... an Order, having for itsmission the attainment of so many incidental objects, without in the meantime subjecting themselves to thedangers of collision in their machinery. Accordingly, the Order ... in the minority began to appreciate theawkwardness of its attitude upon the political issues of the day, and appeared determined in its conclusion toobtain the ascendency in the coming administration, ... Dodds of Indiana, the Judds andGreens of Illinois, and others of like ilk in other States, obtained the chieftainship of the party and inveigledits too pliable ranks into the prostituting embrace...