The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 17, 1908, Image 6
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By ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE.
Copyright, 19U7, by George H. Broadhui>t.
The bill paid your election expenses.
It-" - a
"I paid my own election expenses.
You know that."
'Tour personal expenses, perhaps.
But who paid for parades, balls, banners.
fireworks, speakers, advertisements.
workers and watchers and nil j
the other million things that elected
you? The men behind that Ilorough
bill paid them. And they did it on the
understanding you'd sign the bill."
"In other words," remarked Bennett,
"you made a bargain for me.
Well. I can't keep it."
"Oh, I'll keep it all right You'll
sign that bill or you'll"?
""31 r. 1 lorngan. iwciaiiiivu oeuucn,
controlling bis temper with more and
more difficulty, "you said something
Just now about our coming to a showdown.
This is the time for it. I want
you to remember henceforth that I
wear no man's collar?yours or any
one else's?and that you can't deliver
y any goods you've bargained for in my
name. If I sigu that bill it won't be
under your orders, but because I think
it right."
"Oh," laughed Ilorrigan, who thought
he began to see the drift of the other's
mind, "I don't hold out for that. I
don't care why you sign it as long as
you do sign it."
"What do you think about the bill
yourself?" inquired Alwyn. "Do you
consider it honest?"
"What do I care? It's got to be
signed, and"?
"I care. And I think the bill is
rraaaui'ent."
"Getting tender in the conseienee,
ren't you? Well"?
"If you put it that way, yes. I think
thii^ Borough bill is crooked from first
to last. But"?
"What's the matter with it? Ain't"?
"Let me explain." pursued Alwyn.
"This bill gives the Borough Street
Railway company the right to use
whatever motive power they choose to.
It gives them the right to charge five
cent fares without auy transfers. In
one paragraph there's a clause permitting
them to build a subway if they
want one. By another paragraph's concessions
they can build a conduit and
lease it out for telephone or telegraph
wires. By another they cau do an express
business. But all these provisions
are as nothing compared to the
fact that the bill gives the streets
above and below ground to the Borough
company forever and over?not i
for a term of years, but until the end
of the world. It delivers that route to
the company not only for our time, but
for always, and binds us and our descendants
to its terms. That is the
chief outrage of the whole thing. To
think that the"?
"Oh. we've got a howling reformer [
in the mayor's seat, have we?" scoffed !
Horrigan. "If I'd known that"?
"The people have got a man who is
trying to protect their rights and property.
Here's a letter I received today.
You'll recognize the name of the
capitalist who wrote it. You know be
N is honest as well as wise. This is his
proposition: He will pay $2,000,000 for
that same franchise, give the city 10
per cent of the gross receipts and turu
over the whole plant to It at the end
of fifty years. What do you think of
that?"
"It's a fake."
"It is a bona fide offer. He volunteers
to deposit $1,000,000 to bind the
^ bargain. Now, what I want to ask
yon. Mr. Horrigan. is this: If the franchise
is worth $2,000,000. why are you
and jour faction in the board of aldermen
so anxious to give it away for
nothing?"
- ? "Look here!" blustered the boas.
T"I
am looking." returned Bennett
Tt# tieen lookine deeper into it than
yon realise. I asked you a question
just now. I'll answer it myself in
one word?'Graft!' Tbat is why you
want to (ire away a franchise that is
worth 12,000.000."
"Graft!" snorted Horrigan contemptuously.
"The same old reformer howl!
Whafs your idea of graft anyway?"
"Graft is unearned increment Money
to which the recipient has no legal or
moral right That is"?
"So! Then show me the man who
ain't a grafter! A lawyer shows bis
dJent how to evade the law, and he
takes a fee for doing It What's that
hut graft? A magazine takes pay for
printing an advertisement its editors
know is a fake. What's that? Graft!
When a congressman votes for an appropriation
because another congress*
Ana A#
man oas ajreeu iu tuie wi vuc v>
hie, what's that? Graft! When a Ova
thousand a year senator retires at the
sod of ten years worth a million, what's
that? Graft! A police captain on |2,750
a year buys yachts and country
estates. Grart! now about the railroad
president who gets stock free in
a corporation that ships over his road,
or the insurance man or banker who
fires or takes fat loans on fancy securities
and clears 1,000 per cent?
Grafters, all of 'em! Grafters! Every
one grafts who can or who isn't too
k stupid. Show me a man who doesn't
graft and I'll show you a fool. Present
company not excepted."
"That's where you're wronf," returned
Alywn, Ignoring the slur and speak
trast with the boss' vehemence. "The
man who said 'Honesty is the best policy*
knew what he was talking about.
It pays best not only hereafter, but
here as well. Why did Missouri choose
Folk for governor? Because in sptte
of his faults he is honest. Why was
La Follette sent to the senate from
Wisconsin? Because, faults and all. he
was honest. Why did the people of
this country make Itoosevelt their president?
