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"
Anyhow
,
"
said
Hand
,
after
Mr.
Gilgan
finally
took
his
departure
,
"
things
wo
n't
be
so
easy
for
Mr.
Cowperwood
in
the
future
as
they
were
in
the
past
.
And
when
it
comes
to
getting
his
franchises
renewed
,
if
I
'm
alive
,
we
'll
see
whether
he
will
or
not
.
"
The
heavy
financier
actually
growled
a
low
growl
as
he
spoke
out
loud
to
himself
.
He
felt
a
boundless
rancor
toward
the
man
who
had
,
as
he
supposed
,
alienated
the
affections
of
his
smart
young
wife
.
In
the
first
and
second
wards
of
Chicago
at
this
time
--
wards
including
the
business
heart
,
South
Clark
Street
,
the
water-front
,
the
river-levee
,
and
the
like
--
were
two
men
,
Michael
(
alias
Smiling
Mike
)
Tiernan
and
Patrick
(
alias
Emerald
Pat
)
Kerrigan
,
who
,
for
picturequeness
of
character
and
sordidness
of
atmosphere
,
could
not
be
equaled
elsewhere
in
the
city
,
if
in
the
nation
at
large
.
"
Smiling
"
Mike
Tiernan
,
proud
possessor
of
four
of
the
largest
and
filthiest
saloons
of
this
area
,
was
a
man
of
large
and
genial
mold
--
perhaps
six
feet
one
inch
in
height
,
broad-shouldered
in
proportion
,
with
a
bovine
head
,
bullet-shaped
from
one
angle
,
and
big
,
healthy
,
hairy
hands
and
large
feet
.
He
had
done
many
things
from
digging
in
a
ditch
to
occupying
a
seat
in
the
city
council
from
this
his
beloved
ward
,
which
he
sold
out
regularly
for
one
purpose
and
another
;
but
his
chief
present
joy
consisted
in
sitting
behind
a
solid
mahogany
railing
at
a
rosewood
desk
in
the
back
portion
of
his
largest
Clark
Street
hostelry
--
"
The
Silver
Moon
.
"
Here
he
counted
up
the
returns
from
his
various
properties
--
salons
,
gambling
resorts
,
and
houses
of
prostitution
--
which
he
manipulated
with
the
connivance
or
blinking
courtesy
of
the
present
administration
,
and
listened
to
the
pleas
and
demands
of
his
henchmen
and
tenants
.
The
character
of
Mr.
Kerrigan
,
Mr.
Tiernan
's
only
rival
in
this
rather
difficult
and
sordid
region
,
was
somewhat
different
.
He
was
a
small
man
,
quite
dapper
,
with
a
lean
,
hollow
,
and
somewhat
haggard
face
,
but
by
no
means
sickly
body
,
a
large
,
strident
mustache
,
a
wealth
of
coal-black
hair
parted
slickly
on
one
side
,
and
a
shrewd
,
genial
brown-black
eye
--
constituting
altogether
a
rather
pleasing
and
ornate
figure
whom
it
was
not
at
all
unsatisfactory
to
meet
.
His
ears
were
large
and
stood
out
bat-wise
from
his
head
;
and
his
eyes
gleamed
with
a
smart
,
evasive
light
.
He
was
cleverer
financially
than
Tiernan
,
richer
,
and
no
more
than
thirty-five
,
whereas
Mr.
Tiernan
was
forty-five
years
of
age
.
Like
Mr.
Tiernan
in
the
first
ward
,
Mr.
Kerrigan
was
a
power
in
the
second
,
and
controlled
a
most
useful
and
dangerous
floating
vote
.
His
saloons
harbored
the
largest
floating
element
that
was
to
be
found
in
the
city
--
longshoremen
,
railroad
hands
,
stevedores
,
tramps
,
thugs
,
thieves
,
pimps
,
rounders
,
detectives
,
and
the
like
.
He
was
very
vain
,
considered
himself
handsome
,
a
"
killer
"
with
the
ladies
.
Married
,
and
with
two
children
and
a
sedate
young
wife
,
he
still
had
his
mistress
,
who
changed
from
year
to
year
,
and
his
intermediate
girls
.
