The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 26, 1908, Image 6
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V5he jWetv Mayor
Based on C. H. Broad hurst's Successful I
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The Man
The Hour
j By ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE.
Copyright, 1907, by George H. Broadhurst.
"Oh. all right, then. Co on with what
you were saying."
"I want the Borough Street railway
franchise made perpetual. Catch mv
drift?"
"Sure. But the papers and the property
holders will make a big kick."
Alxcyn Bennett.
"Let them. They'll soon get hoarse
and have to rest their throats. As long
as we get the votes what do we care
IT"Yes,
yes!" agreed the boss impatiently.
"That's all right, but what I
want to know is, How does all this
concern me?"
Horrigan threw himself back in his
chair, uptilted cigar in one corner of
018 mouio, lOUlLlos in waisauai miujholes
and eyed bis host quizzically.
.Walnwrigbt did not even pretend not
to understand. Still, instead of giving
a direct answer be went on with seeming
Irrelevance:
"I am a public spirited citizen. I believe
civic welfare would suffer by any
change In municipal administration, so
to keep the present party in power I
am willing to donate to it $200,000 toward
election expenses."
"That sounds pretty good as far as it
goes, but maybe you didn't hear something
I asked you a minute ago. What :
I want to know is. How does all this
concern me?"
| .'I'm coming to that As 1 said, 1
, am a public spirited citizen. I'm also
<?rwvt fpiond?snfh a tfood friend that
I'm always glad to put my friends on
to anything in the market that looks
particularly promising. Suppose I carry
for your account at the market
price (that's 03 just now) 15,000 shares
of Borough Street railway stock?"
"Well?"
"If that franchise is granted, Borough
stock will go up at least 25 points
wHhin two days. That would clear up
for you a profit of?let's see?about
$375,000." ?
Horrigan had pulled a pencil from
his pocket and was figuring on the
back of an envelope.
'Tes," he said at last; "that's right,
$375,000. That would be my profit,
while yours would run into the millions.
That's not warm enough friendship
for me."
I "Surely, that is a generous"?
? "Generous, maybe, but I'd like something
munificent?say 25,000 shares at
63. Then at the 25 point jump I'd
make?I'd make"?consulting his flgmnmaa
f\r\ tha onvolnmi?"fifimpthinC over
foOO.OOO. That sounds better to me.
Hey?" i
"But Mr. Horrigan"?
"You've got my terms. Take 'em or
leave 'eta."
"Oh, very well," conceded -Walnwright,
with lame graclousness. "Anything
to oblige an old friend."
"Good! So we get $200,000 for elec- 1
tion expenses, and my personal ac- 1
count receives 25,000 shares at 63."
"Quite so. And now"?
"And now comes the question of the
right man for mayor. We"?
a 4? llA?.?lm?n rvancoH tHcln <T t A his
A^aiu ju.ui.u5au ??
feet stealthily, like some ponderous
cat his head bent slightly, as though i
catching a faint or distant sound.
"What's the matter?" asked Walnwrigbt
looking up.
"Nothing," returned Horrlgan. But
he did not resume bis seat. Instead as
he talked he began to pace the room In
apparent aimlessness, yet every turn
chanced to bring him nearer and nearer
to the door of the adjoining office.
"You see," he said, "we must have 1
l the right man. '
I a If we don't, we
JmL haven't a shad
u r ow ?' a 6^ow '
m)) W towin. We must
1F\ \ 'A be careful to :
f choose the best
itlIf man Possible. In
His wander^~-y
i n g s had
/ brought him to
Thompson stepped the office door.
quietly over the With the last
threshold. word he suddenly
jerked it open. i
... I
Thompson stepped quietly over the
threshold into the library, walked over
to his employer, handed him a dispatch
and went oitf again under the battery
of Horrigan's glare, closing the office
door after him.
"That fellow was listening to every
word we said!" shouted the boss as
the door shut behind Thompson.
"How foolish you are!" protested
Wainwright. "He was bringing me
this message. I've tried and tempted
and tested Thompson iu a hundred
ways, and he's always rung true. 1
trust him utterly."
"Well. I don't trust a man living."
retorted Horrigan. reluctantly oonvinc
ed. "I don't sign receipts or keep accounts
or write letters or have witnesses
when I talk. 1 always make it
a question of veracity between me and
the other man if there's an investigation.
My word's as good as any one's,
and they can't prove anything against
me in case of a showdown. I- advise
you to try the same plan. It's a good
one. And In the meantime if I were
you I'd keep an eye on that secretary, j
He'll l?ear watching."
