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Mr.
Gilgan
,
so
Cowperwood
knew
,
was
only
one
of
a
new
quadrumvirate
setting
out
to
rule
the
city
,
but
he
pretended
to
believe
that
he
was
the
last
word
--
an
all
power
and
authority
--
after
the
fashion
of
McKenty
.
"
Me
good
man
,
"
replied
Gilgan
,
archly
,
"
you
flatter
me
.
I
have
n't
the
city
council
in
me
vest
pocket
.
I
've
been
county
chairman
,
it
's
true
,
and
helped
to
elect
some
of
these
men
,
but
I
do
n't
own
'em
.
Why
should
n't
they
pass
the
General
Electric
ordinance
?
It
's
an
honest
ordinance
,
as
far
as
I
know
.
All
the
newspapers
have
been
for
it
.
As
for
this
'
L'
road
ordinance
,
I
have
n't
anything
to
do
with
it
.
It
is
n't
anything
I
know
much
about
.
Young
MacDonald
and
Mr.
Schryhart
are
looking
after
that
.
"
As
a
matter
of
fact
,
all
that
Mr.
Gilgan
was
saying
was
decidedly
true
.
A
henchman
of
young
MacDonald
's
who
was
beginning
to
learn
to
play
politics
--
an
alderman
bythe
name
of
Klemm
--
had
been
scheduled
as
a
kind
of
field-marshal
,
and
it
was
MacDonald
--
not
Gilgan
,
Tiernan
,
Kerrigan
,
or
Edstrom
--
who
was
to
round
up
the
recalcitrant
aldermen
,
telling
them
their
duty
.
Gilgan
's
quadrumvirate
had
not
as
yet
got
their
machine
in
good
working
order
,
though
they
were
doing
their
best
to
bring
this
about
.
"
I
helped
to
elect
every
one
of
these
men
,
it
's
true
;
but
that
does
n't
mean
I
'm
running
'em
by
any
means
,
"
concluded
Gilgan
.
"
Not
yet
,
anyhow
.
"
At
the
"
not
yet
"
Cowperwood
smiled
.
"
Just
the
same
,
Mr.
Gilgan
,
"
he
went
on
,
smoothly
,
"
you
're
the
nominal
head
and
front
of
this
whole
movement
in
opposition
to
me
at
present
,
and
you
're
the
one
I
have
to
look
to
.
You
have
this
present
Republican
situation
almost
entirely
in
your
own
fingers
,
and
you
can
do
about
as
you
like
if
you
're
so
minded
.
If
you
choose
you
can
persuade
the
members
of
council
to
take
considerable
more
time
than
they
otherwise
would
in
passing
these
ordinances
--
of
that
I
'm
sure
.
I
do
n't
know
whether
you
know
or
not
,
Mr.
Gilgan
,
though
I
suppose
you
do
,
that
this
whole
fight
against
me
is
a
strike
campaign
intended
to
drive
me
out
of
Chicago
.
Now
you
're
a
man
of
sense
and
judgment
and
considerable
business
experience
,
and
I
want
to
ask
you
if
you
think
that
is
fair
.
I
came
here
some
sixteen
or
seventeen
years
ago
and
went
into
the
gas
business
.
It
was
an
open
field
,
the
field
I
undertook
to
develop
--
outlying
towns
on
the
North
,
South
,
and
West
sides
.
Yet
the
moment
I
started
the
old-line
companies
began
to
fight
me
,
though
I
was
n't
invading
their
territory
at
all
at
the
time
.
"
"
I
remember
it
well
enough
,
"
replied
Gilgan
.
"
I
was
one
of
the
men
that
helped
you
to
get
your
Hyde
Park
franchise
.
You
'd
never
have
got
it
if
it
had
n't
been
for
me
.
That
fellow
McKibben
,
"
added
Gilgan
,
with
a
grin
,
"
a
likely
chap
,
him
.
He
always
walked
as
if
he
had
on
rubber
shoes
.
He
's
with
you
yet
,
I
suppose
?
"
"
Yes
,
he
's
around
here
somewhere
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
,
loftily
.
"
But
to
go
back
to
this
other
matter
,
most
of
the
men
that
are
behind
this
General
Electric
ordinance
and
this
'
L'
road
franchise
were
in
the
gas
business
--
Blackman
,
Jules
,
Baker
,
Schryhart
,
and
others
--
and
they
are
angry
because
I
came
into
their
field
,
and
angrier
still
because
they
had
eventually
to
buy
me
out
.
They
're
angry
because
I
reorganized
these
old-fashioned
street-railway
companies
here
and
put
them
on
their
feet
.
Merrill
is
angry
because
I
did
n't
run
a
loop
around
his
store
,
and
the
others
are
angry
because
I
ever
got
a
loop
at
all
.
They
're
all
angry
because
I
managed
to
step
in
and
do
the
things
that
they
should
have
done
long
before
.
I
came
here
--
and
that
's
the
whole
story
in
a
nutshell
.
I
've
had
to
have
the
city
council
with
me
to
be
able
to
do
anything
at
all
,
and
because
I
managed
to
make
it
friendly
and
keep
it
so
they
've
turned
on
me
in
that
section
and
gone
into
politics
.
I
know
well
enough
,
Mr.
Gilgan
,
"
concluded
Cowperwood
,
"
who
has
been
behind
you
in
this
fight
.
I
've
known
all
along
where
the
money
has
been
coming
from
.
You
've
won
,
and
you
've
won
handsomely
,
and
I
for
one
do
n't
begrudge
you
your
victory
in
the
least
;
but
what
I
want
to
know
now
is
,
are
you
going
to
help
them
carry
this
fight
on
against
me
in
this
way
,
or
are
you
not
?
Are
you
going
to
give
me
a
fighting
chance
?
There
's
going
to
be
another
election
in
two
years
.
Politics
is
n't
a
bed
of
roses
that
stays
made
just
because
you
make
it
once
.
These
fellows
that
you
have
got
in
with
are
a
crowd
of
silk
stockings
.
They
have
n't
any
sympathy
with
you
or
any
one
like
you
.
They
're
willing
to
be
friendly
with
you
now
--
just
long
enough
to
get
something
out
of
you
and
club
me
to
death
.
But
after
that
how
long
do
you
think
they
will
have
any
use
for
you
--
how
long
?
"
