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The
rank
and
file
of
both
parties
--
the
more
or
less
hungry
and
thirsty
who
lie
ever
at
the
bottom
on
both
sides
--
hailed
him
as
a
heaven-sent
deliverer
,
a
new
Moses
come
to
lead
them
out
of
the
wilderness
of
poverty
and
distress
.
Woe
to
the
political
leader
who
preaches
a
new
doctrine
of
deliverance
,
and
who
,
out
of
tenderness
of
heart
,
offers
a
panacea
for
human
ills
.
His
truly
shall
be
a
crown
of
thorns
.
Cowperwood
,
no
less
than
other
men
of
wealth
,
was
opposed
to
what
he
deemed
a
crack-brained
idea
--
that
of
maintaining
a
parity
between
gold
and
silver
by
law
.
Confiscation
was
his
word
for
it
--
the
confiscation
of
the
wealth
of
the
few
for
the
benefit
of
the
many
.
Most
of
all
was
he
opposed
to
it
because
he
feared
that
this
unrest
,
which
was
obviously
growing
,
foreshadowed
a
class
war
in
which
investors
would
run
to
cover
and
money
be
locked
in
strong-boxes
.
At
once
he
began
to
shorten
sail
,
to
invest
only
in
the
soundest
securities
,
and
to
convert
all
his
weaker
ones
into
cash
.
To
meet
current
emergencies
,
however
,
he
was
compelled
to
borrow
heavily
here
and
there
,
and
in
doing
so
he
was
quick
to
note
that
those
banks
representing
his
enemies
in
Chicago
and
elsewhere
were
willing
to
accept
his
various
stocks
as
collateral
,
providing
he
would
accept
loans
subject
to
call
.
He
did
so
gladly
,
at
the
same
time
suspecting
Hand
,
Schryhart
,
Arneel
,
and
Merrill
of
some
scheme
to
wreck
him
,
providing
they
could
get
him
where
the
calling
of
his
loans
suddenly
and
in
concert
would
financially
embarrass
him
.
"
I
think
I
know
what
that
crew
are
up
to
,
he
once
observed
to
Addison
,
at
this
period
.
"
Well
,
they
will
have
to
rise
very
early
in
the
morning
if
they
catch
me
napping
.
"
The
thing
that
he
suspected
was
really
true
.
Schryhart
,
Hand
,
and
Arneel
,
watching
him
through
their
agents
and
brokers
,
had
soon
discovered
--
in
the
very
earliest
phases
of
the
silver
agitation
and
before
the
real
storm
broke
--
that
he
was
borrowing
in
New
York
,
in
London
,
in
certain
quarters
of
Chicago
,
and
elsewhere
.
"
It
looks
to
me
,
said
Schryhart
,
one
day
,
to
his
friend
Arneel
,
"
as
if
our
friend
has
gotten
in
a
little
too
deep
.
He
has
overreached
himself
.
These
elevated-road
schemes
of
his
have
eaten
up
too
much
capital
.
There
is
another
election
coming
on
next
fall
,
and
he
knows
we
are
going
to
fight
tooth
and
nail
.
He
needs
money
to
electrify
his
surface
lines
.
If
we
could
trace
out
exactly
where
he
stands
,
and
where
he
has
borrowed
,
we
might
know
what
to
do
.
"
"
Unless
I
am
greatly
mistaken
,
"
replied
Arneel
,
"
he
is
in
a
tight
place
or
is
rapidly
getting
there
.
This
silver
agitation
is
beginning
to
weaken
stocks
and
tighten
money
.
I
suggest
that
our
banks
here
loan
him
all
the
money
he
wants
on
call
.
When
the
time
comes
,
if
he
is
n't
ready
,
we
can
shut
him
up
tighter
than
a
drum
.
If
we
can
pick
up
any
other
loans
he
's
made
anywhere
else
,
well
and
good
.
"
Mr.
Arneel
said
this
without
a
shadow
of
bitterness
or
humor
.
In
some
tight
hour
,
perhaps
,
now
fast
approaching
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
would
be
promised
salvation
--
"
saved
"
on
condition
that
he
should
leave
Chicago
forever
.
There
were
those
who
would
take
over
his
property
in
the
interest
of
the
city
and
upright
government
and
administer
it
accordingly
.
Unfortunately
,
at
this
very
time
Messrs.
Hand
,
Schryhart
,
and
Arneel
were
themselves
concerned
in
a
little
venture
to
which
the
threatened
silver
agitation
could
bode
nothing
but
ill
.
This
concerned
so
simple
a
thing
as
matches
,
a
commodity
which
at
this
time
,
along
with
many
others
,
had
been
trustified
and
was
yielding
a
fine
profit
.
"
American
Match
"
was
a
stock
which
was
already
listed
on
every
exchange
and
which
was
selling
steadily
around
one
hundred
and
twenty
.
The
geniuses
who
had
first
planned
a
combination
of
all
match
concerns
and
a
monopoly
of
the
trade
in
America
were
two
men
,
Messrs.
Hull
and
Stackpole
--
bankers
and
brokers
,
primarily
.
Mr.
Phineas
Hull
was
a
small
,
ferret-like
,
calculating
man
with
a
sparse
growth
of
dusty-brown
hair
and
an
eyelid
,
the
right
one
,
which
was
partially
paralyzed
and
drooped
heavily
,
giving
him
a
characterful
and
yet
at
times
a
sinister
expression
.
