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A
quick
flashing
out
of
some
green
and
yellow
bills
from
a
vest
pocket
,
a
light
thumbing
and
counting
on
the
part
of
Senator
Wade
.
A
flare
of
comprehension
,
approval
,
gratitude
,
admiration
,
as
though
to
signify
,
"
This
is
something
like
.
"
"
Thanks
,
John
.
I
had
pretty
near
forgot
all
about
it
.
Nice
people
,
eh
?
If
you
see
Ed
again
give
him
my
regards
.
When
that
Bellville
contest
comes
up
let
me
know
.
"
Mr.
Wade
,
being
a
good
speaker
,
was
frequently
in
request
to
stir
up
the
populace
to
a
sense
of
pro
or
con
in
connection
with
some
legislative
crisis
impending
,
and
it
was
to
some
such
future
opportunity
that
he
now
pleasantly
referred
.
O
life
,
O
politics
,
O
necessity
,
O
hunger
,
O
burning
human
appetite
and
desire
on
every
hand
!
Mr.
Southack
was
an
unobtrusive
,
pleasant
,
quiet
man
of
the
type
that
would
usually
be
patronized
as
rural
and
pettifogging
by
men
high
in
commercial
affairs
.
He
was
none
the
less
well
fitted
to
his
task
,
a
capable
and
diligent
beneficiary
and
agent
.
He
was
well
dressed
,
middle-aged
--
only
forty-five
--
cool
,
courageous
,
genial
,
with
eyes
that
were
material
,
but
not
cold
or
hard
,
and
a
light
,
springy
,
energetic
step
and
manner
.
A
holder
of
some
C.
W.
&
I.
R.R.
shares
,
a
director
of
one
of
his
local
county
banks
,
a
silent
partner
in
the
Effingham
Herald
,
he
was
a
personage
in
his
district
,
one
much
revered
by
local
swains
.
Yet
a
more
game
and
rascally
type
was
not
to
be
found
in
all
rural
legislation
.
It
was
old
General
Van
Sickle
who
sought
out
Southack
,
having
remembered
him
from
his
earlier
legislative
days
.
It
was
Avery
who
conducted
the
negotiations
.
Primarily
,
in
all
state
scheming
at
Springfield
,
Senator
Southack
was
supposed
to
represent
the
C.
W.
I.
,
one
of
the
great
trunk-lines
traversing
the
state
,
and
incidentally
connecting
Chicago
with
the
South
,
West
,
and
East
.
This
road
,
having
a
large
local
mileage
and
being
anxious
to
extend
its
franchises
in
Chicago
and
elsewhere
,
was
deep
in
state
politics
.
By
a
curious
coincidence
it
was
mainly
financed
by
Haeckelheimer
,
Gotloeb
&
Co.
,
of
New
York
,
though
Cowperwood
's
connection
with
that
concern
was
not
as
yet
known
.
Going
to
Southack
,
who
was
the
Republican
whip
in
the
senate
,
Avery
proposed
that
he
,
in
conjunction
with
Judge
Dickensheets
and
one
Gilson
Bickel
,
counsel
for
the
C.
W.
I.
,
should
now
undertake
to
secure
sufficient
support
in
the
state
senate
and
house
for
a
scheme
introducing
the
New
York
idea
of
a
public-service
commission
into
the
governing
machinery
of
the
state
of
Illinois
This
measure
,
be
it
noted
,
was
to
be
supplemented
by
one
very
interesting
and
important
little
proviso
to
the
effect
that
all
franchise-holding
corporations
should
hereby
,
for
a
period
of
fifty
years
from
the
date
of
the
enactment
of
the
bill
into
law
,
be
assured
of
all
their
rights
,
privileges
,
and
immunities
--
including
franchises
,
of
course
.
This
was
justified
on
the
ground
that
any
such
radical
change
as
that
involved
in
the
introduction
of
a
public-service
commission
might
disturb
the
peace
and
well-being
of
corporations
with
franchises
which
still
had
years
to
run
.
Senator
Southack
saw
nothing
very
wrong
with
this
idea
,
though
he
naturally
perceived
what
it
was
all
about
and
whom
it
was
truly
designed
to
protect
.
"
Yes
,
"
he
said
,
succinctly
,
"
I
see
the
lay
of
that
land
,
but
what
do
I
get
out
of
it
?
"
"
Fifty
thousand
dollars
for
yourself
if
it
's
successful
,
ten
thousand
if
it
is
n't
--
provided
you
make
an
honest
effort
;
two
thousand
dollars
apiece
for
any
of
the
boys
who
see
fit
to
help
you
if
we
win
.
Is
that
perfectly
satisfactory
?
"
"
Perfectly
,
"
replied
Senator
Southack
.
