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0 FAR as things political go, Pnt
O'Urlen owns tho town. So far
us tho railroad goes, nnd that
Is to the Jumping off plnco In the
Pacific occnn, Joe Dnlo owns tho
railroad. Halo's railroad mavoB
nnd Iiuh n largo pnrt of Its being
In O'Ilrlon'8 town. Soon or lato
these two men wcro stiro to war
for supremacy In tho town, nnd
this Is tho Btory of how It hap
pened. Tho people of tho town
nnd the stockholders of tho rail
road don't come Into tho story at ull. Thoy only
furnished the sinews of wur, which fact la abun
dant proof that tho story Is true.
I'at O'Urlcn's lown culla him tho cardinal. In
a moment of angry defeat, u sllk-stocklnged ene
my, too pollto to liken Pat to tho devil, sourly
dubbed him n second Cardinal Hlcholloii. The
tinmo tickled the town's fancy, and it stuck.
Tho cardinal didn't mind. Ho was too busy
to cavil at moro nnmes. Ills business as a stock
broker grew with tho town, ho had for customers
men llko John, tho son and honchmnn of Joe
Dalo, and when John bought nnd sold stockB It
was to be supposed that tho cardinal profited
through lnsldo knowledge, Other business friends
were powerful and tholr friendship financially
was worth while. Colonel Legardo, who controls
tho Superior rnllroad, Is nlso president of tho
lntcrstato Electric railway, an oloctrlc road, with
terminals nnd locnl lines In tho town. Tho elec
tric rond needed many political favors nnd tho
cardinal obtained them for it, or for his friend
Colonel Lcgarde. Heally there was no other way
to get nnythlng. Unless nnd until Pnt noddod
hlu head thero was nothing doing, for tho town
council fed out of his hand nnd stato legislators
followed out his orders.
Pat O'llrlon wnxed rich. Hut ono generation
Away from tho "ould sod" his clothes spelled
American business man, but his neckties faded
the solar spectrum to a neutral tint, and marked
tho politician who bought nnd sold franchises nnd
dealt out Jobs1' at .wilt. Knowing tho tlmos to
talk and to koop silence, a loyal friend nnd n doad
ly enemy, he rando money for his stock-dabbling
customers, serenely grafting his political way ns
tho surest means to a dcslrod. end, und was
worth a million and a half, nt least. Ho ownod
tho town.
As John Dale's business of owning tho rnllroad
grow greater nnd moro complex, ho was moro and
moro awny from Lncodaemon for that is hotter
Greek than the rcnl name of tho town, anyhow
It became necessary for him to ask favors of tho
cardinal, and tho fnvoro woro glvon with open
.hand. Dale found it necessary, too, to havo n
dally local organ and a volco wherowlth to fool
tho people. Ho bought tho Dally Planet Publish
ing company, nnd mndo Pat O'Drlon prosldont
Dale regarded tho presidency n rownrd for
favors received und n final binding of tho town
boss to his chariot tall. Tho cnrdlnnl know that
Pollock, tho editor, rocelvcd nil his orders from
Dalo, and rcgnrdod tho presidency as something
of n Joke. Growrto full stnturo among tho othor
rnllroad kings, ruling had bocomo a habit with
Joo Dale. Ho mado and uumado towns arid tho
people In them at will, nnd expoctod no othor In
terest than Joo Dalo'H to bo thought of, or movod
in, or lived for by nny ono connected with hltn.
Sometimes ho mistook his man, ns whon ono
day ho went Into tho ofllco of ono of his omlnont
nnd well-paid legal aids and found tho lawyer
dond to tho outside world nnd Joo Dale's busi
ness In n volumo of Balzac.
Tho railroad king blow up. "I don't pay you to
read dum French novols," ho roared. Tho law
yer looked nt him n long momont.
"Mr. Dalo," ho flnnlly said, "You pay mo for
whnt I know, not what I do. I'll rond dum French
novels" crescendo "or do nny othor dum thing"
forto "nny dum tlmo or nny dum placo" for- -tlsslmo
"I dum plcnsol" ending with u Wngnorlnn
bang on tho tnblo.
w,lorelino!l DnI changed tho subjoct. f
i Dalo thought ho owned tho president of tho
Dnlly Planet company, but tho cardinal had othor
thoughts about tho mnttor. Colonol Legardo
wanted n now franchise for nn extension of tho
Interstate,, to a summer resort, Bomo 30 miles
nwsy, Tho 'proposed extension would pass
through 'another town or two on Its way to tho
InlcS, nnd would parallel Joo Dale's steam road
Now JooDale and tho colonol wero blttorly nil
outs ovor various grabblngs nnd snatchlngs onch
had mado at tho othor's mngnatoshlp. Tho car
dinal could not soo that this concerned him nt
nil, Tho extension would bo a benefit and n
convenience to tho town. Thero was monoy In
it for him. Tho deal was on. ,
Then Joe Dalo catno from Now York nnd sent
or the cnrdlnal. Tho two men faced each other with
tho eyes of poker players In n gntno, keen, deep,
uufnthomablo. For tho rest, It might havo buon
a whiskered farmer In his Sunday suit mooting
a city man, otherwlso correctly clad, wearing a
red, red nscot tlo.
