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MacDonald
,
enraged
at
the
do-nothing
attitude
of
the
council
,
invaded
that
body
and
demanded
of
Alderman
Dowling
,
still
leader
,
why
this
matter
of
the
Chicago
general
ordinances
was
still
lying
unconsidered
.
Mr.
Dowling
,
a
large
,
mushy
,
placid
man
with
blue
eyes
,
an
iron
frame
,
and
a
beefy
smile
,
vouchsafed
the
information
that
,
although
he
was
chairman
of
the
committee
on
streets
and
alleys
,
he
knew
nothing
about
it
.
"
I
have
n't
been
payin
'
much
attention
to
things
lately
,
"
he
replied
.
Mr.
MacDonald
went
to
see
the
remaining
members
of
this
same
committee
.
They
were
non-committal
.
They
would
have
to
look
into
the
matter
.
Somebody
claimed
that
there
was
a
flaw
in
the
petitions
.
Evidently
there
was
crooked
work
here
somewhere
.
Cowperwood
was
to
blame
,
no
doubt
.
MacDonald
conferred
with
Blackman
and
Jordan
Jules
,
and
it
was
determined
that
the
council
should
be
harried
into
doing
its
duty
.
This
was
a
legitimate
enterprise
.
A
new
and
better
system
of
traction
was
being
kept
out
of
the
city
.
Schryhart
,
since
he
was
offered
an
interest
,
and
since
there
was
considerable
chance
of
his
being
able
to
dominate
the
new
enterprise
,
agreed
that
the
ordinances
ought
to
be
acted
upon
.
In
consequence
there
was
a
renewed
hubbub
in
the
newspapers
.
It
was
pointed
out
through
Schryhart
's
Chronicle
,
through
Hyssop
's
and
Merrill
's
papers
,
and
through
the
Inquirer
that
such
a
situation
was
intolerable
.
If
the
dominant
party
,
at
the
behest
of
so
sinister
an
influence
as
Cowperwood
,
was
to
tie
up
all
outside
traction
legislation
,
there
could
be
but
one
thing
left
--
an
appeal
to
the
voters
of
the
city
to
turn
the
rascals
out
.
No
party
could
survive
such
a
record
of
political
trickery
and
financial
jugglery
.
McKenty
,
Dowling
,
Cowperwood
,
and
others
were
characterized
as
unreasonable
obstructionists
and
debasing
influences
.
But
Cowperwood
merely
smiled
.
These
were
the
caterwaulings
of
the
enemy
.
Later
,
when
young
MacDonald
threatened
to
bring
legal
action
to
compel
the
council
to
do
its
duty
,
Cowperwood
and
his
associates
were
not
so
cheerful
.
A
mandamus
proceeding
,
however
futile
,
would
give
the
newspapers
great
opportunity
for
chatter
;
moreover
,
a
city
election
was
drawing
near
.
However
,
McKenty
and
Cowperwood
were
by
no
means
helpless
.
They
had
offices
,
jobs
,
funds
,
a
well-organized
party
system
,
the
saloons
,
the
dives
,
and
those
dark
chambers
where
at
late
hours
ballot-boxes
are
incontinently
stuffed
.
Did
Cowperwood
share
personally
in
all
this
?
Not
at
all
.
Or
McKenty
?
No
.
In
good
tweed
and
fine
linen
they
frequently
conferred
in
the
offices
of
the
Chicago
Trust
Company
,
the
president
's
office
of
the
North
Chicago
Street
Railway
System
,
and
Mr.
Cowperwood
's
library
.
No
dark
scenes
were
ever
enacted
there
.
But
just
the
same
,
when
the
time
came
,
the
Schryhart
--
Simms-MacDonald
editorial
combination
did
not
win
.
Mr.
McKenty
's
party
had
the
votes
A
number
of
the
most
flagrantly
debauched
aldermen
,
it
is
true
,
were
defeated
;
but
what
is
an
alderman
here
and
there
?
The
newly
elected
ones
,
even
in
the
face
of
pre-election
promises
and
vows
,
could
be
easily
suborned
or
convinced
.
So
the
anti-Cowperwood
element
was
just
where
it
was
before
;
but
the
feeling
against
him
was
much
stronger
,
and
considerable
sentiment
generated
in
the
public
at
large
that
there
was
something
wrong
with
the
Cowperwood
method
of
street-railway
control
.
Coincident
with
these
public
disturbances
and
of
subsequent
hearing
upon
them
was
the
discovery
by
Editor
Haguenin
of
Cowperwood
's
relationship
with
Cecily
.
It
came
about
not
through
Aileen
,
who
was
no
longer
willing
to
fight
Cowperwood
in
this
matter
,
but
through
Haguenin
's
lady
society
editor
,
who
,
hearing
rumors
in
the
social
world
,
springing
from
heaven
knows
where
,
and
being
beholden
to
Haguenin
for
many
favors
,
had
carried
the
matter
to
him
in
a
very
direct
way
.
Haguenin
,
a
man
of
insufficient
worldliness
in
spite
of
his
journalistic
profession
,
scarcely
believed
it
.
Cowperwood
was
so
suave
,
so
commercial
.
He
had
heard
many
things
concerning
him
--
his
past
--
but
Cowperwood
's
present
state
in
Chicago
was
such
,
it
seemed
to
him
,
as
to
preclude
petty
affairs
of
this
kind
.
Still
,
the
name
of
his
daughter
being
involved
,
he
took
the
matter
up
with
Cecily
,
who
under
pressure
confessed
.
She
made
the
usual
plea
that
she
was
of
age
,
and
that
she
wished
to
live
her
own
life
--
logic
which
she
had
gathered
largely
from
Cowperwood
's
attitude
.
Haguenin
did
nothing
about
it
at
first
,
thinking
to
send
Cecily
off
to
an
aunt
in
Nebraska
;
but
,
finding
her
intractable
,
and
fearing
some
counter-advice
or
reprisal
on
the
part
of
Cowperwood
,
who
,
by
the
way
,
had
indorsed
paper
to
the
extent
of
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
him
,
he
decided
to
discuss
matters
first
.
It
meant
a
cessation
of
relations
and
some
inconvenient
financial
readjustments
;
but
it
had
to
be
.
He
was
just
on
the
point
of
calling
on
Cowperwood
when
the
latter
,
unaware
as
yet
of
the
latest
development
in
regard
to
Cecily
,
and
having
some
variation
of
his
council
programme
to
discuss
with
Haguenin
,
asked
him
over
the
'
phone
to
lunch
.
Haguenin
was
much
surprised
,
but
in
a
way
relieved
.
"
I
am
busy
,
"
he
said
,
very
heavily
,
"
but
can
not
you
come
to
the
office
some
time
to-day
?
There
is
something
I
would
like
to
see
you
about
.
"
Cowperwood
,
imagining
that
there
was
some
editorial
or
local
political
development
on
foot
which
might
be
of
interest
to
him
,
made
an
appointment
for
shortly
after
four
.
He
drove
to
the
publisher
's
office
in
the
Press
Building
,
and
was
greeted
by
a
grave
and
almost
despondent
man
.
