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We
ought
to
be
able
to
round
up
enough
of
these
new
fellows
to
make
Schryhart
and
MacDonald
come
down
good
and
plenty
for
what
they
want
.
From
what
Gilgan
said
all
along
,
I
thought
he
was
dealing
with
live
ones
.
They
paid
to
win
the
election
.
Now
let
'em
pay
to
pull
off
a
swell
franchise
if
they
want
it
,
eh
?
"
"
You
're
damn
right
,
"
echoed
Tiernan
.
"
I
'm
with
you
to
a
T.
"
It
was
not
long
after
this
conversation
that
Mr.
Truman
Leslie
MacDonald
,
acting
through
Alderman
Klemm
,
proceeded
to
make
a
count
of
noses
,
and
found
to
his
astonishment
that
he
was
not
as
strong
as
he
had
thought
he
was
.
Political
loyalty
is
such
a
fickle
thing
.
A
number
of
aldermen
with
curious
names
--
Horback
,
Fogarty
,
McGrane
,
Sumulsky
--
showed
signs
of
being
tampered
with
.
He
hurried
at
once
to
Messrs.
Hand
,
Schryhart
,
and
Arneel
with
this
disconcerting
information
.
They
had
been
congratulating
themselves
that
the
recent
victory
,
if
it
resulted
in
nothing
else
,
would
at
least
produce
a
blanket
'
L'
road
franchise
,
and
that
this
would
be
sufficient
to
bring
Cowperwood
to
his
knees
.
Upon
receiving
MacDonald
's
message
Hand
sent
at
once
for
Gilgan
.
When
he
inquired
as
to
how
soon
a
vote
on
the
General
Electric
franchise
--
which
had
been
introduced
by
Mr.
Klemm
--
could
reasonably
be
expected
,
Gilgan
declared
himself
much
grieved
to
admit
that
in
one
direction
or
other
considerable
opposition
seemed
to
have
developed
to
the
measure
.
"
What
's
that
?
"
said
Hand
,
a
little
savagely
.
"
Did
n't
we
make
a
plain
bargain
in
regard
to
this
?
You
had
all
the
money
you
asked
for
,
did
n't
you
?
You
said
you
could
give
me
twenty-six
aldermen
who
would
vote
as
we
agreed
.
You
're
not
going
to
go
back
on
your
bargain
,
are
you
?
"
"
Bargain
!
bargain
!
"
retorted
Gilgan
,
irritated
because
of
the
spirit
of
the
assault
.
"
I
agreed
to
elect
twenty-six
Republican
aldermen
,
and
that
I
did
.
I
do
n't
own
'em
body
and
soul
.
I
did
n't
name
'em
in
every
case
.
I
made
deals
with
the
men
in
the
different
wards
that
had
the
best
chance
,
and
that
the
people
wanted
.
I
'm
not
responsible
for
any
crooked
work
that
's
going
on
behind
my
back
,
am
I
?
I
'm
not
responsible
for
men
's
not
being
straight
if
they
're
not
?
"
Mr.
Gilgan
's
face
was
an
aggrieved
question-mark
.
"
But
you
had
the
picking
of
these
men
,
"
insisted
Mr.
Hand
,
aggressively
.
"
Every
one
of
them
had
your
personal
indorsement
.
You
made
the
deals
with
them
.
You
do
n't
mean
to
say
they
're
going
back
on
their
sacred
agreement
to
fight
Cowperwood
tooth
and
nail
?
There
ca
n't
be
any
misunderstanding
on
their
part
as
to
what
they
were
elected
to
do
.
The
newspapers
have
been
full
of
the
fact
that
nothing
favorable
to
Cowperwood
was
to
be
put
through
.
"
"
That
's
all
true
enough
,
"
replied
Mr.
Gilgan
;
"
but
I
ca
n't
be
held
responsible
for
the
private
honesty
of
everybody
.
Sure
I
selected
these
men
.
Sure
I
did
!
But
I
selected
them
with
the
help
of
the
rest
of
the
Republicans
and
some
of
the
Democrats
.
