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A Political Agreement

           Theywerereallynotlargeenoughmentallytounderstandhowdangerousoutsideofcertainfieldsofactivitytheyweretotheparty.

           AfterhisconferencewithHand,Gilgan,goingaboutthecitywiththepromiseofreadycashonhislips,wasabletoarouseconsiderableenthusiasmfortheRepublicancause.Inthewardsandsectionswheretheso-called"betterelement"prevaileditseemedprobable,becauseoftheheavymoralteachingofthenewspapers,thattherespectablevotewouldarrayitselfalmostsolidlythistimeagainstCowperwood.Inthepoorerwardsitwouldnotbesoeasy.True,itwaspossible,byasufficientoutlayofcash,tofindcertainhardybucaneerswhocouldbeinducedtoknifetheirownbrothers,buttheresultwasnotcertain.HavingheardthroughonepersonandanotherofthedisgruntledmoodofbothKerriganandTiernan,andrecognizinghimself,evenifhewasaRepublican,tobeamanmuchmoreoftheirownstripethaneitherMcKentyorDowling,Gilgandecidedtovisitthatlustypairandseewhatcouldbedonebywayofalienatingthemfromthepresentcenterofpower.

           Afterduereflectionhefirstsoughtout"EmeraldPat"Kerrigan,whomheknewpersonallybutwithwhomhewasbynomeansintimatepolitically,athis"EmporiumBar"inDearbornStreet.

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