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He
had
seen
them
play
petty
politics
,
follow
up
enmities
and
personal
grudges
,
and
even
sell
out
,
in
certain
cases
,
for
pathetically
small
rewards
.
"
I
tell
you
how
it
is
,
Frank
,
"
remarked
Addison
,
on
one
occasion
.
"
You
will
have
to
do
all
this
business
on
cotton
heels
,
practically
.
You
know
that
old
gas
crowd
are
still
down
on
you
,
in
spite
of
the
fact
that
you
are
one
of
their
largest
stockholders
.
Schryhart
is
n't
at
all
friendly
,
and
he
practically
owns
the
Chronicle
.
Ricketts
will
just
about
say
what
he
wants
him
to
say
.
Hyssop
,
of
the
Mail
and
the
Transcript
,
is
an
independent
man
,
but
he
's
a
Presbyterian
and
a
cold
,
self-righteous
moralist
.
Braxton
's
paper
,
the
Globe
,
practically
belongs
to
Merrill
,
but
Braxton
's
a
nice
fellow
,
at
that
.
Old
General
MacDonald
,
of
the
Inquirer
,
is
old
General
MacDonald
.
It
's
all
according
to
how
he
feels
when
he
gets
up
in
the
morning
.
If
he
should
chance
to
like
your
looks
he
might
support
you
forever
and
forever
until
you
crossed
his
conscience
in
some
way
.
He
's
a
fine
old
walrus
.
I
like
him
.
Neither
Schryhart
nor
Merrill
nor
any
one
else
can
get
anything
out
of
him
unless
he
wants
to
give
it
.
He
may
not
live
so
many
years
,
however
,
and
I
do
n't
trust
that
son
of
his
.
Haguenin
,
of
the
Press
,
is
all
right
and
friendly
to
you
,
as
I
understand
.
Other
things
being
equal
,
I
think
he
'd
naturally
support
you
in
anything
he
thought
was
fair
and
reasonable
.
Well
,
there
you
have
them
.
Get
them
all
on
your
side
if
you
can
.
Do
n't
ask
for
the
LaSalle
Street
tunnel
right
away
.
Let
it
come
as
an
afterthought
--
a
great
public
need
.
The
main
thing
will
be
to
avoid
having
the
other
companies
stirring
up
a
real
fight
against
you
.
Depend
on
it
,
Schryhart
will
be
thinking
pretty
hard
about
this
whole
business
from
now
on
.
As
for
Merrill
--
well
,
if
you
can
show
him
where
he
can
get
something
out
of
it
for
his
store
,
I
guess
he
'll
be
for
you
.
It
is
one
of
the
splendid
yet
sinister
fascinations
of
life
that
there
is
no
tracing
to
their
ultimate
sources
all
the
winds
of
influence
that
play
upon
a
given
barque
--
all
the
breaths
of
chance
that
fill
or
desert
our
bellied
or
our
sagging
sails
.
We
plan
and
plan
,
but
who
by
taking
thought
can
add
a
cubit
to
his
stature
?
Who
can
overcome
or
even
assist
the
Providence
that
shapes
our
ends
,
rough
hew
them
as
we
may
.
Cowperwood
was
now
entering
upon
a
great
public
career
,
and
the
various
editors
and
public
personalities
of
the
city
were
watching
him
with
interest
.
Augustus
M.
Haguenin
,
a
free
agent
with
his
organ
,
the
Press
,
and
yet
not
free
,
either
,
because
he
was
harnessed
to
the
necessity
of
making
his
paper
pay
,
was
most
interested
.
Lacking
the
commanding
magnetism
of
a
man
like
MacDonald
,
he
was
nevertheless
an
honest
man
,
well-intentioned
,
thoughtful
,
careful
.
Haguenin
,
ever
since
the
outcome
of
Cowperwood
's
gas
transaction
,
had
been
intensely
interested
in
the
latter
's
career
.
It
seemed
to
him
that
Cowperwood
was
probably
destined
to
become
a
significant
figure
.
Raw
,
glittering
force
,
however
,
compounded
of
the
cruel
Machiavellianism
of
nature
,
if
it
be
but
Machiavellian
,
seems
to
exercise
a
profound
attraction
for
the
conventionally
rooted
.
Your
cautious
citizen
of
average
means
,
looking
out
through
the
eye
of
his
dull
world
of
seeming
fact
,
is
often
the
first
to
forgive
or
condone
the
grim
butcheries
of
theory
by
which
the
strong
rise
.
Haguenin
,
observing
Cowperwood
,
conceived
of
him
as
a
man
perhaps
as
much
sinned
against
as
sinning
,
a
man
who
would
be
faithful
to
friends
,
one
who
could
be
relied
upon
in
hours
of
great
stress
.
As
it
happened
,
the
Haguenins
were
neighbors
of
the
Cowperwoods
,
and
since
those
days
when
the
latter
had
attempted
unsuccessfully
to
enter
Chicago
society
this
family
had
been
as
acceptable
as
any
of
those
who
had
remained
friendly
.
