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"
Thank
you
.
I
will
think
it
over
,
"
was
the
response
of
the
presumed
Representative
Mulligan
.
Strange
to
state
,
at
this
very
instant
the
authentic
Mulligan
actually
appeared
--
heralded
aloud
by
several
of
his
colleagues
who
happened
to
be
lingering
near
by
in
the
lobby
.
Whereupon
the
anomalous
Mr.
Gerard
and
the
crafty
Senator
Ladrigo
discreetly
withdrew
.
Needless
to
say
that
Mr.
Rotherhite
hurried
at
once
to
the
forces
of
righteousness
.
The
press
should
spread
this
little
story
broadcast
.
It
was
a
very
meaty
incident
;
and
it
brought
the
whole
matter
once
more
into
the
fatal
,
poisonous
field
of
press
discussion
.
At
once
the
Chicago
papers
flew
to
arms
.
The
cry
was
raised
that
the
same
old
sinister
Cowperwoodian
forces
were
at
work
.
The
members
of
the
senate
and
the
house
were
solemnly
warned
.
The
sterling
attitude
of
ex-Governor
Swanson
was
held
up
as
an
example
to
the
present
Governor
Archer
.
"
The
whole
idea
,
"
observed
an
editorial
in
Truman
Leslie
MacDonald
's
Inquirer
,
"
smacks
of
chicane
,
political
subtlety
,
and
political
jugglery
.
Well
do
the
citizens
of
Chicago
and
the
people
of
Illinois
know
who
and
what
particular
organization
would
prove
the
true
beneficiaries
.
We
do
not
want
a
public-service
commission
at
the
behest
of
a
private
street-railway
corporation
.
Are
the
tentacles
of
Frank
A.
Cowperwood
to
envelop
this
legislature
as
they
did
the
last
?
"
This
broadside
,
coming
in
conjunction
with
various
hostile
rumblings
in
other
papers
,
aroused
Cowperwood
to
emphatic
language
.
"
They
can
all
go
to
the
devil
,
"
he
said
to
Addison
,
one
day
at
lunch
.
"
I
have
a
right
to
an
extension
of
my
franchises
for
fifty
years
,
and
I
am
going
to
get
it
.
Look
at
New
York
and
Philadelphia
.
Why
,
the
Eastern
houses
laugh
.
They
do
n't
understand
such
a
situation
.
It
's
all
the
inside
work
of
this
Hand
--
Schryhart
crowd
.
I
know
what
they
're
doing
and
who
's
pulling
the
strings
.
The
newspapers
yap-yap
every
time
they
give
an
order
.
Hyssop
waltzes
every
time
Arneel
moves
.
Little
MacDonald
is
a
stool-pigeon
for
Hand
.
It
's
got
down
so
low
now
that
it
's
anything
to
beat
Cowperwood
.
Well
,
they
wo
n't
beat
me
.
I
'll
find
a
way
out
.
The
legislature
will
pass
a
bill
allowing
for
a
fifty-year
franchise
,
and
the
governor
will
sign
it
.
I
'll
see
to
that
personally
.
I
have
at
least
eighteen
thousand
stockholders
who
want
a
decent
run
for
their
money
,
and
I
propose
to
give
it
to
them
.
Are
n't
other
men
getting
rich
?
Are
n't
other
corporations
earning
ten
and
twelve
per
cent
?
Why
should
n't
I
?
Is
Chicago
any
the
worse
?
Do
n't
I
employ
twenty
thousand
men
and
pay
them
well
?
All
this
palaver
about
the
rights
of
the
people
and
the
duty
to
the
public
--
rats
!
Does
Mr.
Hand
acknowledge
any
duty
to
the
public
where
his
special
interests
are
concerned
?
Or
Mr.
Schryhart
?
Or
Mr.
Arneel
?
The
newspapers
be
damned
!
I
know
my
rights
.
An
honest
legislature
will
give
me
a
decent
franchise
to
save
me
from
the
local
political
sharks
.
"
By
this
time
,
however
,
the
newspapers
had
become
as
subtle
and
powerful
as
the
politicians
themselves
.
Under
the
great
dome
of
the
capitol
at
Springfield
,
in
the
halls
and
conference
chambers
of
the
senate
and
house
,
in
the
hotels
,
and
in
the
rural
districts
wherever
any
least
information
was
to
be
gathered
,
were
their
representatives
--
to
see
,
to
listen
,
to
pry
.
Out
of
this
contest
they
were
gaining
prestige
and
cash
.
By
them
were
the
reform
aldermen
persuaded
to
call
mass-meetings
in
their
respective
districts
.
Property-owners
were
urged
to
organize
;
a
committee
of
one
hundred
prominent
citizens
led
by
Hand
and
Schryhart
was
formed
.
It
was
not
long
before
the
halls
,
chambers
,
and
committee-rooms
of
the
capitol
at
Springfield
and
the
corridors
of
the
one
principal
hotel
were
being
tramped
over
almost
daily
by
rampant
delegations
of
ministers
,
reform
aldermen
,
and
civil
committeemen
,
who
arrived
speechifying
,
threatening
,
and
haranguing
,
and
departed
,
only
to
make
room
for
another
relay
.
"
Say
,
what
do
you
think
of
these
delegations
,
Senator
?
"
inquired
a
certain
Representative
Greenough
of
Senator
George
Christian
,
of
Grundy
,
one
morning
,
the
while
a
group
of
Chicago
clergymen
accompanied
by
the
mayor
and
several
distinguished
private
citizens
passed
through
the
rotunda
on
their
way
to
the
committee
on
railroads
,
where
the
house
bill
was
privily
being
discussed
.
"
Do
n't
you
think
they
speak
well
for
our
civic
pride
and
moral
upbringing
?
"
He
raised
his
eyes
and
crossed
his
fingers
over
his
waistcoat
in
the
most
sanctimonious
and
reverential
attitude
.
"
Yes
,
dear
Pastor
,
"
replied
the
irreverent
Christian
,
without
the
shadow
of
a
smile
.
