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A Marauder Upon the Commonwealth

           

           Strangetostate,atthisveryinstanttheauthenticMulliganactuallyappearedheraldedaloudbyseveralofhiscolleagueswhohappenedtobelingeringnearbyinthelobby.WhereupontheanomalousMr.GerardandthecraftySenatorLadrigodiscreetlywithdrew.NeedlesstosaythatMr.Rotherhitehurriedatoncetotheforcesofrighteousness.Thepressshouldspreadthislittlestorybroadcast.Itwasaverymeatyincident;anditbroughtthewholematteroncemoreintothefatal,poisonousfieldofpressdiscussion.

           AtoncetheChicagopapersflewtoarms.ThecrywasraisedthatthesameoldsinisterCowperwoodianforceswereatwork.Themembersofthesenateandthehouseweresolemnlywarned.Thesterlingattitudeofex-GovernorSwansonwasheldupasanexampletothepresentGovernorArcher."Thewholeidea,"observedaneditorialinTrumanLeslieMacDonald’sInquirer,"smacksofchicane,politicalsubtlety,andpoliticaljugglery.WelldothecitizensofChicagoandthepeopleofIllinoisknowwhoandwhatparticularorganizationwouldprovethetruebeneficiaries.Wedonotwantapublic-servicecommissionatthebehestofaprivatestreet-railwaycorporation.ArethetentaclesofFrankA.Cowperwoodtoenvelopthislegislatureastheydidthelast?"

           Thisbroadside,cominginconjunctionwithvarioushostilerumblingsinotherpapers,arousedCowperwoodtoemphaticlanguage.

           "Theycanallgotothedevil,"hesaidtoAddison,onedayatlunch.

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