On this theory the mass of Southern people were but puppets in the hands of political wirepullers, or blind followers of hectoring "patricians."
"The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915"
Basil L. Gildersleeve
Servia was jealous of Bulgaria; Bulgaria was jealous of Montenegro; Greece was jealous of the lot and Roumania, instigated by her wirepullers, would not permit any of them to have anything.
"The Secrets of the German War Office"
Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves
I am weary to death of political intrigues and the never ceasing tactics of wirepullers.
"A Son of the Immortals"
Louis Tracy