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International hotel were frequently
seen a smalt coterie of senators and
congressmen who bad become known
to the sarcastic party bosses In both
honses of congress as the "Langdon
crowd," which crowd was admitted to
be somewhat of a factor when it final- j
ly prevailed on the president to take
over 11.000 postmasters from the ap- !
pointment class and put thorn under
the control-of the civil service commission,
resulting in the 'necessity of a
Competitive examination for these
postmasters instead of their securing
positions through*political favoritism.
Those wlio did not know Langdon
Intimately suggested that "this fellow
ought to be "taken care of.' What in
God's name docs he want? A commit- >
\ n omh???cndnr<;Iiin
ICCM1U1I IUUUCHH'. .IHUU1V-W?V. ,
for some Mississippi charcoal burner?
A couple of federal judgeships for his j
friends? Well, whatever it is. give it
to him and get him in with the rest 1
of us!"
Again It was Peabodv who had the 1
deciding say.
' There's ouly one thing worse than
a young reformer, and that's- an old
one," he laughed bitterly at a secret
conclave at his apartment in the lux- '
urlous Lonis Napoleon hotel. "The
young one thinks he is going to live
and wants 'our future profits lor himself
The old one thinks he's going
to die, and he's sore at leaving so '
much graft behind him."
Heads and hearts thinking and throbbing
together, Langdon and his secretary,
Haines, plodded along. They
had learned to lean on each other,
the- young gaining inspiration from the
old, the old gaining strength from the
young. They loved each other, and.
more than any love, they trusted one
another. And Hope Georgia watched
It all and rejoiced, for she believed
with all the accrued erudition of eighteen
years of innocent girlhood tjiat
Mr. Bud Haines was quite the finest ,
specimen of young manhood this !
world had ever produced. How could |
he have happened! She was sure that j
she had never met his equal, not even
In that memorable week she had spent
In Jackson.
The passing weeks taught Haines
that he was deeply In love with Carolina,
and, though he had endeavored
to keep the knowledge of this from
her, her woman's intuition had told her
his secret and she stifled the momen
tary regrets that flitted Into her mind,
because she was now In "the game"
herself, the Washington game, that
ensnares the woman as well as the
man and makes her a slave to Its fancy.
No one but herself and Norton
knew how deeply she had "plunged"
on a certain possible turn of the political
cards. She must.not, she could
not, lose If life Itself were to remain j
of value to her. and on her sway over
this secretary she was told It all depended.
A subject that for some unexplainable
reason frequently lodged in
Haines' mind was that of the apparent
assiduity with which Mrs. Spangler
cultivated Senator Langdon's friendship.
For several years she had occupied
a high social position at the capital,
he well knew, but various indefinite.
intangible rumors he had heard,
he could not state exactly where, had
tnade him regret her growing intimacy
. with the girls and with the senator.
They had met her through letters or
Introduction of the most trustworthy
and assuring character from people of
highest social rank In Virginia, where
the Langdons had many friends, but
eren so, Haines real teed, people who
write introductory letters are sometimes
thoughtless in considering all the
circumstances of the parties they introduce,
and residents of Virginia who
had not been in the capital for years
might be forgiven for not knowing of
all the more recent developments in
the lives of those they knew in Washington.
While not wishing to have the
senator know of his Intention, the secretary
determined to Investigate Mrs.
Spangler and her present mode of life
I at his first opportunity, hoping the
' while that his quest would reveal her
to be what the Langdons considered
her?a widow of wealth, fashion and
reserve who resided at the capital because
the memories of her late husband.
a former "congressman* of high,
standing, were associated with it.
trailing at toe jutuguuus uvusc
evening in February to receive directions
regarding important work for the
h next day. Haines
t??l was somewhat j
puzzled at the pe- i
/^* culiar smile on
/. \J/Vjl . J the senator's face. 1
(0 piij ' i Answering the j
y secretary's 1 o o k j
1^/vT^Wy of Inqu1^*' tLc'
Vin rl/ MississiPPla?'
Ml'\r S~eatoM
f j[t I \ * j that I can; name
I'll ' \2lL tbe new hoider of
^ i a five thousand
-I?. dollar a year position
in the de- j
partment of com-1
__ T~ rnerce and labor
m VJ* and that If I have
Haines. .
no one in particular
from my state to name?that?that
yoa would be a good man for the job.