"Never mind about Thompson. He's j
all right. Let's get back to the elec- !
tion. M ho have you in mind for i
mayor?"
"Well." considered Horrigan. "he's
got to !?? some one who isn't mixed up
in polities or corporations. Some one '
the public isn't on to. A man with no
queer past."
"I advise yon to consult the caleu- j
dar of saints and pick out your candi- j
date there." sneered Wainwright. whe j
could not clearly follow liis guest's rea- 1
soiling.
"No. I think I can find him on
earth." laughed Ilorrigan. "He's got
to be young, clever, educated, with a
good name, a good family aud social
standing and plenty of cash. The cash
is important, so the public will understand
he Isn't a graft hunter. They're
got to be made to think he's in the
game for purity of politics and high
principles and love of civic duty and
all that sort of thing. At the same
time he's got to be some one we can
handle to suit ourselves. That's the
man who'll catch 'em coming and going.
We've got to find him. Any suggestions?"
"Well, how about Gibbs?"
"Won't do. Broker and money juggler.
The public wouldn't stand for
him."
"Young Sawyer"? ?
"Rnwvpr was born foolish, and he's
been getting steadily sillier every since,
and his face shows it"
"Ten Btoeck. then."
"Ten Broeck is too fond of turn,
cigarette into the connecting link
tween fire and a fool. And, besides, L
wears a monocle. What'd happen if h?
was to flash that monocle in a'Fourth
ward meeting? Tbere'd be 'a massacre."
"Well, who. then? Have you any
one in mind?"
"Yes," assented Horrigan, "I have.
Do you happen to know a young fellow
who spends his summers near here
?a chap named Bennett?Alwyn Bennett?"
"Certainly; I know him well. But"?
"Well, how does he strike you?'
Td never have thought of him In
such a connection."
"Why wouldn't you? He pretty near
fulfills all our qualifications. Besides,
his father used to be a big man in the
organization. Cot some fat contracts
from it in his time too."
"But young Benneit has never"?
"He's well ofT. well educated, clever,
and all that. I ran across him last fall j
when he came over to help Lorimer in
his fight in the Fourteenth. He made
some rattling good speeches, and the
l*>ys all took a liking to him. A swell,
but not a snob; good mixer, good fellow.
popular, clear headed, no pastyes,
he's our man. More I think it over
the surer I am."
"I shouldn't wonder if you're right
TT-? ?'-.. .1-1 Ul'A fA #ollr U nt'PP
nu? ?uuiu jrvu nac vv v?v.
with him now?"
"Now?"
"Yes. He's still around the place
somewhere. I think."
Wainwright rang a bell, and the butler
appeared.
"Find Mr. Bennett." said the financier.
"and ask him if he will step here
for a moment."
"Yes." went on Horrigan reflectively,
rubbing his huge plump hands together,
"he's the man for us?that is," he
added, with less assurance, "if we can
handle him."
"I think we can." answered Wainwrigbt,
a fragment of his conversation
with Glbbs flashing across his memory.
"You see, I have fairly good reasons
for believing he's in love with my
niece. Miss Dallas Wainwright."
"So? That's"?
"And, as I control her fortune and
her brother's until Perry is twentyfive"
"Oh, it's a cinch!" chuckled Horrigan.
"He""Mr.
Bennett Is playing tennis," reported
the butler, coming to the door.
"He will be here at once."
"Now," resumed Horrigan, "the only
thing that remains is to find out if
he'll consent, and then"?
"You wanted me, Mr. Wainwright?"
asked Bennett, stepping through the
long window from the. veranda. "Oh,
good morning, Mr. Horrigan," he added
on seeing the second occupant of the
room.
The young man was coatless and collarless,
his silk shirt being turned in at
the neck. In one hand he swung a tennis
racket With the other he mopped
his flushed face, for the day was hot
and the game had been swift
"Yes," answered Wainwright. "I'm
sorry to interrupt your tennis set, but
we want to see you on a rather important
matter. We've been talking about
you." "Thanks!"
said Bennett, with a puzzled
smile from one to the other of the
two elder men. "What about?"
"Want to be mayor?" queried Horrigan
jbruptly.
V \
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u ;.t v the answer?" cou.
perplexed youth.
"!t isn't a joke." intervened
\v right. "Mr. Horrigan is in earnest.
* I is earnest? I liope the heat hasn
gene to his head."
