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Nominated
in
the
Democratic
State
convention
in
the
fall
of
the
preceding
year
,
Lyman
,
backed
by
the
coteries
of
San
Francisco
bosses
in
the
pay
of
his
father
’
s
political
committee
of
ranchers
,
had
been
elected
together
with
Darrell
,
the
candidate
of
the
Pueblo
and
Mojave
road
,
and
McNish
,
the
avowed
candidate
of
the
Pacific
and
Southwestern
.
Darrell
was
rabidly
against
the
P
.
and
S
.
W
.
,
McNish
rabidly
for
it
.
Lyman
was
supposed
to
be
the
conservative
member
of
the
board
,
the
ranchers
’
candidate
,
it
was
true
,
and
faithful
to
their
interests
,
but
a
calm
man
,
deliberative
,
swayed
by
no
such
violent
emotions
as
his
colleagues
.
Osterman
’
s
dexterity
had
at
last
succeeded
in
entangling
Magnus
inextricably
in
the
new
politics
.
The
famous
League
,
organised
in
the
heat
of
passion
the
night
of
Annixter
’
s
barn
dance
,
had
been
consolidated
all
through
the
winter
months
.
Its
executive
committee
,
of
which
Magnus
was
chairman
,
had
been
,
through
Osterman
’
s
manipulation
,
merged
into
the
old
committee
composed
of
Broderson
,
Annixter
,
and
himself
.
Promptly
thereat
he
had
resigned
the
chairmanship
of
this
committee
,
thus
leaving
Magnus
at
its
head
.
Precisely
as
Osterman
had
planned
,
Magnus
was
now
one
of
them
.
The
new
committee
accordingly
had
two
objects
in
view
:
to
resist
the
attempted
grabbing
of
their
lands
by
the
Railroad
,
and
to
push
forward
their
own
secret
scheme
of
electing
a
board
of
railroad
commissioners
who
should
regulate
wheat
rates
so
as
to
favour
the
ranchers
of
the
San
Joaquin
.
The
land
cases
were
promptly
taken
to
the
courts
and
the
new
grading
—
fixing
the
price
of
the
lands
at
twenty
and
thirty
dollars
an
acre
instead
of
two
—
bitterly
and
stubbornly
fought
.
But
delays
occurred
,
the
process
of
the
law
was
interminable
,
and
in
the
intervals
the
committee
addressed
itself
to
the
work
of
seating
the
“
Ranchers
’
Commission
,
”
as
the
projected
Board
of
Commissioners
came
to
be
called
.
It
was
Harran
who
first
suggested
that
his
brother
,
Lyman
,
be
put
forward
as
the
candidate
for
this
district
.
At
once
the
proposition
had
a
great
success
.
Lyman
seemed
made
for
the
place
.
While
allied
by
every
tie
of
blood
to
the
ranching
interests
,
he
had
never
been
identified
with
them
.
He
was
city
-
bred
.
The
Railroad
would
not
be
over
-
suspicious
of
him
.
He
was
a
good
lawyer
,
a
good
business
man
,
keen
,
clear
-
headed
,
far
-
sighted
,
had
already
some
practical
knowledge
of
politics
,
having
served
a
term
as
assistant
district
attorney
,
and
even
at
the
present
moment
occupying
the
position
of
sheriff
’
s
attorney
.
More
than
all
,
he
was
the
son
of
Magnus
Derrick
;
he
could
be
relied
upon
,
could
be
trusted
implicitly
to
remain
loyal
to
the
ranchers
’
cause
.
The
campaign
for
Railroad
Commissioner
had
been
very
interesting
.
At
the
very
outset
Magnus
’
s
committee
found
itself
involved
in
corrupt
politics
.
The
primaries
had
to
be
captured
at
all
costs
and
by
any
means
,
and
when
the
convention
assembled
it
was
found
necessary
to
buy
outright
the
votes
of
certain
delegates
.
The
campaign
fund
raised
by
contributions
from
Magnus
,
Annixter
,
Broderson
,
and
Osterman
was
drawn
upon
to
the
extent
of
five
thousand
dollars
.
Only
the
committee
knew
of
this
corruption
.
The
League
,
ignoring
ways
and
means
,
supposed
as
a
matter
of
course
that
the
campaign
was
honorably
conducted
.
For
a
whole
week
after
the
consummation
of
this
part
of
the
deal
,
Magnus
had
kept
to
his
house
,
refusing
to
be
seen
,
alleging
that
he
was
ill
,
which
was
not
far
from
the
truth
.
The
shame
of
the
business
,
the
loathing
of
what
he
had
done
,
were
to
him
things
unspeakable
.
He
could
no
longer
look
Harran
in
the
face
.
He
began
a
course
of
deception
with
his
wife
.
More
than
once
,
he
had
resolved
to
break
with
the
whole
affair
,
resigning
his
position
,
allowing
the
others
to
proceed
without
him
.
But
now
it
was
too
late
.
He
was
pledged
.
He
had
joined
the
League
.
He
was
its
chief
,
and
his
defection
might
mean
its
disintegration
at
the
very
time
when
it
needed
all
its
strength
to
fight
the
land
cases
.
More
than
a
mere
deal
in
bad
politics
was
involved
.
There
was
the
land
grab
.
His
withdrawal
from
an
unholy
cause
would
mean
the
weakening
,
perhaps
the
collapse
,
of
another
cause
that
he
believed
to
be
righteous
as
truth
itself
.
He
was
hopelessly
caught
in
the
mesh
.
Wrong
seemed
indissolubly
knitted
into
the
texture
of
Right
.
He
was
blinded
,
dizzied
,
overwhelmed
,
caught
in
the
current
of
events
,
and
hurried
along
he
knew
not
where
.
He
resigned
himself
.
In
the
end
,
and
after
much
ostentatious
opposition
on
the
part
of
the
railroad
heelers
,
Lyman
was
nominated
and
subsequently
elected
.
