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Samuel
Blackman
,
president
of
the
South
Side
Gas
Company
,
a
little
,
wispy
man
with
shoe-brush
whiskers
,
declared
emphatically
:
"
This
is
a
scoundrelly
piece
of
business
.
If
the
mayor
signs
that
he
should
be
impeached
.
There
is
not
a
vote
in
there
to-night
that
has
not
been
purchased
--
not
one
.
This
is
a
fine
element
of
brigandage
to
introduce
into
Chicago
;
why
,
people
who
have
worked
years
and
years
to
build
up
a
business
are
not
safe
!
"
"
It
's
true
,
every
word
of
it
,
"
complained
Mr.
Jordan
Jules
,
president
of
the
North
Side
company
,
a
short
,
stout
man
with
a
head
like
an
egg
lying
lengthwise
,
a
mere
fringe
of
hair
,
and
hard
,
blue
eyes
.
He
was
with
Mr.
Hudson
Baker
,
tall
and
ambling
,
who
was
president
of
the
West
Chicago
company
.
All
of
these
had
come
to
protest
.
"
It
's
that
scoundrel
from
Philadelphia
.
He
's
the
cause
of
all
our
troubles
.
It
's
high
time
the
respectable
business
element
of
Chicago
realized
just
what
sort
of
a
man
they
have
to
deal
with
in
him
.
He
ought
to
be
driven
out
of
here
.
Look
at
his
Philadelphia
record
.
They
sent
him
to
the
penitentiary
down
there
,
and
they
ought
to
do
it
here
.
"
Mr.
Baker
,
very
recently
the
guest
of
Schryhart
,
and
his
henchman
,
too
,
was
also
properly
chagrined
.
"
The
man
is
a
charlatan
,
"
he
protested
to
Blackman
.
"
He
does
n't
play
fair
.
It
is
plain
that
he
does
n't
belong
in
respectable
society
.
"
Nevertheless
,
and
in
spite
of
this
,
the
ordinance
was
passed
.
It
was
a
bitter
lesson
for
Mr.
Norman
Schryhart
,
Mr.
Norrie
Simms
,
and
all
those
who
had
unfortunately
become
involved
.
A
committee
composed
of
all
three
of
the
old
companies
visited
the
mayor
;
but
the
latter
,
a
tool
of
McKenty
,
giving
his
future
into
the
hands
of
the
enemy
,
signed
it
just
the
same
.
Cowperwood
had
his
franchise
,
and
,
groan
as
they
might
,
it
was
now
necessary
,
in
the
language
of
a
later
day
,
"
to
step
up
and
see
the
captain
.
"
Only
Schryhart
felt
personally
that
his
score
with
Cowperwood
was
not
settled
.
He
would
meet
him
on
some
other
ground
later
.
The
next
time
he
would
try
to
fight
fire
with
fire
.
But
for
the
present
,
shrewd
man
that
he
was
,
he
was
prepared
to
compromise
.
Thereafter
,
dissembling
his
chagrin
as
best
he
could
,
he
kept
on
the
lookout
for
Cowperwood
at
both
of
the
clubs
of
which
he
was
a
member
;
but
Cowperwood
had
avoided
them
during
this
period
of
excitement
,
and
Mahomet
wouid
have
to
go
to
the
mountain
.
So
one
drowsy
June
afternoon
Mr.
Schryhart
called
at
Cowperwood
's
office
.
He
had
on
a
bright
,
new
,
steel-gray
suit
and
a
straw
hat
.
From
his
pocket
,
according
to
the
fashion
of
the
time
,
protruded
a
neat
,
blue-bordered
silk
handkerchief
,
and
his
feet
were
immaculate
in
new
,
shining
Oxford
ties
.
"
I
'm
sailing
for
Europe
in
a
few
days
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
"
he
remarked
,
genially
,
"
and
I
thought
I
'd
drop
round
to
see
if
you
and
I
could
reach
some
agreement
in
regard
to
this
gas
situation
.
The
officers
of
the
old
companies
naturally
feel
that
they
do
not
care
to
have
a
rival
in
the
field
,
and
I
'm
sure
that
you
are
not
interested
in
carrying
on
a
useless
rate
war
that
wo
n't
leave
anybody
any
profit
.
I
recall
that
you
were
willing
to
compromise
on
a
half-and-half
basis
with
me
before
,
and
I
was
wondering
whether
you
were
still
of
that
mind
.
"
