A Political Agreement

           InthefirstandsecondwardsofChicagoatthistime—wardsincludingthebusinessheart,SouthClarkStreet,thewater-front,theriver-levee,andthelike—weretwomen,Michael(aliasSmilingMike)TiernanandPatrick(aliasEmeraldPat)Kerrigan,who,forpicturequenessofcharacterandsordidnessofatmosphere,couldnotbeequaledelsewhereinthecity,ifinthenationatlarge."Smiling"MikeTiernan,proudpossessoroffourofthelargestandfilthiestsaloonsofthisarea,wasamanoflargeandgenialmold—perhapssixfeetoneinchinheight,broad-shoulderedinproportion,withabovinehead,bullet-shapedfromoneangle,andbig,healthy,hairyhandsandlargefeet.Hehaddonemanythingsfromdigginginaditchtooccupyingaseatinthecitycouncilfromthishisbelovedward,whichhesoldoutregularlyforonepurposeandanother;buthischiefpresentjoyconsistedinsittingbehindasolidmahoganyrailingatarosewooddeskinthebackportionofhislargestClarkStreethostelry—"TheSilverMoon."Herehecountedupthereturnsfromhisvariousproperties—salons,gamblingresorts,andhousesofprostitution—whichhemanipulatedwiththeconnivanceorblinkingcourtesyofthepresentadministration,andlistenedtothepleasanddemandsofhishenchmenandtenants.

           ThecharacterofMr.Kerrigan,Mr.Tiernan’sonlyrivalinthisratherdifficultandsordidregion,wassomewhatdifferent.

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