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An Election Draws Near

           CowperwoodandMcKentyweredenouncedfromnearlyeverystreet-cornerinChicago.Wagonsandsign-boardsonwheelswerehauledaboutlabeled"Breakthepartnershipbetweenthestreet-railwaycorporationsandthecitycouncil.""Doyouwantmorestreetsstolen?""DoyouwantCowperwoodtoownChicago?"Cowperwoodhimself,comingdown-townofamorningordrivinghomeofanevening,sawthesethings.Hesawthehugesigns,listenedtospeechesdenouncinghimself,andsmiled.Bynowhewasquiteawareastowhencethispowerfuluprisinghadsprung.Handwasbackofit,heknew—forsoMcKentyandAddisonhadquicklydiscovered—andwithHandwasSchryhart,Arneel,Merrill,theDouglasTrustCompany,thevariouseditors,youngTrumanLeslieMacDonald,theoldgascrowd,theChicagoGeneralCompany—all.Heevensuspectedthatcertainaldermenmightpossiblybesubornedtodeserthim,thoughallprofessedloyalty.McKenty,Addison,Videra,andhimselfwereplanningthedetailsoftheirdefensesascarefullyandeffectivelyaspossible.Cowperwoodwasfullyalivetothefactthatifhelostthiselection—thefirsttobevigorouslycontested—itmightinvolveaseriouschainofevents;buthedidnotproposetobeundulydisturbed,sincehecouldalwaysfightinthecourtsbymoney,andbyprefermentinthecouncil,andwiththemayorandthecityattorney."Thereismorethanonewaytokillacat,"wasoneofhispetexpressions,anditexpressedhislogicandcourageexactly.Yethedidnotwishtolose.

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