And
so
,
when
Cowperwood
arrived
one
day
at
the
office
of
the
Press
in
a
blowing
snow-storm
--
it
was
just
before
the
Christmas
holidays
--
Haguenin
was
glad
to
see
him
.
"
It
's
certainly
real
winter
weather
we
're
having
now
,
is
n't
it
?
"
he
observed
,
cheerfully
.
"
How
goes
the
North
Chicago
Street
Railway
business
?
"
For
months
he
,
with
the
other
publishers
,
had
been
aware
that
the
whole
North
Side
was
to
be
made
over
by
fine
cable-tracks
,
power-houses
,
and
handsome
cars
;
and
there
already
was
talk
that
some
better
arrangement
was
to
be
made
to
bring
the
passengers
into
the
down-town
section
.
"
Mr.
Haguenin
,
"
said
Cowperwood
,
smilingly
--
he
was
arrayed
in
a
heavy
fur
coat
,
with
a
collar
of
beaver
and
driving-gauntlets
of
dogskin
--
"
we
have
reached
the
place
in
this
street-railway
problem
on
the
North
Side
where
we
are
going
to
require
the
assistance
of
the
newspapers
,
or
at
least
their
friendly
support
.
At
present
our
principal
difficulty
is
that
all
our
lines
,
when
they
come
down-town
,
stop
at
Lake
Street
--
just
this
side
of
the
bridges
.
That
means
a
long
walk
for
everybody
to
all
the
streets
south
of
it
,
and
,
as
you
probably
know
,
there
has
been
considerable
complaint
.
Besides
that
,
this
river
traffic
is
becoming
more
and
more
what
I
may
say
it
has
been
for
years
--
an
intolerable
nuisance
.
We
have
all
suffered
from
it
.
No
effort
has
ever
been
made
to
regulate
it
,
and
because
it
is
so
heavy
I
doubt
whether
it
ever
can
be
systematized
in
any
satisfactory
way
.
The
best
thing
in
the
long
run
would
be
to
tunnel
under
the
river
;
but
that
is
such
an
expensive
proposition
that
,
as
things
are
now
,
we
are
in
no
position
to
undertake
it
.
The
traffic
on
the
North
Side
does
not
warrant
it
.
It
really
does
not
warrant
the
reconstruction
of
the
three
bridges
which
we
now
use
at
State
,
Dearborn
,
and
Clark
;
yet
,
if
we
introduce
the
cable
system
,
which
we
now
propose
,
these
bridges
will
have
to
be
done
over
.
It
seems
to
me
,
seeing
that
this
is
an
enterprise
in
which
the
public
is
as
much
interested
almost
as
we
are
,
that
it
would
only
be
fair
if
the
city
should
help
pay
for
this
reconstruction
work
.
All
the
land
adjacent
to
these
lines
,
and
the
property
served
by
them
,
will
be
greatly
enhanced
in
value
.
The
city
's
taxing
power
will
rise
tremendously
.
I
have
talked
to
several
financiers
here
in
Chicago
,
and
they
agree
with
me
;
but
,
as
is
usual
in
all
such
cases
,
I
find
that
some
of
the
politicians
are
against
me
.
Since
I
have
taken
charge
of
the
North
Chicago
company
the
attitude
of
one
or
two
papers
has
not
been
any
too
friendly
.
"
(
In
the
Chronicle
,
controlled
by
Schryhart
,
there
had
already
been
a
number
of
references
to
the
probability
that
now
,
since
Cowperwood
and
his
friends
were
in
charge
,
the
sky-rocketing
tactics
of
the
old
Lake
View
,
Hyde
Park
,
and
other
gas
organizations
would
be
repeated
.
Braxton
's
Globe
,
owned
by
Merrill
,
being
semi-neutral
,
had
merely
suggested
that
it
hoped
that
no
such
methods
would
be
repeated
here
.
)
"
Perhaps
you
may
know
,
"
Cowperwood
continued
,
"
that
we
have
a
very
sweeping
programme
of
improvement
in
mind
,
if
we
can
obtain
proper
public
consideration
and
assistance
.
"
At
this
point
he
reached
down
in
one
of
his
pockets
and
drew
forth
astutely
drafted
maps
and
blue-prints
,
especially
prepared
for
this
occasion
.
They
showed
main
cable
lines
on
North
Clark
,
La
Salle
,
and
Wells
streets
.
These
lines
coming
down-town
converged
at
Illinois
and
La
Salle
streets
on
the
North
Side
--
and
though
Cowperwood
made
no
reference
to
it
at
the
moment
,
they
were
indicated
on
the
map
in
red
as
running
over
or
under
the
river
at
La
Salle
Street
,
where
was
no
bridge
,
and
emerging
therefrom
,
following
a
loop
along
La
Salle
to
Munroe
,
to
Dearborn
,
to
Randolph
,
and
thence
into
the
tunnel
again
.
Cowperwood
allowed
Haguenin
to
gather
the
very
interesting
traffic
significance
of
it
all
before
he
proceeded
.
