one of these preparations came into play, all the preparations would not be in vain.
"In charge of such an organization?" Konstantinovich frowned. "The Investigation Bureau now has a director."
"The director is different from the director." Sheffield said something repetitive, and when he said this, he couldn't help but think of J. Edgar Hoover. He sat on the throne of the director of the FBI for nearly half a century. As the secret keeper and the highest authority of this agency, Hoover was the embodiment of the FBI and a terrifying and mysterious figure. He was the most powerful person in American history, and also the most controversial person.
Hoover even had a photo of Mrs. Roosevelt in his hand. Sheffield is now a businessman. Otherwise, he would have wanted to replace Konstantinovich and become the director of the FBI.
Unfortunately, no one would agree to this except the slave owner himself. He could only hope that this fellow countryman who was also born in Texas could help him do this.
"There is no doubt that if you can personally control the power of the FBI and ensure that it does not slip out of your hands, you will be a guest of honor of Standard Oil, Morgan Alliance and United Company for a long time to come. Until you die, this country will be in a completely free environment for you." Sheffield spoke to his old friend in a heart-to-heart talk, "We will give you our full support. In addition, the characteristics of the FBI itself, even the president dare not do anything to you. The position of Attorney General is replaced every four years, or at most every eight years. Because the Attorney General needs to rely on the nomination of the President, his position is tied to the President, but the Director of the FBI is different, he can serve for life."
"You can even arrange for a reliable subordinate to continue to be the director when you don't want to do it. What does it matter? As long as the agency stands with us, it won't be a problem."
The words were so clear that Konstantinovich was also moved. There was one thing that couldn't be more honest. The Attorney General had a term limit, but the Director of the FBI did not.
Don't underestimate this difference. Some people like money, some people like power. Everyone has different preferences. If Konstantinovich didn't like power, he could have become a respected millionaire by relying on his friendship with slave owners, and he wouldn't have to come to Washington to be an assistant attorney general.
Finally he nodded and said that he could help Sheffield protect some of his friends' businesses from a friend's perspective.
Normally Sheffield should be elated, celebrating his preparation for a rainy day, but Konstantinovich was of Russian descent, a Russian immigrant, and being associated with this kind of department always reminded the slave owner of a department called the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"No, the national conditions are different!" Sheffield muttered in his heart, comforting himself that it would never turn out like that. After all, from the original intention, he wanted to find a protective umbrella for large enterprises, not a biological father.
The relationship between big business and the FBI can even be equal, but this department must never be allowed to take over.
But it shouldn't be that serious. Before Sheffield even arrived at the White House, Attorney General Olney had already agreed with Konstantinovich's opinion and began to study what role this department left behind by Roosevelt could play.
The White House was no longer a new place for slave owners, and he was not stopped this time. Sheffield was familiar with many of the White House's staff and civil servants. The saying "a new emperor chooses new officials" is true in any country.
This was also the first time Sheffield had met Alton Parker after he had a stroke. As soon as they met, Sheffield sighed that the situation was indeed not very optimistic. Strokes were a disease that had been seen getting worse and worse, and those who were finally cured only existed in rumors.
After saying a few sentences, Sheffield could clearly feel that Alton Parker was now slurring his words, and there were sometimes pauses when he spoke, as if his brain needed a longer reaction time.
A strong fortress is often easiest to break from the inside. This is a universal axiom. Otherwise, why would Sheffield care so much about Alton Parker's health? Because he knew that the Democratic camp could not stand the split more than the Republican camp. In fact, Wilson became president thanks to the split of the Republican Party.
It is an election year, so the natural thing is to ensure the unity of our own camp while hoping for a split in the enemy's camp.
"You must be here to check on my health." Alton Parker began. In just this short sentence, he paused twice. In just one sentence, he had exposed his health condition clearly.
"Yes, Mr. President." Sheffield hesitated, not hiding his purpose. "It seems that your speaking ability can no longer be relied upon, especially for Democratic voters."