"I hoar," said Dnlo, "That tho Interstate poo
plo want a franchise for that foolish summor re
sort extension of theirs."
"I hear so too," tho cnrdlnal ropllod.
"Well, let's cut It short. Thoy can't got It."
'Tho extension would bo a good thing tor tho
town, Mr. Dnlo."
"I don't want it. It parallels my road. Your
city council must rofuso tho franchise" Hero was
no slushy talk or thought of tho rights of peo
ple or of stockholders. Jt wns "my road," and
"your council." Tho cardinal was undisturbed.
"Tho peoplo want it, Mr. Dalo," ho said, "It will
bo a great convonlonco for travel betweon tho
towns and tho lake,"
Dalo measured his man ngaln. Thoro wero tho
cool, unfathomablo oyos, tho corroct clothoa, tho
red tlo. Tho red nocktlo Bottled It O'Drlon was
only a cheap politician after nil. IIo must bo
shown.
"You know, O'Drlon, the Planot will opposo
thlB thing to tho blttor end, and you aro tho
president of tho Dally Planot Publishing com
pany, it will placo you In a nasty light." This
was no nows to tho cardinal, nnd his eyes wero
accustomed to nasty- lights. But ho said, In tho
(tone of, a tnun who half, surrenders: "1 hadn't
thought 'of 'that"
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"Prvp, tifu&. n PRvrre ttp mar"
fN IPPCR. STOCK-"
"Pollock will roast you," tho mngnato went
on, "Of course ho can't do It by name, but ho
will do you up. You must block this franchise. I
Insist on it, as your friend."
"Well, Mr. Dale, Colonel Lcgarde is my frlond
too," continued tho cardinal.
"Tho extension will pnrnllol my rond. You
must stop it," snapped Dalo, Irritated by tho men
tion of his enomy'B name. Ho cared nothing
about tho extension Itsolf, but that Colonol Le
gardo wanted It was enough to mnko him fight
the franchise. O'Brien know this as tho real rea
son and went on deliberately.
"It will be a hard thing to. do. Colonol Lo
tfardo Is popular "
This hocond mention of Legnrdo was too much
for tho tompor of the rnllroad king. Ho blew up.
"Dum Legnrdo!" ho shontod. "You block that
franchlso or you won't bo president of tho Plan
, et company long."
"Hold on, Mr. Dnlo. Don't got hostile I'd no
lden you woro so dond sot against this thing."
"Well, 1 am. And I don't want to hnvo to toll
you about It again."
"You won't havo, to," tho cardinal assured him,
and dopnrted, well satisfied with tho fact that
ho had mado Dnlo too mnd to see that no prom
Iso hnd been given to block tho obnoxious fran
chlso. Joo Dalo went back to New York convinced
that he had Hhown tho mnn with the red nock
tlo It wns not snfo for Joo Dale's man to fool
with tho Dnlo buzz saw. Apparently ho hnd, for
whon tho franchlso enmo boforo tho council It
was chowed over, chowed up, dolayed, tabled, ta
ken up ngaln, Juggled with, sldo tracked arid
everything but killed outright. Public IntoreBt In
It lagged. Pollock of tho Planet, his fears soothod
by tho parliamentary ncrcbatlcs which ho thought
woro only O'Drlon's mothod of "Bnvlng faco," took
hlmsolf nmUhls loaded editorial pon to Now York
on buslnosB.
This was tho cardinal's tlmo, and ho ncted
quickly. At the next meeting of tho city council
tho franchlso was rushed through. But this was
not nil. In tho nbsouco of Pollock tho -prosldont
of tho Planot compnny assumed authority, nnd
tho morning after, out enmo tho Plnnet with news
descriptions of tho Intorstnto extension, senro
head, first pago, nnd doublo-lcnded ludorsoment of
the council's action, tho need of Lncedaemon for
tho proposed road and tho many benefits It would
bring to tho city, on tho editorial pago. Tho peo
ple rond nnd marveled. Somo laughed and oth
ers of tho knowing ones lookod scared. Dnlo's
VOU BCOCK. . MAC FRflrtCfNSe
or. you wont Be prcsidcnt
oe me Ptonev coMPocvy Loore
guns woro spiked. Ho had no other local means
of attacking tho franchise or tho cnrdlnnl, and
any way tho deed was dono. All wondered what
ho would do.
