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"
Very
true
,
"
replied
Mr.
Kerrigan
,
"
if
they
could
be
carried
for
the
Republicans
.
But
they
ca
n't
be
.
What
do
you
want
me
to
do
,
anyhow
?
Lose
me
seat
in
council
and
be
run
out
of
the
Democratic
party
?
What
's
your
game
?
You
do
n't
take
me
for
a
plain
damn
fool
,
do
you
?
"
"
Sorry
the
man
that
ever
took
'
Emerald
Pat
'
for
that
,
"
answered
Gilgan
,
with
honeyed
compliment
.
"
I
never
would
.
But
no
one
is
askin
'
ye
to
lose
your
seat
in
council
and
be
run
out
of
the
Democratic
party
.
What
's
to
hinder
you
from
electin
'
yourself
and
droppin
'
the
rest
of
the
ticket
?
"
He
had
almost
said
"
knifing
.
"
Mr.
Kerrigan
smiled
.
In
spite
of
all
his
previous
dissatisfaction
with
the
Chicago
situation
he
had
not
thought
of
Mr.
Gilgan
's
talk
as
leading
to
this
.
It
was
an
interesting
idea
.
He
had
"
knifed
"
people
before
--
here
and
there
a
particular
candidate
whom
it
was
desirable
to
undo
.
If
the
Democratic
party
was
in
any
danger
of
losing
this
fall
,
and
if
Gilgan
was
honest
in
his
desire
to
divide
and
control
,
it
might
not
be
such
a
bad
thing
.
Neither
Cowperwood
,
McKenty
,
nor
Dowling
had
ever
favored
him
in
any
particular
way
.
If
they
lost
through
him
,
and
he
could
still
keep
himself
in
power
,
they
would
have
to
make
terms
with
him
.
There
was
no
chance
of
their
running
him
out
.
Why
should
n't
he
knife
the
ticket
?
It
was
worth
thinking
over
,
to
say
the
least
.
"
That
's
all
very
fine
,
"
he
observed
,
dryly
,
after
his
meditations
had
run
their
course
;
"
but
how
do
I
know
that
you
would
n't
turn
around
and
'
welch
'
on
the
agreement
afterward
?
"
(
Mr.
Gilgan
stirred
irritably
at
the
suggestion
.
)
"
Dave
Morrissey
came
to
me
four
years
ago
to
help
him
out
,
and
a
lot
of
satisfaction
I
got
afterward
.
"
Kerrigan
was
referring
to
a
man
whom
he
had
helped
make
county
clerk
,
and
who
had
turned
on
him
when
he
asked
for
return
favors
and
his
support
for
the
office
of
commissioner
of
highways
.
Morrissey
had
become
a
prominent
politician
.
"
That
's
very
easy
to
say
,
"
replied
Gilgan
,
irritably
,
"
but
it
's
not
true
of
me
.
Ask
any
man
in
my
district
.
Ask
the
men
who
know
me
.
I
'll
put
my
part
of
the
bargain
in
black
and
white
if
you
'll
put
yours
.
If
I
do
n't
make
good
,
show
me
up
afterward
.
I
'll
take
you
to
the
people
that
are
backing
me
.
I
'll
show
you
the
money
.
I
've
got
the
goods
this
time
.
What
do
you
stand
to
lose
,
anyhow
?
They
ca
n't
run
you
out
for
cutting
the
ticket
.
They
ca
n't
prove
it
.
We
'll
bring
police
in
here
to
make
it
look
like
a
fair
vote
.
I
'll
put
up
as
much
money
as
they
will
to
carry
this
district
,
and
more
.
"
Mr.
Kerrigan
suddenly
saw
a
grand
coup
here
.
He
could
"
draw
down
"
from
the
Democrats
,
as
he
would
have
expressed
it
,
twenty
to
twenty-five
thousand
dollars
to
do
the
dirty
work
here
.
Gilgan
would
furnish
him
as
much
and
more
--
the
situation
being
so
critical
.
Perhaps
fifteen
or
eighteen
thousand
would
be
necessary
to
poll
the
number
of
votes
required
either
way
.
At
the
last
hour
,
before
stuffing
the
boxes
,
he
would
learn
how
the
city
was
going
.
If
it
looked
favorable
for
the
Republicans
it
would
be
easy
to
complete
the
victory
and
complain
that
his
lieutenants
had
been
suborned
.
If
it
looked
certain
for
the
Democrats
he
could
throw
Gilgan
and
pocket
his
funds
.
In
either
case
he
would
be
"
in
"
twenty-five
to
thirty
thousand
dollars
,
and
he
would
still
be
councilman
.
"
All
very
fine
,
"
replied
Mr.
Kerrigan
,
pretending
a
dullness
which
he
did
not
feel
;
"
but
it
's
damned
ticklish
business
at
best
.
I
do
n't
know
that
I
want
anything
to
do
with
it
even
if
we
could
win
.
It
's
true
the
City
Hall
crowd
have
never
played
into
my
hands
very
much
;
but
this
is
a
Democratic
district
,
and
I
'm
a
Democrat
.
If
it
ever
got
out
that
I
had
thrown
the
party
it
would
be
pretty
near
all
day
with
me
.
"
I
'm
a
man
of
my
word
,
"
declared
Mr.
Gilgan
,
emphatically
,
getting
up
.
"
I
never
threw
a
man
or
a
bet
in
my
life
.
Look
at
me
record
in
the
eighteenth
.
Did
you
ever
hear
any
one
say
that
I
had
?
"
"
No
,
I
never
did
,
"
returned
Kerrigan
,
mildly
.
"
But
it
's
a
pretty
large
thing
you
're
proposing
,
Mr.
Gilgan
.
I
would
n't
want
to
say
what
I
thought
about
it
offhand
.
This
ward
is
supposed
to
be
Democratic
.
It
could
n't
be
swung
over
into
the
Republican
column
without
a
good
bit
of
fuss
being
made
about
it
.
You
'd
better
see
Mr.
Tiernan
first
and
hear
what
he
has
to
say