Speech is very important for electoral countries, and can even be said to be an important skill. This is especially true for Democratic elections, because Democratic voters are relatively conservative and need excellent speech skills to mobilize them. The more intense the speech, the better, and the more eye-catching the proposition, the better. Because the Democratic voters are not as populous as the other party, they can only mobilize every voter to vote as much as possible.
During the election process, it was natural that various forces united and faced the outside world together, successively connecting with various forces, and ultimately to a certain extent defeated the opponent's arrogance, thus gaining the upper hand in the overall struggle.
Just like doing business, if you want to win the Republican Party, you have to mobilize on a large scale across regions. Just like a group has many shareholders, you have to coordinate the ideas of these shareholders before you can make a decision.
The Democratic Party has now clearly formed an alliance between the Midwest and the Southern states based on regions to jointly deal with the Yankees in the industrial areas, but this alliance is not very stable. If you carefully calculate, it will take a long time for the Midwest to become a blue state. A large part of the voters are pinning their hopes on William Bryan's personal charm.
This is the difficult part. Sheffield didn't know how to start. Should he tell the committee members that he had discussed your health issues with them, and if it would have a negative impact on the election, they would consider replacing you?
The National Committee in the early 20th century was definitely capable of accomplishing this, and it could have done it, but if the parties involved did not cooperate, something serious would have happened.
Rockefeller Jr. and Morgan Jr. were now working to stifle Roosevelt within the Republican Party. Sheffield knew this move would succeed, and then Roosevelt would be dissatisfied and want to form his own party to run for election.
"You and some other people are looking for a candidate to replace me? But William Bryan shouldn't be one of them." Seeing that Sheffield didn't speak, Alton Parker slowly said, "Right!"
"Yes!" Sheffield took a deep breath and said, "For the Democrats, the first thing is to win, but under the current circumstances, the Republicans will definitely use your health problems to make a fuss. This is inevitable. I don't know what to say now that the president can think of this."
"I've been a judge for a long time and I understand the logic behind this." Alton Parker spoke slowly but tried his best to keep his voice clear. "This is not your fault. Who wants to lose when they can win? The question now is whether the vice president is right. The difficulty in your discussion is that if I can't run for election due to health problems, William Bryan should run for election, and this could become a contest between Bryan and Roosevelt."
"I am ashamed. Compared to you, I now seem so selfish." Sheffield lowered his head and said embarrassedly, "Your guesses are all correct. Some members of the committee and I want to replace you. At the same time, we also have doubts about William Bryan."
"Let me think about it. The best outcome for you right now is that I can take the initiative to get William Bryan to withdraw from the election at the same time, so that your agent can win smoothly?" Alton Parker paused for a moment, as if taking a break. After about a minute, he continued, "Don't think that I am very angry. It is normal for many people on the committee to lack confidence in my current state. I don't blame anyone. This is my own problem."
Sheffield was a little surprised. He had thought that the meeting between the two sides might be very awkward, because even if Alton Parker had health problems, he had been president for four years after all. He was no longer the New York district judge. It was normal for him to have some temper and even get angry.
Roosevelt was dissatisfied with being suffocated within the party, so he split the Republican Party in a rage. If Alton Parker did the same, it would not be impossible, it could be done.
It seemed that Sheffield had always lacked respect for the president and had not carefully understood the person in front of him. "Mr. President, if your health is fine, even if Roosevelt runs for election, I think we can still win against him. Just pretend that I have never been here. I will go and raise campaign funds right away."
Sheffield regretted his words immediately after he finished speaking. It was just a spur of the moment action. However, Alton Parker seemed not to have heard him and continued his train of thought. "I am very tired every day in the White House. Only I, the person involved, understand the difference between a healthy state and an illness. So it doesn't matter if I only serve as president for four years. We have to consider the overall interests of our Democratic Party, cross-regional alliances, and the same ideals. So now is not the time to be selfish."
(End of this chapter)
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