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Cowperwood and the Governor

           Butthereyouwere—thethingwasinthepapers,thestormofinquiry,opinion,oppositionwason.Nooneknew,noonewastoblame,butitwason,andthebattlehadhenceforthtobefoughtintheopen.

           ConsideralsothegovernorwhopresidedatthistimeintheexecutivechamberatSpringfield.Hewasastrange,tall,dark,osseousmanwho,owingtothebrooding,melancholycharacterofhisowndisposition,hadacheckeredandasomewhatsadcareerbehindhim.BorninSweden,hebadbeenbroughttoAmericaasachild,andallowedorcompelledtofighthisownwayupwardunderallthegrindingaspectsofpoverty.Owingtoanenergeticandindomitabletemperament,hehadthroughyearsoflawpracticeandpubliclaborsofvariouskindsbuiltupforhimselfafollowingamongChicagoSwedeswhichamountedtoadoration.Hehadbeencitytax-collector,citysurveyor,districtattorney,andforsixoreightyearsastatecircuitjudge.Inallthesecapacitieshehadmanifestedatendencytodotherightashesawitandplayfair—qualitieswhichendearedhimtotheidealistic.Honest,andwithahopelessbroodingsympathyforthemiseriesofthepoor,hehadascircuitjudge,andalsoasdistrictattorney,renderedvariousdecisionswhichhadmadehimveryunpopularwiththerichandpowerful—decisionsindamagecases,fraudcases,railroadclaimcases,wherethecityorthestatewasseekingtooustvariouspowerfulrailwaycorporationsfrompossessionofproperty—yards,water-frontages,andthelike,towhichtheyhadnojustclaim.

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