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I
had
to
make
the
best
terms
I
could
--
to
pick
the
men
that
could
win
.
As
far
as
I
can
find
out
most
of
'em
are
satisfied
not
to
do
anything
for
Cowperwood
.
It
's
passing
these
ordinances
in
favor
of
other
people
that
's
stirring
up
the
trouble
.
"
Mr.
Hand
's
broad
forehead
wrinkled
,
and
his
blue
eyes
surveyed
Mr.
Gilgan
with
suspicion
.
"
Who
are
these
men
,
anyhow
?
"
he
inquired
.
"
I
'd
like
to
get
a
list
of
them
.
"
Mr.
Gilgan
,
safe
in
his
own
subtlety
,
was
ready
with
a
toll
of
the
supposed
recalcitrants
.
They
must
fight
their
own
battles
.
Mr.
Hand
wrote
down
the
names
,
determining
meanwhile
to
bring
pressure
to
bear
.
He
decided
also
to
watch
Mr.
Gilgan
.
If
there
should
prove
to
be
a
hitch
in
the
programme
the
newspapers
should
be
informed
and
commanded
to
thunder
appropriately
.
Such
aldermen
as
proved
unfaithful
to
the
great
trust
imposed
on
them
should
be
smoked
out
,
followed
back
to
the
wards
which
had
elected
them
,
and
exposed
to
the
people
who
were
behind
them
.
Their
names
should
be
pilloried
in
the
public
press
.
The
customary
hints
as
to
Cowperwood
's
deviltry
and
trickery
should
be
redoubled
.
But
in
the
mean
time
Messrs
Stimson
,
Avery
,
McKibben
,
Van
Sickle
,
and
others
were
on
Cowperwood
's
behalf
acting
separately
upon
various
unattached
aldermen
--
those
not
temperamentally
and
chronically
allied
with
the
reform
idea
--
and
making
them
understand
that
if
they
could
find
it
possible
to
refrain
from
supporting
anti-Cowperwood
measures
for
the
next
two
years
,
a
bonus
in
the
shape
of
an
annual
salary
of
two
thousand
dollars
or
a
gift
in
some
other
form
--
perhaps
a
troublesome
note
indorsed
or
a
mortgage
taken
care
of
--
would
be
forthcoming
,
together
with
a
guarantee
that
the
general
public
should
never
know
.
In
no
case
was
such
an
offer
made
direct
.
Friends
or
neighbors
,
or
suave
unidentified
strangers
,
brought
mysterious
messages
.
By
this
method
some
eleven
aldermen
--
quite
apart
from
the
ten
regular
Democrats
who
,
because
of
McKenty
and
his
influence
,
could
be
counted
upon
--
had
been
already
suborned
.
Although
Schryhart
,
Hand
,
and
Arneel
did
not
know
it
,
their
plans
--
even
as
they
planned
--
were
being
thus
undermined
,
and
,
try
as
they
would
,
the
coveted
ordinance
for
a
blanket
franchise
persistently
eluded
them
.
They
had
to
content
themselves
for
the
time
being
with
a
franchise
for
a
single
'
L'
road
line
on
the
South
Side
in
Schryhart
's
own
territory
,
and
with
a
franchise
to
the
General
Electric
covering
only
one
unimportant
line
,
which
it
would
be
easy
for
Cowperwood
,
if
he
continued
in
power
,
to
take
over
at
some
later
time
.
The
most
serious
difficulty
confronting
Cowperwood
from
now
on
was
really
not
so
much
political
as
financial
.
In
building
up
and
financing
his
Chicago
street-railway
enterprises
he
had
,
in
those
days
when
Addison
was
president
of
the
Lake
City
National
,
used
that
bank
as
his
chief
source
of
supply
.
Afterward
,
when
Addison
had
been
forced
to
retire
from
the
Lake
City
to
assume
charge
of
the
Chicago
Trust
Company
,
Cowperwood
had
succeeded
in
having
the
latter
designated
as
a
central
reserve
and
in
inducing
a
number
of
rural
banks
to
keep
their
special
deposits
in
its
vaults
.
However
,
since
the
war
on
him
and
his
interests
had
begun
to
strengthen
through
the
efforts
of
Hand
and
Arneel
--
men
most
influential
in
the
control
of
the
other
central-reserve
banks
of
Chicago
,
and
in
close
touch
with
the
money
barons
of
New
York
--
there
were
signs
not
wanting
that
some
of
the
country
banks
depositing
with
the
Chicago
Trust
Company
had
been
induced
to
withdraw
because
of
pressure
from
outside
inimical
forces
,
and
that
more
were
to
follow
.
It
was
some
time
before
Cowperwood
fully
realized
to
what
an
extent
this
financial
opposition
might
be
directed
against
himself
.
In
its
very
beginning
it
necessitated
speedy
hurryings
to
New
York
,
Philadelphia
,
Cincinnati
,
Baltimore
,
Boston
--
even
London
at
times
--
on
the
chance
that
there
would
be
loose
and
ready
cash
in
someone
's
possession
.
It
was
on
one
of
these
peregrinations
that
he
encountered
a
curious
personality
which
led
to
various
complications
in
his
life
,
sentimental
and
otherwise
,
which
he
had
not
hitherto
contemplated
.
In
various
sections
of
the
country
Cowperwood
had
met
many
men
of
wealth
,
some
grave
,
some
gay
,
with
whom
he
did
business
,
and
among
these
in
Louisville
,
Kentucky
,
he
encountered
a
certain
Col.
Nathaniel
Gillis
,
very
wealthy
,
a
horseman
,
inventor
,
roue
,
from
whom
he
occasionally
extracted
loans
.
The
Colonel
was
an
interesting
figure
in
Kentucky
society
;
and
,
taking
a
great
liking
to
Cowperwood
,
he
found
pleasure
,
during
the
brief
periods
in
which
they
were
together
,
in
piloting
him
about
.
On
one
occasion
in
Louisville
he
observed
:
"
To-night
,
Frank
,
with
your
permission
,
I
am
going
to
introduce
you
to
one
of
the
most
interesting
women
I
know
.
She
is
n't
good
,
but
she
's
entertaining
.
She
has
had
a
troubled
history
.
She
is
the
ex-wife
of
two
of
my
best
friends
,
both
dead
,
and
the
ex-mistress
of
another
.
I
like
her
because
I
knew
her
father
and
mother
,
and
because
she
was
a
clever
little
girl
and
still
is
a
nice
woman
,
even
if
she
is
getting
along
.
She
keeps
a
sort
of
house
of
convenience
here
in
Louisville
for
a
few
of
her
old
friends
.
You
have
n't
anything
particular
to
do
to-night
,
have
you
?
Suppose
we
go
around
there
?
"
Cowperwood
,
who
was
always
genially
sportive
when
among
strong
men
--
a
sort
of
bounding
collie
--
and
who
liked
to
humor
those
who
could
be
of
use
to
him
,
agreed
.
"
It
sounds
interesting
to
me
.
Certainly
I
'll
go
.
Tell
me
more
about
her
.
Is
she
good-looking
?
"
"
Rather
.
But
better
yet
,
she
is
connected
with
a
number
of
women
who
are
.
