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Mr.
Kerrigan
,
shrewd
though
seemingly
simple
,
fixed
him
with
an
amiable
eye
.
"
What
's
your
scheme
?
"
he
said
.
"
I
'm
always
open
to
a
good
idea
.
"
"
Well
,
it
's
just
this
,
"
began
Mr.
Gilgan
,
feeling
his
way
.
"
You
have
a
fine
big
ward
here
that
you
carry
in
your
vest
pocket
,
and
so
has
Tiernan
,
as
we
all
know
;
and
we
all
know
,
too
,
that
if
it
was
n't
for
what
you
and
him
can
do
there
would
n't
always
be
a
Democratic
mayor
elected
.
Now
,
I
have
an
idea
,
from
looking
into
the
thing
,
that
neither
you
nor
Tiernan
have
got
as
much
out
of
it
so
far
as
you
might
have
.
"
Mr.
Kerrigan
was
too
cautious
to
comment
as
to
that
,
though
Mr.
Gilgan
paused
for
a
moment
.
"
Now
,
I
have
a
plan
,
as
I
say
,
and
you
can
take
it
or
leave
it
,
just
as
you
want
,
and
no
hard
feelings
one
way
or
the
other
.
I
think
the
Republicans
are
going
to
win
this
fall
--
McKenty
or
no
McKenty
--
first
,
second
,
and
third
wards
with
us
or
not
,
as
they
choose
.
The
doings
of
the
big
fellow
"
--
he
was
referring
to
McKenty
--
"
with
the
other
fellow
in
North
Clark
Street
"
--
Mr.
Gilgan
preferred
to
be
a
little
enigmatic
at
times
--
"
are
very
much
in
the
wind
just
now
.
You
see
how
the
papers
stand
.
I
happen
to
know
where
there
's
any
quantity
of
money
coming
into
the
game
from
big
financial
quarters
who
have
no
use
for
this
railroad
man
.
It
's
a
solid
La
Salle
and
Dearborn
Street
line-up
,
so
far
as
I
can
see
.
Why
,
I
do
n't
know
.
But
so
it
is
.
Maybe
you
know
better
than
I
do
.
Anyhow
,
that
's
the
way
it
stands
now
.
Add
to
that
the
fact
that
there
are
eight
naturally
Republican
wards
as
it
is
,
and
ten
more
where
there
is
always
a
fighting
chance
,
and
you
begin
to
see
what
I
'm
driving
at
.
Count
out
these
last
ten
,
though
,
and
bet
only
on
the
eight
that
are
sure
to
stand
.
That
leaves
twenty-three
wards
that
we
Republicans
always
conceded
to
you
people
;
but
if
we
manage
to
carry
thirteen
of
them
along
with
the
eight
I
'm
talking
about
,
we
'll
have
a
majority
in
council
,
and
"
--
flick
!
he
snapped
his
fingers
--
"
out
you
go
--
you
,
McKenty
,
Cowperwood
,
and
all
the
rest
.
No
more
franchises
,
no
more
street-paving
contracts
,
no
more
gas
deals
.
Nothing
--
for
two
years
,
anyhow
,
and
maybe
longer
.
If
we
win
we
'll
take
the
jobs
and
the
fat
deals
.
"
He
paused
and
surveyed
Kerrigan
cheerfully
but
defiantly
.
"
Now
,
I
've
just
been
all
over
the
city
,
"
he
continued
,
"
in
every
ward
and
precinct
,
so
I
know
something
of
what
I
am
talking
about
.
I
have
the
men
and
the
cash
to
put
up
a
fight
all
along
the
line
this
time
.
This
fall
we
win
--
me
and
the
big
fellows
over
there
in
La
Salle
Street
,
and
all
the
Republicans
or
Democrats
or
Prohibitionists
,
or
whoever
else
comes
in
with
us
--
do
you
get
me
?
We
're
going
to
put
up
the
biggest
political
fight
Chicago
has
ever
seen
.
I
'm
not
naming
any
names
just
yet
,
but
when
the
time
comes
you
'll
see
.
Now
,
what
I
want
to
ask
of
you
is
this
,
and
I
'll
not
mince
me
words
nor
beat
around
the
bush
.
Will
you
and
Tiernan
come
in
with
me
and
Edstrom
to
take
over
the
city
and
run
it
during
the
next
two
years
?
If
you
will
,
we
can
win
hands
down
.
It
will
be
a
case
of
share
and
share
alike
on
everything
--
police
,
gas
,
water
,
highways
,
street-railways
,
everything
--
or
we
'll
divide
beforehand
and
put
it
down
in
black
and
white
.
I
know
that
you
and
Tiernan
work
together
,
or
I
would
n't
talk
about
this
.
Edstrom
has
the
Swedes
where
he
wants
them
,
and
he
'll
poll
twenty
thousand
of
them
this
fall
.
There
's
Ungerich
with
his
Germans
;
one
of
us
might
make
a
deal
with
him
afterward
,
give
him
most
any
office
he
wants
.
If
we
win
this
time
we
can
hold
the
city
for
six
or
eight
years
anyhow
,
most
likely
,
and
after
that
--
well
,
there
's
no
use
lookin
'
too
far
in
the
future
--
Anyhow
we
'd
have
a
majority
of
the
council
and
carry
the
mayor
along
with
it
.
"
"
If
--
"
commented
Mr.
Kerrigan
,
dryly
.
"
If
,
"
replied
Mr.
Gilgan
,
sententiously
.
"
You
're
very
right
.
There
's
a
big
'
if
'
in
there
,
I
'll
admit
.
But
if
these
two
wards
--
yours
and
Tiernan
's
--
could
by
any
chance
be
carried
for
the
Republicans
they
'd
be
equal
to
any
four
or
five
of
the
others
.
"
