Capital and Public Rights

           BetweenthepassageonJune5,1897,oftheMearsbillsochristenedafterthedoughtyrepresentativewhohadreceivedasmallfortuneforintroducingitanditspresentationtotheChicagoCityCouncilinDecemberofthesameyear,whatbroodings,plottings,politickings,andeditorializingsonthepartofallandsundry!InspiteoftheintensefeelingofoppositiontoCowperwoodtherewasatthesametimeinlocalpubliclifeonestratumofcommercialandphlegmaticsubstancethatcouldnotviewhiminanaltogetherunfavorablelight.Theywereinbusinessthemselves.Hislinespassedtheirdoorsandservedthem.Theycouldnotseewhereinhisstreet-railwayservicedifferedsomuchfromthatwhichothersmightgive.HerewasthetypeofmaterialistwhoinCowperwood’sdefiancesawajustificationofhisownmaterialpointofviewandwasnotafraidtosayso.Butasagainstthesetherewerethepreacherspoorwind-blownsticksofunreasonwhosawonlywhatthecurrentpalaverseemedtoindicate.Againthereweretheanarchists,socialists,single-taxers,andpublic-ownershipadvocates.ThereweretheverypoorwhosawinCowperwood’swealthandinthefabulousstoriesofhisNewYorkhomeandofhisart-collectionaheartlessexploitationoftheirneeds.AtthistimethefeelingwasspreadingbroadcastinAmericathatgreatpoliticalandeconomicchangeswereathandthatthetyrannyofironmastersatthetopwastogivewaytoaricher,freer,happierlifefortherankandfile.

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