Thoy didn't wonder long. As fast as a rail
road king can got ovor tho rails, Joo Dalo camo
to Lncedaemon. Ho almost literally throw tho
Dally Planot out of Its ofllcp windows, murdered it
and Jumped on Its corpse. Ho fired Pnt O'Brien
from tho presidency with forco nnd arms. It would
havo been trngic, if cvorybody had not been grin
ning at Dale's futile wrath. As It was, the only
satisluctlon tho lrato railroad king got out of it
was to toll a few party loadors who besought
him to contlnuo tho paper or sell, that ho would
let tho Western Associated press franchise ex
plro rather than see another fool paper llko
that in Lacedaomon. Kven thlB small satisfac
tion waH lessened whon Pollock Insisted on his
Balary being continued to tho end of nn Iron-clad
four-year contract. Mr. Dalo went bnck to Now
York with new ideas about city bosses and their
ways.
Tho episode, for It wns only an episode In tho
Ufo of busy Lncedaemon, was soon almost forgot
ten. Tho cardinal had shown Joo Dale that he
was boss of tho town. Joo Dale had chopped off
tho cardinal's presidential hond In retaliation.
John Dale continued his business friend and cus
tomer, nnd tho wholo affair was dismissed from
tho cardinal's busy mind ns closed, with honors
ovon. .
But Joe Da'lo was not through with Pat
O'Drlon. It is n railroad king's prerogative to
punish, ns well as to reward, and for tho punish
ment of O'Brien, Dalo laid a trap tho effective
ness of which lay entlroly in Its simplicity.
Came John Dnlo ono day to tho cardinal and
said: "Pnt, I havo n prlvato tip that a big kill
ing Is coming off in Nippor stock. Buy mo ten
thousand nt tho market and hold on until I
toll you to lot go."
"All right," said tho cardinal, and bought an
other ten thousand as well for his own account
Nippor advuncod a point. Ho called In a few
choson friends who formed a pool and Invested
heavily. Nipper advanced two points, five polntB.
Pat bought more; ho would pull out whon John
Dalo did and retire from actlvo business with his
profits.
John Dnlo himself hnd gone to New York on
tho day ho gave his order to O'Brien. Within a
day Nipper began to sag. Then It dropped bolow
tho buying point. Tho pool put up jnoro mar
gins. The stock still dropped, swiftly now, nnd
tho other members of tho pool becamo alarmed.
Pnt reassured, them. Thoy'ro shnklng out tho
small blocks of Btock," ho said, "Then you'll boo
her sky-rockot."
Nipper continual to toboggan. Pat's frlonds
wero sorlously concornod. Thoy talked of soil
ing and pockotlng their losses, but ho showed
thorn' his hand. "Look hero," ho said, "John Dnlo
is in this thing up to his neck and wo know where
ho gets his prlvnto tips. Here's what he
has on my books alone. As long ns ho holds on
nnd keeps up his margins, I'm satisfied.!' His
frlendB know th6 cardinal; thoy know ho, too,
was "up to his nock;" they held on.
Suddenly Nipper wont down llko mercury In
blizzard weather. Tho friends wero wildly
alarmed. Thoy Insisted that John Dnlo was giving
Dick tho "doublo cross." Though ho did not bo
llovo It, ho wlrod to New York for special and
prlvuto Investigation of John Dnlo's movoments
thero. And nftor a llttlo dolny tidings enmo that
mado tho pool-sharers vory sick mon. John Dalo
had gono to New York, had a short talk with his
fathor, thon gono straightway to his broker and
sold short ten thousand Nippor nt tho market. Tho
profits on tho sale as tho stock went down would
pay his losses on tho Lacedaomon purchase
Mennwhllo Joo Dnlo would boo to It that Nipper
did go down until Pat O'Brlon wns utterly
swamped.
Of course tho pool mndo hasto to sell out. John
Dnlo's prlvato tip had been n prophecy. A killing
had beon mndo and O'Brien and hlu friends woro
the slaughtered ones. When tho dobrls was final
ly swept up tho cnrdlnal, who hnd plunged florco
ly on his own prlvato account, found hlmsolf poor
or by Bomo 1750,000. It had cost him that much
to dtspboy tho mandate of a railroad king. But
ho still owns Lacedaomon.
John Mitchell, former president of tho Unltod
Mlno Workers of America, continues to work for
tho Improvement, advancement nnd safety of tho
man who tolls with his hnndB.
