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I
do
n't
see
how
anything
under
ten
to
fifteen
thousand
dollars
to
a
ward
would
be
safe
to
go
on
.
I
should
say
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
would
be
safer
,
and
that
would
n't
be
any
too
much
by
any
means
.
"
Mr.
Gilgan
restored
his
cigar
and
puffed
heavily
the
while
he
leaned
back
and
lifted
his
eyes
once
more
.
"
And
how
would
that
money
be
distributed
exactly
?
"
inquired
Mr.
Hand
.
"
Oh
,
well
,
it
's
never
wise
to
look
into
such
matters
too
closely
,
"
commented
Mr.
Gilgan
,
comfortably
.
"
There
's
such
a
thing
as
cutting
your
cloth
too
close
in
politics
.
There
are
ward
captains
,
leaders
,
block
captains
,
workers
.
They
all
have
to
have
money
to
do
with
--
to
work
up
sentiment
--
and
you
ca
n't
be
too
inquiring
as
to
just
how
they
do
it
.
It
's
spent
in
saloons
,
and
buying
coal
for
mother
,
and
getting
Johnnie
a
new
suit
here
and
there
.
Then
there
are
torch-light
processions
and
club-rooms
and
jobs
to
look
after
.
Sure
,
there
's
plenty
of
places
for
it
.
Some
men
may
have
to
be
brought
into
these
wards
to
live
--
kept
in
boarding-houses
for
a
week
or
ten
days
.
"
He
waved
a
hand
deprecatingly
.
Mr.
Hand
,
who
had
never
busied
himself
with
the
minutiae
of
politics
,
opened
his
eyes
slightly
.
This
colonizing
idea
was
a
little
liberal
,
he
thought
.
"
Who
distributes
this
money
?
"
he
asked
,
finally
.
"
Nominally
,
the
Republican
County
Committee
,
if
it
's
in
charge
;
actually
,
the
man
or
men
who
are
leading
the
fight
.
In
the
case
of
the
Democratic
party
it
's
John
J.
McKenty
,
and
do
n't
you
forget
it
.
In
my
district
it
's
me
.
and
no
one
else
.
"
Mr.
Hand
,
slow
,
solid
,
almost
obtuse
at
times
,
meditated
under
lowering
brows
.
He
had
always
been
associated
with
a
more
or
less
silk-stocking
crew
who
were
unused
to
the
rough
usage
of
back-room
saloon
politics
,
yet
every
one
suspected
vaguely
,
of
course
,
at
times
that
ballot-boxes
were
stuffed
and
ward
lodging-houses
colonized
.
Every
one
(
at
least
every
one
of
any
worldly
intelligence
)
knew
that
political
capital
was
collected
from
office-seekers
,
office-holders
,
beneficiaries
of
all
sorts
and
conditions
under
the
reigning
city
administration
.
Mr.
Hand
had
himself
contributed
to
the
Republican
party
for
favors
received
or
about
to
be
.
As
a
man
who
had
been
compelled
to
handle
large
affairs
in
a
large
way
he
was
not
inclined
to
quarrel
with
this
.
Three
hundred
thousand
dollars
was
a
large
sum
,
and
he
was
not
inclined
to
subscribe
it
alone
,
but
fancied
that
at
his
recommendation
and
with
his
advice
it
could
be
raised
.
Was
Gilgan
the
man
to
fight
Cowperwood
?
He
looked
him
over
and
decided
--
other
things
being
equal
--
that
he
was
.
And
forthwith
the
bargain
was
struck
.
Gilgan
,
as
a
Republican
central
committeeman
--
chairman
,
possibly
--
was
to
visit
every
ward
,
connect
up
with
every
available
Republican
force
,
pick
strong
,
suitable
anti-Cowperwood
candidates
,
and
try
to
elect
them
,
while
he
,
Hand
,
organized
the
money
element
and
collected
the
necessary
cash
.
Gilgan
was
to
be
given
money
personally
He
was
to
have
the
undivided
if
secret
support
of
all
the
high
Republican
elements
in
the
city
.
His
business
was
to
win
at
almost
any
cost
.
And
as
a
reward
he
was
to
have
the
Republican
support
for
Congress
,
or
,
failing
that
,
the
practical
Republican
leadership
in
city
and
county
.