His
clothes
were
altogether
noteworthy
,
but
it
was
his
pride
to
eschew
jewelry
,
except
for
one
enormous
emerald
,
value
fourteen
thousand
dollars
,
which
he
wore
in
his
necktie
on
occasions
,
and
the
wonder
of
which
,
pervading
all
Dearborn
Street
and
the
city
council
,
had
won
him
the
soubriquet
of
"
Emerald
Pat
.
"
At
first
he
rejoiced
heartily
in
this
title
,
as
he
did
in
a
gold
and
diamond
medal
awarded
him
by
a
Chicago
brewery
for
selling
the
largest
number
of
barrels
of
beer
of
any
saloon
in
Chicago
.
More
recently
,
the
newspapers
having
begun
to
pay
humorous
attention
to
both
himself
and
Mr.
Tiernan
,
because
of
their
prosperity
and
individuality
,
he
resented
it
.
The
relation
of
these
two
men
to
the
present
political
situation
was
peculiar
,
and
,
as
it
turned
out
,
was
to
constitute
the
weak
spot
in
the
Cowperwood
--
McKenty
campaign
.
Tiernan
and
Kerrigan
,
to
begin
with
,
being
neighhors
and
friends
,
worked
together
in
politics
and
business
,
on
occasions
pooling
their
issues
and
doing
each
other
favors
.
The
enterprises
in
which
they
were
engaged
being
low
and
shabby
,
they
needed
counsel
and
consolation
.
Infinitely
beneath
a
man
like
McKenty
in
understanding
and
a
politic
grasp
of
life
,
they
were
,
nevertheless
,
as
they
prospered
,
somewhat
jealous
of
him
and
his
high
estate
.
They
saw
with
speculative
and
somewhat
jealous
eyes
how
,
after
his
union
with
Cowperwood
,
he
grew
and
how
he
managed
to
work
his
will
in
many
ways
--
by
extracting
tolls
from
the
police
department
,
and
heavy
annual
campaign
contributions
from
manufacturers
favored
by
the
city
gas
and
water
departments
.
McKenty
--
a
born
manipulator
in
this
respect
--
knew
where
political
funds
were
to
be
had
in
an
hour
of
emergency
,
and
he
did
not
hesitate
to
demand
them
.
Tiernan
and
Kerrigan
had
always
been
fairly
treated
by
him
as
politics
go
;
but
they
had
never
as
yet
been
included
in
his
inner
council
of
plotters
.
When
he
was
down-town
on
one
errand
or
another
,
he
stopped
in
at
their
places
to
shake
hands
with
them
,
to
inquire
after
business
,
to
ask
if
there
was
any
favor
he
could
do
them
;
but
never
did
he
stoop
to
ask
a
favor
of
them
or
personally
to
promise
any
form
of
reward
.
That
was
the
business
of
Dowling
and
others
through
whom
he
worked
.
Naturally
men
of
strong
,
restive
,
animal
disposition
,
finding
no
complete
outlet
for
all
their
growing
capacity
,
Tiernan
and
Kerrigan
were
both
curious
to
see
in
what
way
they
could
add
to
their
honors
and
emoluments
.
Their
wards
,
more
than
any
in
the
city
,
were
increasing
in
what
might
be
called
a
vote-piling
capacity
,
the
honest
,
legitimate
vote
not
being
so
large
,
but
the
opportunities
afforded
for
colonizing
,
repeating
,
and
ballot-box
stuffing
being
immense
.
In
a
doubtful
mayoralty
campaign
the
first
and
second
wards
alone
,
coupled
with
a
portion
of
the
third
adjoining
them
,
would
register
sufficient
illegitimate
votes
(
after
voting-hours
,
if
necessary
)
to
completely
change
the
complexion
of
the
city
as
to
the
general
officers
nominated
.
Large
amounts
of
money
were
sent
to
Tiernan
and
Kerrigan
around
election
time
by
the
Democratic
County
Committee
to
be
disposed
of
as
they
saw
fit
.
They
merely
sent
in
a
rough
estimate
of
how
much
they
would
need
,
and
always
received
a
little
more
than
they
asked
for
.
They
never
made
nor
were
asked
to
make
accounting
afterward
.
Tiernan
would
receive
as
high
as
fifteen
and
eighteen
,
Kerrigan
sometimes
as
much
as
twenty
to
twenty-five
thousand
dollars
,
his
being
the
pivotal
ward
under
such
circumstances
.
