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Citizens
,
Arouse
and
Defeat
the
Boodlers
!
In
the
papers
were
flaring
head-lines
;
in
the
clubs
,
halls
,
and
churches
fiery
speeches
could
nightly
be
heard
.
Men
were
drunk
now
with
a
kind
of
fury
of
contest
.
They
would
not
succumb
to
this
Titan
who
was
bent
on
undoing
them
.
They
would
not
be
devoured
by
this
gorgon
of
the
East
.
He
should
be
made
to
pay
an
honest
return
to
the
city
or
get
out
.
No
fifty-year
franchise
should
be
granted
him
.
The
Mears
law
must
be
repealed
,
and
he
must
come
into
the
city
council
humble
and
with
clean
hands
.
No
alderman
who
received
as
much
as
a
dollar
for
his
vote
should
in
this
instance
be
safe
with
his
life
.
Needless
to
say
that
in
the
face
of
such
a
campaign
of
intimidation
only
great
courage
could
win
.
The
aldermen
were
only
human
.
In
the
council
committee-chamber
Cowperwood
went
freely
among
them
,
explaining
as
he
best
could
the
justice
of
his
course
and
making
it
plain
that
,
although
willing
to
buy
his
rights
,
he
looked
on
them
as
no
more
than
his
due
.
The
rule
of
the
council
was
barter
,
and
he
accepted
it
.
His
unshaken
and
unconquerable
defiance
heartened
his
followers
greatly
,
and
the
thought
of
thirty
thousand
dollars
was
as
a
buttress
against
many
terrors
.
At
the
same
time
many
an
alderman
speculated
solemnly
as
to
what
he
would
do
afterward
and
where
he
would
go
once
he
had
sold
out
.
At
last
the
Monday
night
arrived
which
was
to
bring
the
final
test
of
strength
.
Picture
the
large
,
ponderous
structure
of
black
granite
--
erected
at
the
expense
of
millions
and
suggesting
somewhat
the
somnolent
architecture
of
ancient
Egypt
--
which
served
as
the
city
hall
and
county
court-house
combined
.
On
this
evening
the
four
streets
surrounding
it
were
packed
with
thousands
of
people
.
To
this
throng
Cowperwood
has
become
an
astounding
figure
:
his
wealth
fabulous
,
his
heart
iron
,
his
intentions
sinister
--
the
acme
of
cruel
,
plotting
deviltry
.
Only
this
day
,
the
Chronicle
,
calculating
well
the
hour
and
the
occasion
,
has
completely
covered
one
of
its
pages
with
an
intimate
,
though
exaggerated
,
description
of
Cowperwood
's
house
in
New
York
:
his
court
of
orchids
,
his
sunrise
room
,
the
baths
of
pink
and
blue
alabaster
,
the
finishings
of
marble
and
intaglio
.
Here
Cowperwood
was
represented
as
seated
in
a
swinging
divan
,
his
various
books
,
art
treasures
,
and
comforts
piled
about
him
.
The
idea
was
vaguely
suggested
that
in
his
sybaritic
hours
odalesques
danced
before
him
and
unnamable
indulgences
and
excesses
were
perpetrated
.
At
this
same
hour
in
the
council-chamber
itself
were
assembling
as
hungry
and
bold
a
company
of
gray
wolves
as
was
ever
gathered
under
one
roof
.
The
room
was
large
,
ornamented
to
the
south
by
tall
windows
,
its
ceiling
supporting
a
heavy
,
intricate
chandelier
,
its
sixty-six
aldermanic
desks
arranged
in
half-circles
,
one
behind
the
other
;
its
woodwork
of
black
oak
carved
and
highly
polished
;
its
walls
a
dark
blue-gray
decorated
with
arabesques
in
gold
--
thus
giving
to
all
proceedings
an
air
of
dignity
and
stateliness
.
Above
the
speaker
's
head
was
an
immense
portrait
in
oil
of
a
former
mayor
--
poorly
done
,
dusty
,
and
yet
impressive
.
The
size
and
character
of
the
place
gave
on
ordinary
occasions
a
sort
of
resonance
to
the
voices
of
the
speakers
.
To-night
through
the
closed
windows
could
be
heard
the
sound
of
distant
drums
and
marching
feet
.
In
the
hall
outside
the
council
door
were
packed
at
least
a
thousand
men
with
ropes
,
sticks
,
a
fife-and-drum
corps
which
occasionally
struck
up
"
Hail
!
Columbia
,
Happy
Land
,
"
"
My
Country
,
"
Tis
of
Thee
,
"
and
"
Dixie
.
"
Alderman
Schlumbohm
,
heckled
to
within
an
inch
of
his
life
,
followed
to
the
council
door
by
three
hundred
of
his
fellow-citizens
,
was
there
left
with
the
admonition
that
they
would
be
waiting
for
him
when
he
should
make
his
exit
.
He
was
at
last
seriously
impressed
.
"
What
is
this
?
"
he
asked
of
his
neighbor
and
nearest
associate
,
Alderman
Gavegan
,
when
he
gained
the
safety
of
his
seat
.
"
A
free
country
?
"
"
Search
me
!
"
replied
his
compatriot
,
wearily
.
"
I
never
seen
such
a
band
as
I
have
to
deal
with
out
in
the
Twentieth
.
Why
,
my
God
!
a
man
ca
n't
call
his
name
his
own
any
more
out
here
.
It
's
got
so
now
the
newspapers
tell
everybody
what
to
do
.
"
Alderman
Pinski
and
Alderman
Hoherkorn
,
conferring
together
in
one
corner
,
were
both
very
dour
.
"
I
'll
tell
you
what
,
Joe
,
"
said
Pinski
to
his
confrere
;
"
it
's
this
fellow
Lucas
that
has
got
the
people
so
stirred
up
.
I
did
n't
go
home
last
night
because
I
did
n't
want
those
fellows
to
follow
me
down
there
.
Me
and
my
wife
stayed
down-town
.
But
one
of
the
boys
was
over
here
at
Jake
's
a
little
while
ago
,
and
he
says
there
must
'
a
'
been
five
hundred
people
around
my
house
at
six
o'clock
,
already
.
Whad
ye
think
o
'
that
?
"
