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"
I
have
n't
asked
you
to
come
here
just
to
be
talking
over
politics
in
general
,
as
you
may
imagine
,
Mr.
Gilgan
.
I
want
to
put
a
particular
problem
before
you
.
Do
you
happen
to
know
either
Mr.
McKenty
or
Mr.
Cowperwood
?
"
"
I
never
met
either
of
them
to
talk
to
,
"
replied
Gilgan
.
"
I
know
Mr.
McKenty
by
sight
,
and
I
've
seen
Mr.
Cowperwood
once
.
"
He
said
no
more
.
"
Well
,
"
said
Mr.
Hand
,
"
suppose
a
group
of
influential
men
here
in
Chicago
were
to
get
together
and
guarantee
sufficient
funds
for
a
city-wide
campaign
;
now
,
if
you
had
the
complete
support
of
the
newspapers
and
the
Republican
organization
in
the
bargain
,
could
you
organize
the
opposition
here
so
that
the
Democratic
party
could
be
beaten
this
fall
?
I
'm
not
talking
about
the
mayor
merely
and
the
principal
city
officers
,
but
the
council
,
too
--
the
aldermen
.
I
want
to
fix
things
so
that
the
McKenty
--
Cowperwood
crowd
could
n't
get
an
alderman
or
a
city
official
to
sell
out
,
once
they
are
elected
.
I
want
the
Democratic
party
beaten
so
thoroughly
that
there
wo
n't
be
any
question
in
anybody
's
mind
as
to
the
fact
that
it
has
been
done
.
There
will
be
plenty
of
money
forthcoming
if
you
can
prove
to
me
,
or
,
rather
,
to
the
group
of
men
I
am
thinking
of
,
that
the
thing
can
be
done
.
"
Mr.
Gilgan
blinked
his
eyes
solemnly
.
He
rubbed
his
knees
,
put
his
thumbs
in
the
armholes
of
his
vest
,
took
out
a
cigar
,
lit
it
,
and
gazed
poetically
at
the
ceiling
.
He
was
thinking
very
,
very
hard
.
Mr.
Cowperwood
and
Mr.
McKenty
,
as
he
knew
,
were
very
powerful
men
.
He
had
always
managed
to
down
the
McKenty
opposition
in
his
ward
,
and
several
others
adjacent
to
it
,
and
in
the
Eighteenth
Senatorial
District
,
which
he
represented
.
But
to
be
called
upon
to
defeat
him
in
Chicago
,
that
was
different
.
Still
,
the
thought
of
a
large
amount
of
cash
to
be
distributed
through
him
,
and
the
chance
of
wresting
the
city
leadership
from
McKenty
by
the
aid
of
the
so-called
moral
forces
of
the
city
,
was
very
inspiring
.
Mr.
Gilgan
was
a
good
politician
.
He
loved
to
scheme
and
plot
and
make
deals
--
as
much
for
the
fun
of
it
as
anything
else
.
Just
now
he
drew
a
solemn
face
,
which
,
however
,
concealed
a
very
light
heart
.
"
I
have
heard
,
"
went
on
Hand
,
"
that
you
have
built
up
a
strong
organization
in
your
ward
and
district
.
"
"
I
've
managed
to
hold
me
own
,
"
suggested
Gilgan
,
archly
.
"
But
this
winning
all
over
Chicago
,
"
he
went
on
,
after
a
moment
,
"
now
,
that
's
a
pretty
large
order
.
There
are
thirty-one
wards
in
Chicago
this
election
,
and
all
but
eight
of
them
are
nominally
Democratic
.
I
know
most
of
the
men
that
are
in
them
now
,
and
some
of
them
are
pretty
shrewd
men
,
too
.
This
man
Dowling
in
council
is
nobody
's
fool
,
let
me
tell
you
that
.
Then
there
's
Duvanicki
and
Ungerich
and
Tiernan
and
Kerrigan
--
all
good
men
.
"
He
mentioned
four
of
the
most
powerful
and
crooked
aldermen
in
the
city
.
"
You
see
,
Mr.
Hand
,
the
way
things
are
now
the
Democrats
have
the
offices
,
and
the
small
jobs
to
give
out
.
That
gives
them
plenty
of
political
workers
to
begin
with
.
Then
they
have
the
privilege
of
collecting
money
from
those
in
office
to
help
elect
themselves
.
That
's
another
great
privilege
.
"
He
smiled
.
"
Then
this
man
Cowperwood
employs
all
of
ten
thousand
men
at
present
,
and
any
ward
boss
that
's
favorable
to
him
can
send
a
man
out
of
work
to
him
and
he
'll
find
a
place
for
him
.
That
's
a
gre-a-eat
help
in
building
up
a
party
following
.
Then
there
's
the
money
a
man
like
Cowperwood
and
others
can
contribute
at
election
time
.
Say
what
you
will
,
Mr.
Hand
,
but
it
's
the
two
,
and
five
,
and
ten
dollar
bills
paid
out
at
the
last
moment
over
the
saloon
bars
and
at
the
polling-places
that
do
the
work
.
Give
me
enough
money
"
--
and
at
this
noble
thought
Mr.
Gilgan
straightened
up
and
slapped
one
fist
lightly
in
the
other
,
adjusting
at
the
same
time
his
half-burned
cigar
so
that
it
should
not
burn
his
hand
--
"
and
I
can
carry
every
ward
in
Chicago
,
bar
none
.
If
I
have
money
enough
,
"
he
repeated
,
emphasizing
the
last
two
words
.
He
put
his
cigar
back
in
his
mouth
,
blinked
his
eyes
defiantly
,
and
leaned
back
in
his
chair
.
"
Very
good
,
"
commented
Hand
,
simply
;
"
but
how
much
money
?
"
"
Ah
,
that
's
another
question
,
"
replied
Gilgan
,
straightening
up
once
more
.
"
Some
wards
require
more
than
others
.
Counting
out
the
eight
that
are
normally
Republican
as
safe
,
you
would
have
to
carry
eighteen
others
to
have
a
majority
in
council
.