Were they blind to his faults
and foibles? No. but they knew he
was honest! I am honest. This hill
isn't. That is why I won't sign it."
"You won't, eh?" roared Horrigan.
"Then veto it! Veto it if you dare! I'll
not only smash your poiiiieal career,
hut I'll pass the bill over vour veto.
That'll show you prel'.t well how you j
and me stand as to powr in the city.
I'll make you tin* laughingstock of the j
administration by taking the whole
thing out of your hands and passing it i
in spite of'you."
"I doubt it." answered Bennett, jailing.
but meeting coolly the tiery wrath
iu Ilorrigan's little red eyes. "I intend
to fight your Borough bill in the alderman
ic chamber and outside that council.
To pass a bill over my veto you'll
have to get a two-thirds majority. That
means fourteen votes. You have only
your 'solid thirteen.' And I'll make it
my business to see you don't get a
fourteenth vote."
"I'll look out {or. that, all right, all
right."
"One thing more. Mr. Ilorrigau. I
have reason to believe there is bribery
in this matter. I'll ferret out the name
of every man who gives or takes a
bribe in connection with the Borough
franchise bill, and I'll send every one
of them to jail?uot only the aldermen,
but the capitalists who are behind the
measure. Receiver and thief shall go
to jail together."
"Is that so?" chuckled Ilorrigan.
"Then, Mr. Reformer, let me tell you
who is really behind this whole affair,
the man you'll have to jail first of all.
Mr. Charles Wainwright, uncle of the
girl you're trying to marry."
lie leaned back to note the effect of
his revelation, but Beunett's face
moved no muscle, gave no hint of what
lay beneath.
"Besides." went ou Ilorrigan. eager
to press his advantage, "every cent'
? of Miss Wainwright's
fortune
tv? ail(* of her brother
s has been put
jj/ \ into
franchise Is beat/
with and her
' young brother if
"Now go ahead and y0U veto that bill.
ao as you iikc, >?owgoaheadaud
mUl Uorrlaan. d0 os j.on llke ~
It was llorrigan's trump card, and
he had played it well. White, silent,
Bennett walked back to bis
desk. The fight seemed all knocked
out of him. Heavily he moved, like a
man overexhausted. Picking up a pen.
i he wrote rapidly, then cast aside the
' pen. crossed to the window and looked
out into the snowy, crowded park.
"You've signed the bill?" cried Ilorrigan
in delight
"I've vetoed it." replied Bennett.
CHAPTER VII.
?r * iliE boss is turned down!"
[ This startling news flew
I lightning fast to every quarter
A of the organization and in its I
wake spread a trail of incredulous
amaze. t.very memuer. irum aiuciumn
to "heeler." knew why Horrigun had |
made Bennett mayor. That the latter
should turu against his benefactor
seemed not only black ingratitude, but
something akin to insanity, for it apparently
spelled i>olitieal suicide for
the young man.
While neither of the disputants had
repeated the details of the quarrel, yet
those details with many another were
already passing from mouth to mouth
in tho mvstprimifi fashion whereby the I
closest kept secrets are divulged and
enlarged on. In the financial world,
too. tbe veto came as a bombshell.
Borough Street railway stock fell with
a thud that shook more than one colossal
fortune. Bennett?central point of
the whole upheaval?was tbe calmest
man of all who were Involved. He bad
chosen his course, and be was following
it with a dogged quiet far more
dangerous than any loud mouthed bluster.
He had laid out a campaign, and
that campaign he rigidly followed.
His first step was to send for Perry
Wainwrigbt early in the morning following
the clash with Horrlgan and.
under strict pledge of secrecy, to explain
the whole complicated affair to
that very bewildered young man.
"You're all right, Alwyn! You're all
mnnAmV ofnwod PoTTT In ffMinlne
admiration. "But wby didn't you
backheel Horrigan and throw him
downstairs?"
"I think I did," aaid Bennett dryly.
"I think I'm still doing it. Thafs wby
I Bent for you today."
"Want me to lick him for you?" asked
Perry in delight "He's a bit oyer
my weight, but I wouldn't mind pasting?
"No," Interrupted Bennett, amused
at the lad's vehemence. "I want yoa
to play the melodramatic brother and
protect your sister."
| "Say," snorted Perry, all the lightness
gone out of his manner and his
young frame stiffening ominously,
"d'you mean to say the cur is framing
up any game on Dallas? I"?
"git down," ordered Alwyn, "and try
to use what little human intelligence
you may have. I've got to have your
help, and what use are you when all
you can think of is getting thrashed by
somebody? Sit down now and listen to
me."
Perry meekly olieved (lie new note
of command in his friend's voice, and j
Bennett resununl:
"Your uncle has tried to hamper tne
t?y putting all your fortune and Dallas'
into Borough Street railway stock.
