Chapter XXIV

           TheconditionoftheRepublicanpartyatthistimeinPhiladelphia,itsrelationshiptoGeorgeW.Stener,EdwardMaliaButler,HenryA.Mollenhauer,SenatorMarkSimpson,andothers,willhavetobebrieflyindicatedhere,inordertoforeshadowCowperwood’sactualsituation.Butler,aswehaveseen,wasnormallyinterestedinandfriendlytoCowperwood.StenerwasCowperwood’stool.MollenhauerandSenatorSimpsonwerestrongrivalsofButlerforthecontrolofcityaffairs.SimpsonrepresentedtheRepublicancontroloftheStatelegislature,whichcoulddictatetothecityifnecessary,makingnewelectionlaws,revisingthecitycharter,startingpoliticalinvestigations,andthelike.Hehadmanyinfluentialnewspapers,corporations,banks,athisbeckandcall.MollenhauerrepresentedtheGermans,someAmericans,andsomelargestablecorporationsaverysolidandrespectableman.Allthreewerestrong,able,anddangerouspolitically.ThetwolattercountedonButler’sinfluence,particularlywiththeIrish,andacertainnumberofwardleadersandCatholicpoliticiansandlaymen,whowereasloyaltohimasthoughhewereapartofthechurchitself.Butler’sreturntothesefollowerswasprotection,influence,aid,andgood-willgenerally.Thecity’sreturntohim,viaMollenhauerandSimpson,wasintheshapeofcontractsfatonesstreet-paving,bridges,viaducts,sewers.AndinorderforhimtogetthesecontractstheaffairsoftheRepublicanparty,ofwhichhewasabeneficiaryaswellasaleader,mustbekeptreasonablystraight.

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