"Van don't understand." put in IIo
rigan. "I control the party's nornim
ti'o.s The nomination for mayor i
yours if you'll like it."
"Not-not really?" gasped Alwy
aghast.
"Yes, realiy. We"?
"But. with a whole organization fu
of good material, why do you come t
me?"
"Because you're the man we want."
"As an answer that's excellent, bi
as an explanation it's mystifying."
"I'll tell yon. We're looking forwar
to a risky tight and"?
"And since you see no chance c
winning you pick me out as the vietii
instead of some organization man
flood idea as far as you're concernec
but I l>eir to decline, without thanks."
"No. no!" corrected Wainwrigh
"Mr. llorrigan thinks that you have
strong chance of winning."
"That's right." corroborated the bos
"It'll l?e a hard fight, but with the rig!
inan we'll win, and we l?elieve you'i
the right man. Even if you lose, you'
show the world what you're made o
Folks admire a fighter. They haven
much us? for an idler."
Th?.4!<gir ooken words brougl
b- h Dallas Wainwright'
I>'? -yarning to do sonn
thj ^oroud of him?t
w i*
lov^ .
the chime]y
longed fi
His face all;
and the bo]
Bennett turr
"I accept'
"Good!"
him resoui.
boy ! N?
we'll"? I
"But remem- *
ber one thing,
Mr. Horrigan," ^
interrupted Ben- J
nett, and his
careless boyhood
seemed to
have fallen
away from h'
like a discart
garment, It
lng the rr
boo7 and r
g< s4?
ID
"u /tfdr oath <
office, ovially. "C
course you understood."
Then in un"V^_to Wainwrigl
as Alwyn moved away the boss whii
pered:
"Don't butt in! Leave him to mi
That silly reform talk don't mean an:
thing. It's the way all youngsters i
politics blow off steam. Leave him 1
me!"
CHAPTER IV.
THE next few months were a p<
riod of unprecedented toil an
excitement for Alwyn Rennet
He sometimes wondered at h
own eloquence. Speech after speec
he made in every section of the cityin
half built suburbs, in halls whei
nine-tenths of his hearers were i
evening dress and where farailit
faces dotted the place; in overcrowde<
smoke reeking auditoriums, where n<
one man in three wore a collar an
where a score of nationalities vied f(
precedence.
With a versatility that delighte
Horrigan the candidate managed 1
adapt himself to every audience am
moreover, to impress his hearers wit
a sense of his absolute sincerity an
honesty. In the crowded, polygh
meetings he hit on the plan of speal
ing to representatives of each race i
their own language. In a single evei
ing, so the papers recorded, he ha
made speeches m Engnsn, rrenct
German, Italian and Spanish. At som
meetings toughs had tried to confus
him by interrupting with questions
Joking comment or insult For eaci
Alwyn, without breaking the thread o
his discourse, found some quick repl;
so apt as to turn the laugh on his toi
mentor and turn the audience's syir
pa thy to himself.
At last election day came and weni
And Alwyn Bennett by a fair majoi
ity carried his entire ticket to victorj
Even his severest critics in the orgar
ization were forced to admit that Ber
nett, and Bennett alone, had saved th
party from severe defeat Horrigan'
Judgment and choice of men for th
thousandth time in the boss' crooke
nr?HHr>?] purepr was vindicated, an
Horrlgan himself was overjoyed b?
yond measure. Nor did the fact tha
he had failed to oust Alderman Ph?
lan In the primaries wholly cloud th
boss' delight
There was, however, a slight clou
on Alwyn's triumph, for Dallas Wair
wright was not present to share tha
triumph. Within a few days after Hoi
rigan's visit to the Wainwright plac
Dallas had gone with an aunt on a
eight months' tour of Europe and th
Mediterranean. But Perry, who at be
secret request had kept her posted o
every, detail of the stirring cainpaigr
cabled hfer the result on election nigh
and the following day a reply rues
sage of congratulation crossed the At
lantic to gladden Alwyn's heart In
letter that followed a week later Da
las asked the first political favor th
future mayor was called upon to gran
She begged that in his office Bennel
would try to find a place for Cynthi
Garrison, in consequence of whic
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"Hello!" was his g
' . honor isn't around V"
it "No." answered Cvnt.
looking up from her work
d most businesslike air she .
[ sumo.' "He's out attlunch."
>f "I knew lie would be.'*"'
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"But I did. Honest 1 d
s. ' message for him. It's awi
it taut. He mustn't miss it."
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