[ The news of my veto will reach the
exchange almost at once. That will
cause a slump in Borough stock. If
Il'd igun fails to carry (he hill through
over my head?and he will fail if I can
possibly block him?that will mean the
practical collapse of the stock. It will
mean that you and Dallas will he almost
iHtnuiless."
"Well," suggested Perry cheerfully,
"then you can marry Dallas, and little
! brother l'crry can come and live with
you. Don't worry, old chap. I"?
"Shut up. you voting idiot, and sit :
[ down and listen! Here's a check; also ,
a note of introduction to my broker, j
He's a close mouthed fellow, and he'll |
keep the secret. 1 want yon to sell
Rorough stock short to the amount j
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sjieculate? Gee! I never
thought"?
*i ilon't believe in speculation as a :
rule, but this time it's the only way j
out. Sell short. Then if the bill is de- ,
feated you and Gladys will still be as !
well off as you are now, even after j
| pr me back this sum I've advance<
bill is passed over my head,
t " in. and you'll both l?e
ru 'nderstand the Idea?
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for nothiu*. 'You've signed tlie bill T
squeals Horrigan. 'So, you big stiff!*
says you, 'I've vetoed It. Now go
chase yourself before I knock you
from under your hat!' says you. Them
was the very words, so I'm told."
"I congratulate you on your secret
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service raeu, isugucu ocuunu ?- ?.j
seem to have a wonderful faculty for
quoting one's cemarks literally, but"?
"But did I come here to ladle out hot
air to you?" supplemented Pbelan.
"No, I didn't I come to tip you off to
a meetln' that's held last night at
Walnwrigbfs house?him an' Horrigan
an' Gibbs an' some others, incloodin'
Hen Williams, who's Horrigan's
mouthpiece an' bandy man in the board
of aldermen. Didn't happen to hear of
that meetln', did you?"
"No. I am unfortunate in having no
secret service corps."
"Never mind," returned Phelan, on
whom the satire of the reply was quite
lost "You can get the benefit of mine.
Now, at this meetln' they did a lot of
jabberin' an' they cnssed you up hill
an' down dale. Says Horri gan, 'If that
young cub' "?
"Thanks," interposed Alwyn, "but I
don't care to hear what was said about
me. I"?
"All right then, but there's something
you do want to hear. They got
busy at last an' framed up a new wordIn'
for the Borough bill that'll maybe
* ? 11 ain't nut
inrow uuhi iu juui cjcd ? . r~.
on to It in advance. They've cut out
the subway paragraph an' the express
business clause, an' they allow transfers
at all cross lines. That's the way
they'll put the bill up to the aldermen
next tlcM. A nice, harmless lookin'
document it'll be, an' perhaps the board
'11 swaller It if"?
"But do the alterations in the bill
also eliminate the 'perpetual franchise'
clause?"
"Ah, there's the point! They don't
All the other things you kicked against
have been wiped out, but the *perpetual
franchise' clause, stands."
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"And trie ?!M?>.iu.n cash offer stands,
too." added Hennett "I still fail to aoe
why I should prevent Mr. Wainwright's
company with :? francliho* fi>r which
another mail is willing to pay the elty
$i!.Ono.OOO. and 1 shall tight (lie hill to
the very end." ?
"Good hoy, your honor! An" .liminy
Phelan's with you. We'll make Ilorrl- IS
gnn look like"? I
"He needs fourteen vjtes to carry 'J
the liill past my veto. He has his thi%>*l
teen aldermen, under Williams' lead
Rut only those thirteen voted for jg
hill in Its original state. Unless Horn. I,
pan and Williams can find a fourteenth (
alderman to"?
"Unless one of the men who voted .
against it before can l>e brought to
vote for It next time Ilorrigan loses,"
answered I'helan. "He'll make it his4
business to buy a fourteenth man. an!
I'll make it my business
who ho tries to get an' to n
honor keep that same futirteei
straight. That's how it adds 11
Well. I'll l?e joggin'. I'll keep y
<d. an' lK'tween us we'll make
gai< give a Ii\ in* picture imitation of a g
man without a scalp Itefore we're 1
through with him." ^ n
I.itlle of Plu'lnn's exultation was re- jj
fleeted in the new mayor's f^?ce as the ^
alderman bustled out. His hty lav j
clear before him. and that luty he ^
would follow. Rut he a' . realized
the cost. lie had so co .ted on the
promised talk with I'all Wainwrijrht
the preceding evening. ns** hopes
->f that interview he hat, iked his all.
a it he was to have reee.ved the half
Xlged reward for his months of toil
* ..achievement.
* in view of his pre ent relations
.d Wainwright he >u!d not. of
rse. visit the tinanci home. The
>rs of the house tb- ntained the
uan hP Ioved ha \ barred to
Arid Dallas?whu st she have
'lit of his failure dall?
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