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Wanted — Fifty-year Franchises

           Yetnonethelessdidhehesitatetopressonthemeasurewhichwastoadjusthisownfuture,tomakeprofitablehisissueoftwohundredmilliondollars’worthofUnionTraction,tosecurehimafixedplaceinthefinancialoligarchyofAmericaandoftheworld.

           Thestatelegislatureatthistimewasruledoverbyasmallgroupofwire-pulling,pettifogging,corporation-controlledindividualswhocameupfromtherespectivetowns,counties,andcitiesofthestate,butwhoborethesamerelationtothecommunitieswhichtheyrepresentedandtotheirsuperiorsandequalsinandoutofthelegislativehallsatSpringfieldthatmendotosuchalliesanywhereinanygivenfield.Whydowecallthempettifogginganddismissthem?Perhapstheywerepettifogging,butcertainlynomoresothananyothershrewdratoranimalthatburrowsitswayonward—andshallwesayupward?Thedeepestcontrollingprinciplewhichanimatedtheseindividualswastheoldestandfirst,thatofself-preservation.Picture,forexample,acommonoccurrence—thatofSenatorJohnH.Southack,conversingwith,perhaps,SenatorGeorgeMasonWade,ofGallatinCounty,behindalegislativedoorinoneofthesenateconferencechamberstowardthecloseofasession—SenatorSouthack,blinking,buttonholinghiswell-dressedcolleagueanddrawingverynear;SenatorWade,curious,confidential,expectant(agenial,solid,experienced,slightlypaunchybutwell-builtSenatorWade—andhandsome,too).

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