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The
money
requisite
for
the
construction
of
elevated
roads
having
been
thus
pyrotechnically
obtained
,
the
acquisition
of
franchises
remained
no
easy
matter
.
It
involved
,
among
other
problems
,
the
taming
of
Chaffee
Thayer
Sluss
,
who
,
quite
unconscious
of
the
evidence
stored
up
against
him
,
had
begun
to
fulminate
the
moment
it
was
suggested
in
various
secret
political
quarters
that
a
new
ordinance
was
about
to
be
introduced
,
and
that
Cowperwood
was
to
be
the
beneficiary
.
"
Do
n't
you
let
them
do
that
,
Mr.
Sluss
,
"
observed
Mr.
Hand
,
who
for
purposes
of
conference
had
courteously
but
firmly
bidden
his
hireling
,
the
mayor
,
to
lunch
.
"
Do
n't
you
let
them
pass
that
if
you
can
help
it
.
"
(
As
chairman
or
president
of
the
city
council
Mr.
Sluss
held
considerable
manipulative
power
over
the
machinery
of
procedure
.
)
"
Raise
such
a
row
that
they
wo
n't
try
to
pass
it
over
your
head
.
Your
political
future
really
depends
on
it
--
your
standing
with
the
people
of
Chicago
.
The
newspapers
and
the
respectable
financial
and
social
elements
will
fully
support
you
in
this
.
Otherwise
they
will
wholly
desert
you
.
Things
have
come
to
a
handsome
pass
when
men
sworn
and
elected
to
perform
given
services
turn
on
their
backers
and
betray
them
in
this
way
!
"
Mr.
Hand
was
very
wroth
.
Mr.
Sluss
,
immaculate
in
black
broadcloth
and
white
linen
,
was
very
sure
that
he
would
fulfil
to
the
letter
all
of
Mr.
Hand
's
suggestions
.
The
proposed
ordinance
should
be
denounced
by
him
;
its
legislative
progress
heartily
opposed
in
council
.
"
They
shall
get
no
quarter
from
me
!
"
he
declared
,
emphatically
.
"
I
know
what
the
scheme
is
.
They
know
that
I
know
it
.
"
He
looked
at
Mr.
Hand
quite
as
one
advocate
of
righteousness
should
look
at
another
,
and
the
rich
promoter
went
away
satisfied
that
the
reins
of
government
were
in
safe
hands
.
Immediately
afterward
Mr.
Sluss
gave
out
an
interview
in
which
he
served
warning
on
all
aldermen
and
councilmen
that
no
such
ordinance
as
the
one
in
question
would
ever
be
signed
by
him
as
mayor
.
At
half
past
ten
on
the
same
morning
on
which
the
interview
appeared
--
the
hour
at
which
Mr.
Sluss
usually
reached
his
office
--
his
private
telephone
bell
rang
,
and
an
assistant
inquired
if
he
would
be
willing
to
speak
with
Mr.
Frank
A.
Cowperwood
.
Mr.
Sluss
,
somehow
anticipating
fresh
laurels
of
victory
,
gratified
by
the
front-page
display
given
his
announcement
in
the
morning
papers
,
and
swelling
internally
with
civic
pride
,
announced
,
solemnly
:
"
Yes
;
connect
me
.
"
"
Mr.
Sluss
,
"
began
Cowperwood
,
at
the
other
end
,
"
this
is
Frank
A.
Cowperwood
.
"
"
Yes
.
What
can
I
do
for
you
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
?
"
"
I
see
by
the
morning
papers
that
you
state
that
you
will
have
nothing
to
do
with
any
proposed
ordinance
which
looks
to
giving
me
a
franchise
for
any
elevated
road
on
the
North
or
West
Side
?
"
"
That
is
quite
true
,
"
replied
Mr.
Sluss
,
loftily
.
"
I
will
not
.
"
