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Capital and Public Rights

           Anationaleight-hour-daylawwasbeingadvocated,andthepublicownershipofpublicfranchises.Andherenowwasagreatstreet-railwaycorporation,servingapopulationofamillionandahalf,occupyingstreetswhichthepeoplethemselvescreatedbytheirpresence,takingtollfromallthesehumblecitizenstotheamountofsixteenoreighteenmillionsofdollarsintheyearandgivinginreturn,sothepaperssaid,poorservice,shabbycars,noseatsatrush-hours,nouniversaltransfers(asamatteroffact,therewereinoperationthreehundredandsixty-twoseparatetransferpoints)andnoadequatetaxontheimmensesumsearned.Theworkingmanwhoreadthisbygasorlamplightinthekitchenorparlorofhisshabbyflatorcottage,andwhoreadalsoinothersectionsofhispaperofthefree,reckless,gloriouslivesoftherich,felthimselftobedefraudedofaportionofhisrightfulinheritance.ItwasallaquestionofcompellingFrankA.CowperwoodtodohisdutybyChicago.Hemustnotagainbeallowedtobribethealdermen;hemustnotbeallowedtohaveafifty-yearfranchise,theprivilegeofgrantingwhichhehadalreadyboughtfromthestatelegislaturebythedegradationofhonestmen.Hemustbemadetosuccumb,toyieldtotheforcesoflawandorder.ItwasclaimedandwithajusticeofwhichthosewhomadethechargewerebynomeansfullyawarethattheMearsbillhadbeenputthroughthehouseandsenatebytheuseofcoldcash,profferedeventothegovernorhimself.

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