First I was glad for your sake, my
boy, for if you wanted It you could
have the position. But on thinking it 1
over it seemed there might be something
behind it not showing on the surface."
"It'B a trick," said Haines. "Who
made the offer?"
"Senator Stevens."
"I might have known." hotly responded*
the secretary. "There's a
crowd that wants you and me separated.
Thought this bait too much for
me to resist, did they?" Then he ;
paused, rubbing his fingers through his
hair in a perplexed manner. "Strange,
Isn't it, senator, that a man of your
party is offered this desirable piece of
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patronage, entirely unsolkited on y.:;jr
part, from the administration of an
other, a different political party? Especially
when that other party has so
many huugry would be 'tax eaters'
clamoring to enter the 'land of milk
and honey.' I think Stevens deliberately"?
"There, there. Bud." broke in Langdou.
"you mustn't say anything against
Senator Stevens to me. True, he associates
with some folks I don't approve
of. but that doesn't necessarily mean
anything wrong, and I myself have always
found him thoroughly honest."
"Yes," muttered the secretary, following
the senator Into the library,
"you've always found him honest because
you think everybody's honest?
but Steveus is Just the doctor who will
cure you of this ailment, this chronic
trustfulness." i
Haines laughed softly. "When Teabody's
little Stevie gets through hacking
at the prostrate body of political
purity his two handed sword of i*>litical
corruption will need new edges."
thus rar neuner me senator uor u?
secretary had suspicion of any questionable
deal in regard to the gulf
naral base. The rush of other events,
particularly the fight over the reduction
of the tariff,
had pushed this
project tempora- /pi
rily into the back- fyA
ground so far as /'j % 7 ^
they were con- / | jTi J \ .
cerned, though A / j| I
the "boss of the j|Ml f /
senate" and his | \ \ l Vj i 1
satellites had y I / /\
been losing no \. /wj 1 j \ j
time in perfect- ? 1 | ?I? '
ing their plans J]~~T? 1 [
regarding the i / \l J
choice of Altacoo- | h VLt,
la as the site. 1
Peabody and ^?
Stevens had in- [JJ
geniously exploited
Langdon at "Bc"f see, Senator
every possible opportunity
in relation to the naval base.
Asked about new developments in the
committee on naval affairs, the ready
answer was: "Better see Senator
Langdon. He knows an sdouc me
naval base; has the matter in full
charge. I really know little about it"
So by hiding behind the unsuspecting
old hero of Crawfordsville they
diverted from'.themselves any possible
suspicion and placed Langdon where
he would have to beer the brunt of
the great scandal that would, they
well knew, come out at some future
time ? after their foul conspiracy
against the nation had been' consummated,
after the fruits of their betrayal
had been-soured.
What, after, all, the schemers concluded,
is the little matter of an investigation
among senators to guilty senators
who, deep- ^
ly versed in the
law, have destroyed
every
compromising y
document that /V
could be ad mis- t \
sib 1 e as evl- V "/
dence? / 1\ \ y
Why, the senate I \f
tpnnlil annnfnt / 'in | ,
an Investigating f |f\IJ
committee and 1 lZiw;
Investigate Itself,
would it
not, when the a
ridiculous scan- ?
dal came? And,
. , . . \covldfearhtvu><'fft
And what senator
would fear himself, or for himself,
as he investigated himself, when
the blame had already been put publicly
on some one else, some simple
minded old soul who could go back to
his cotton fields in Mississippi and for- i
get all about it, strong in his Innocence, ,
even though shorn of reputation, and I
desire to live?
CHAPTER X.
WHEN SENATORS DISAGREE.
TUB wiseacres of Washington had
nightly predicted that the'Site
of the hundred million dollar
gulf naval base would be
decided on in March after the excitement
and gayety attending the presidential
inauguration had subsided.
On the morning of the day before
this action of the committee on naval
affairs was to be taken Secretary
Haines sat at his desk in Senator
Langdon's committee room in the capitoL
Richard Cullen,/the favorite associate
of Haines in his journalistic
days, ont earlier than usual on his
daily round of the departments for
news for his Chicago paper, had
strolled in and attempted a few of his
evnlplsms. Haines usual
ly found them entertaining, but these
were directed at Senator Langdon.
"Now, let me tell you something,
Dick," the secretary answered firmly.
