Финансист

Chapter XXXIV

           

           "Thisisagreatdumbshow,Mr.Mayor,"heobservedoncetoBorchardt,quietly,andthelatterreplied,withasmileandakindlyeye,thatasfarashewasconcerned,itwasaformofprocedurewhichwasabsolutelyunavoidableatthistime.

           "Youknowhowitis,Mr.Cowperwood,"heobserved.Thelattersmiled."Ido,indeed,"hesaid.

           Latertherefollowedseveralmoreorlessperfunctoryappearancesinalocalpolicecourt,knownastheCentralCourt,wherewhenarraignedhepleadednotguilty,andfinallyhisappearancebeforetheNovembergrandjury,where,owingtothecomplicatednatureofthechargedrawnupagainsthimbyPettie,hethoughtitwisetoappear.Hewasproperlyindictedbythelatterbody(Shannon,thenewlyelecteddistrictattorney,makingademonstrationinforce),andhistrialorderedforDecember5thbeforeacertainJudgePaydersoninPartIofQuarterSessions,whichwasthelocalbranchoftheStatecourtsdealingwithcrimesofthischaracter.Hisindictmentdidnotoccur,however,beforethecomingandgoingofthemuch-mootedfallelection,whichresulted,thankstothecleverpoliticalmanipulationsofMollenhauerandSimpson(ballot-boxstuffingandpersonalviolenceatthepollsnotbarred),inanothervictory,by,however,agreatlyreducedmajority.TheCitizens’MunicipalReformAssociation,inspiteofaresoundingdefeatatthepolls,whichcouldnothavehappenedexceptbyfraud,continuedtofirecourageouslyawayatthosewhomitconsideredtobethechiefmalefactors.

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