Финансист

Chapter LVII

           

           Inthemeanwhile,withButler’sdeath,thecontrolofthepoliticalsituationhadshiftedconsiderably.AcertainTomCollins,formerlyoneofButler’shenchmen,butlatterlyapowerintheFirst,Second,Third,andFourthWards,wherehehadnumeroussaloonsandcontrolofotherformsofvice,appearedasaclaimantforpoliticalrecognition.MollenhauerandSimpsonhadtoconsulthim,ashecouldmakeveryuncertainthedispositionofsomehundredandfifteenthousandvotes,alargenumberofwhichwerefraudulent,butwhichfactdidnotmodifytheirdeadlycharacteronoccasion.Butler’ssonsdisappearedaspossiblepoliticalfactors,andwerecompelledtoconfinethemselvestothestreet-railwayandcontractingbusiness.ThepardonofCowperwoodandStener,whichButlerwouldhaveopposed,becausebykeepingStenerinhekeptCowperwoodin,becameamucheasiermatter.Thescandalofthetreasurydefalcationwasgraduallydyingdown;thenewspapershadceasedtorefertoitinanyway.ThroughStegerandWingate,alargepetitionsignedbyallimportantfinanciersandbrokershadbeensenttotheGovernorpointingoutthatCowperwood’strialandconvictionhadbeenmostunfair,andaskingthathebepardoned.Therewasnoneedofanysucheffort,sofarasStenerwasconcerned;wheneverthetimeseemedripethepoliticianswerequitereadytosaytotheGovernorthatheoughttolethimgo.ItwasonlybecauseButlerhadopposedCowperwood’sreleasethattheyhadhesitated.

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