"Don't you work off all yonr dyspeptic
ideas in this neighborhood. My senator
is a rrrra! man? They can't appreciate
liim np because lie's hor.est
-crystal clear ! used to think i Unew
what a dec1' citizen, a real man. j
ought to be. but lie's taught me some 1
new thi'iT* iie'ii teach tbein all some- j
thing before l r gets Jbroiigh."
Cuilen bung uiie leg over Haines' I
desk.
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tleman
ississippi
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Y THOMAS A. WISE
"You're a nice, quiet, genuemaniy little
optimist, and I like you, old fellow,"
retorted Cullen. "But don't deceive
yourself too much. Your Senator
Langdon Is personally one of the best
ever. But he was born a mark, and a
mark he'll be to the end of time.
"He looks good now. Sure, I like his
speeches, and all that, but just wait.
When some of
those old foxes in
^ the senate want
^ w W. to put his head
\*A J\ in the bag and tie
/\ H Jown' they
\Z//1 won't have any
f 7 I trouble at all."
1/ / \v.~~Tj* Smiling, Haines
I / WjkV^^v Io?ke<l up at his
I 1 cynical friend.
"The bag '11
^CST"" have to go over
fl| my bead, too," he
? said with a nod.
"You're a nice little "Well, I don't
optimist." know that Teabody
'd have to strain himself very
much or get such an awful big bag to
drop you both in, if it comes right
down to that, old chap. You're making
a mistake. You're as bad as your old
? 1_ - X MM.i?
man. loure a oeaumui pair ui optimists,
and you a good newspaper man,
too?it's a shame!"
After momentary hesitation Cuilen
continued, thoroughly serious.
"Bud, my old friend." he said in low
tone, glancing quickly about, "there's
one thing that you've got to put a
stop to. It's hurting you."
The secretary's face showed his bewilderment.
"What do you meanT"*4^ snapped
abruptly. "Out with it!"
"I mean," replied Culleu, "that ruxmors
are going around that yon are
keeping Langdon away from the crowd
of 'insiders' In the senate for your own )
purposes?that, in short, you plan to"?
"I understand," was the quick interruption.
"I am accused of wanting to
'deliver* Senator Langdon, guarantee
his vote, on some graft proposition, so
that I can get the money and not he
himself. Consequently I'm tipping him
off on what measures are honest, so
that he'll vote for them, until?until
I'm offered my price, then influence
him to vote for some big crooked
scheme, telling him it is all right. He
votes as I suggest, and I get the
money!"
"That's what 'delivering ? man'
means in Washington," dryly answered
the Chicago correspondent "It
means winning a man's confidence, his
support, his rote, through friendship
and then selling it for cash"?
"But you, Dick, you have"?
"Of course, old man, I have denied
the truth of this. I knew you too well
to doubt you. Still, the yarn is hurting
yon. Remember that western senxtOr
who was 'delivered' twice, both
Ways, on a graft bill?" he laughingly
asked the secretary.
"Should say I did, Dick. That is
the record for that game. It was a
corporation measure. One railroad
wanted it; another opposed it The
senator innocently told an eastern senator
that he was going to rote for the
bill. Then the easterner went to the
railroad wanting the bin passed-and
got $7,000 oa his absolute promise Jhat
he would get Senator X. to vote for it,
who, of course, did vote for.it"
"Yes," said Culleii, "and later, when
Senator X. beard that Senator Z. had
got money for Lis vote, he was wild.
Then when another effort was made
to pass the bill (which had been defeated)
the 'delivered' senator said to
Z. as he met him unexpectedly: 'You
scoundrel, here's where I get square
with you to some extent Anyway,
I'm going to vote against that bill this
time ana mase a Jong speecn agauui
it too.' Senator Z. then hustled to
the lobbyist of the railroad that- wanted
the bill killed r.nti guaranteed him
that for $10,000 Hie conld get Senator
X. to change his vote, to vote against
the bill."
"And he got the money, too, both
ways," added Haines as Cnllen concluded,
"and. both railroads to this day
think that X. received the money from
a"
"Of course," said Cullen, "but X.
was to blame, though. lie didn't
know enough, to keep to himself how
he was going to vote." Any man that
talks that way will be 'delivered.'"
"I know how to stop those rumors,
for I'm sure it's ' Tea body's work, he
thinking Langdon will hear the talk
and mistrust me," began Haines, when
in came Senator Langdon himself, his
face beaming contentedly. Little did
the junior senator from Mississippi
realize that lie was soon to face the
severest trial, the most vital crisis, of
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