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"
Governor
,
"
said
Dickensheets
,
rising
,
"
let
me
thank
you
for
your
courtesy
.
I
would
be
the
last
person
in
the
world
to
wish
to
influence
you
outside
the
line
of
your
private
convictions
and
your
personal
sense
of
fair
play
.
At
the
same
time
I
have
tried
to
make
plain
to
you
how
essential
it
is
,
how
only
fair
and
right
,
that
this
local
street-railway-franchise
business
should
be
removed
out
of
the
realm
of
sentiment
,
emotion
,
public
passion
,
envy
,
buncombe
,
and
all
the
other
influences
that
are
at
work
to
frustrate
and
make
difficult
the
work
of
Mr.
Cowperwood
.
All
envy
,
I
tell
you
.
His
enemies
are
willing
to
sacrifice
every
principle
of
justice
and
fair
play
to
see
him
eliminated
.
That
sums
it
up
.
"
That
may
all
be
true
,
"
replied
Swanson
.
"
Just
the
same
,
there
is
another
principle
involved
here
which
you
do
not
seem
to
see
or
do
not
care
to
consider
--
the
right
of
the
people
under
the
state
constitution
to
a
consideration
,
a
revaluation
,
of
their
contracts
at
the
time
and
in
the
manner
agreed
upon
under
the
original
franchise
.
What
you
propose
is
sumptuary
legislation
;
it
makes
null
and
void
an
agreement
between
the
people
and
the
street-railway
companies
at
a
time
when
the
people
have
a
right
to
expect
a
full
and
free
consideration
of
this
matter
aside
from
state
legislative
influence
and
control
.
To
persuade
the
state
legislature
,
by
influence
or
by
any
other
means
,
to
step
in
at
this
time
and
interfere
is
unfair
.
The
propositions
involved
in
those
bills
should
be
referred
to
the
people
at
the
next
election
for
approval
or
not
,
just
as
they
see
fit
.
That
is
the
way
this
matter
should
be
arranged
.
It
will
not
do
to
come
into
the
legislature
and
influence
or
buy
votes
,
and
then
expect
me
to
write
my
signature
under
the
whole
matter
as
satisfactory
.
Swanson
was
not
heated
or
antipathetic
.
He
was
cool
,
firm
,
well-intentioned
.
Dickensheets
passed
his
hand
over
a
wide
,
high
temple
.
He
seemed
to
be
meditating
something
--
some
hitherto
untried
statement
or
course
of
action
.
Well
,
Governor
,
"
he
repeated
,
"
I
want
to
thank
you
,
anyhow
.
You
have
been
exceedingly
kind
.
By
the
way
,
I
see
you
have
a
large
,
roomy
safe
here
.
"
He
had
picked
up
the
bag
he
was
carrying
.
"
I
wonder
if
I
might
leave
this
here
for
a
day
or
two
in
your
care
?
It
contains
some
papers
that
I
do
not
wish
to
carry
into
the
country
with
me
.
Would
you
mind
locking
it
up
in
your
safe
and
letting
me
have
it
when
I
send
for
it
?
"
"
With
pleasure
,
"
replied
the
governor
.
He
took
it
,
placed
it
in
lower
storage
space
,
and
closed
and
locked
the
door
.
The
two
men
parted
with
a
genial
hand-shake
.
The
governor
returned
to
his
meditations
,
the
judge
hurried
to
catch
a
car
.
About
eleven
o'clock
the
next
morning
Swanson
was
still
working
in
his
office
,
worrying
greatly
over
some
method
whereby
he
could
raise
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
defray
interest
charges
,
repairs
,
and
other
payments
,
on
a
structure
that
was
by
no
means
meeting
expenses
and
was
hence
a
drain
.
At
this
juncture
his
office
door
opened
,
and
his
very
youthful
office-boy
presented
him
the
card
of
F.
A.
Cowperwood
.
