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Chapter XXXIX

           Hewasapartyjudge—Republicaninprinciple,orratherbelief,beholdentothedominantpartycouncilsforhispersonalcontinuanceinoffice,andassuchwillingandanxioustodowhateverheconsideredthathereasonablycoulddotofurtherthepartywelfareandtheprivateinterestsofhismasters.Mostpeoplenevertroubletolookintothemechanicsofthethingtheycalltheirconsciencetooclosely.Wheretheydo,toooftentheylacktheskilltodisentanglethetangledthreadsofethicsandmorals.Whatevertheopinionofthetimeis,whatevertheweightofgreatinterestsdictates,thattheyconscientiouslybelieve.Someonehassinceinventedthephrase"acorporation-mindedjudge."Therearemanysuch.

           Paydersonwasone.Hefairlyreveredpropertyandpower.TohimButlerandMollenhauerandSimpsonweregreatmen—reasonablysuretoberightalwaysbecausetheyweresopowerful.ThismatterofCowperwood’sandStener’sdefalcationhehadlongheardof.Heknewbyassociatingwithonepoliticallightandanotherjustwhatthesituationwas.Theparty,astheleaderssawit,hadbeenputinaverybadpositionbyCowperwood’ssubtlety.HehadledStenerastray—morethananordinarycitytreasurershouldhavebeenledastray—and,althoughStenerwasprimarilyguiltyastheoriginalmoverinthescheme,Cowperwoodwasmoresoforhavingledhimimaginativelytosuchdisastrouslengths.Besides,thepartyneededascapegoat—thatwasenoughforPayderson,inthefirstplace

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