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The New Administration

           Stimson,Avery,McKibben,VanSickle,andotherswereonCowperwood’sbehalfactingseparatelyuponvariousunattachedaldermen—thosenottemperamentallyandchronicallyalliedwiththereformidea—andmakingthemunderstandthatiftheycouldfinditpossibletorefrainfromsupportinganti-Cowperwoodmeasuresforthenexttwoyears,abonusintheshapeofanannualsalaryoftwothousanddollarsoragiftinsomeotherform—perhapsatroublesomenoteindorsedoramortgagetakencareof—wouldbeforthcoming,togetherwithaguaranteethatthegeneralpublicshouldneverknow.Innocasewassuchanoffermadedirect.Friendsorneighbors,orsuaveunidentifiedstrangers,broughtmysteriousmessages.Bythismethodsomeelevenaldermen—quiteapartfromthetenregularDemocratswho,becauseofMcKentyandhisinfluence,couldbecountedupon—hadbeenalreadysuborned.AlthoughSchryhart,Hand,andArneeldidnotknowit,theirplans—evenastheyplanned—werebeingthusundermined,and,tryastheywould,thecovetedordinanceforablanketfranchisepersistentlyeludedthem.Theyhadtocontentthemselvesforthetimebeingwithafranchiseforasingle‘L’roadlineontheSouthSideinSchryhart’sownterritory,andwithafranchisetotheGeneralElectriccoveringonlyoneunimportantline,whichitwouldbeeasyforCowperwood,ifhecontinuedinpower,totakeoveratsomelatertime.

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