For o couplo of yoarB now, Mr, Mitchell has
boon connected with tho Notional Civic Federa
tion, an organisation backed by Andrew Carneglo
and other millionaires. His office has to do with
tho welfare of t'jo worklngman nnd results of his
work hnvo shown that no better choice ,could
hnvo been made.
John Mitchell Is u self mndo man. Ho knows
what It Is to toll In n conl mlno. Ho has gono
down In tho pits not knowing whether ho would'
como out alive. Ho has had somo narrow es
capes, nnd he has scon his companions andj
frlonds dlo nt their work. Ho Is noted for nia
klnd-hcurtedness. In tho fall of 1898 ho was vice-president nnd organizer oC
tho Unltod Mlno Workers of America. -Thero was a strlko at tho Vlrden .Coal
company's mlno In Vlrden, 111. For duys tho striding miners camped around
tho stockado tho company had erected for tho protection of Hb property. Mr,
Mitchell, ncompanled by soveral newspaper men, visited tho camp of grim
tollers ono night, and the sights ho witnessed touched his heart Then camq
tho day when tho compnny attempted to land a train-load of negroos, from Alar
bama to tako tho .places of tho whlto mon. Governor Tanner had rofused to
order out tho mllltla to protoct negroes from other states. Thero was a riot,
Nlneteon or twenty men In tho ranks of tho strikers foil dead under thu
fhowcr of bullets from rifles used' by hired detectives from an agency In St.
Louis. Negroos were killed, nnd ono or two guards slain. Tho engineer of
tho train wns shot through tho arm.
Thon came John Mitchell ngaln. He wns what might bo called tho nngol
of mercy to tho stricken families of tho miners. Ho wasn't vlolont; ho couii
eeled peace. Thero was nn element In tho ranks of tho union men, who
thought Mr. Mitchell too peaceful, but In tho long run his policy was found
to be tho winner. No man ever did as much for tho minors as ho.
Tho other day ho went out to St. Louis from Now York and talked on tho
subject closest to his heart that of placing safeguards around tho working
man. He said tholr wero irioro porsons killed in tho United States each yenr
In the pencoful Industrial purBultB than would bo killed If this country nnd
Englnnd wero continually at war, and throo times mora than In any othor na
tion. Ho urged tho need of an automatic compensation for victims of Indus
trial ncldcnta In llou of tho employers' liability protection.
GORE SHOCKED SENATORS
ThomnB Pryor Gore, the blind senator from
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e-. , vsiwuiiuiliu, uauouu ilia icuun uieiuuuiB ui mu uu-
f" i l)M I tcd stat0B Bonnte to Blt UP nnJ tako notlco a day v
or so oorore me adjournment oi congress. it
takes n great deal to causo tho staid old sonato
to show anything llko a panic, but when Senator
Goro lntlmatedthat an effort had been mado to
bribo htm to tho extent of $25,000 to $50,000 In
connection with legislation affecting $3,000,000 in
attorney's fees for services rendered to tho
Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, in land and
township sites, the senator gavo immediate at
tention. Thon when tho senator involved two former
members of tho sennto In tho alleged plot tho
upper branch of congress strained its cars to
catch every word. Tho nonator's charges , reached
across tho capitol to tho house sldo, and a membor of tho lowor branch also
was dragged Into tho affair.
Of courso tho sonato ordered an investigation, but it has Blnco been
found that no money Is available and It may bo somo tlmo before tho matter
Is thoroughly threshed out.
By reason of being blind, Senntor Goro attracts unBual attention In con
gress. When no was eight years of age ho wa3 acldentally struck with a
stick by a playmate and ho lost his left eye. Three year slator tho senator
suffered tho Iosb of his rlglSt eye, when au arrow from a cross-bow, drawn by
another playmate, struck him.
Mr. Goro did not lot tho Iosb of his oycBlghL Interfere with his schooling.
Ho was graduated from a normal school and then went through Cumberland
university, In Tennessee. Ho was married to Miss Nina Kay, In 1900, and
abo has been a great help to him in his reading. Ho removed to Toxas la
1895, and was a dolegate to tho National Populist convention In St. Louis, In
189C. Ho was nominated by the Populists aB a candldato for congress, but
was defeated. After ho had removed to Oklahoma In 1901 ho becamo a mem
ber of tho Territorial council, and whon Oklahoma becamo a Btato, ho was
elected senator1.
HARMON FIRST IN CONTEST
Judson Harmon, governor of Ohio, who has
been renominated by tho Democrats of his stato
for a second term, Is tho 11 rat In tho field for tho
presidential nomination in 1912. Of courso a
great deal depends upon whether ho Is elected
this fall, but his friends nro sanguine of suc
cess. Should ho bo defeated In bin raco for gov
ernor It naturally would put hlra out of tho con
test for tho presidency.
Governor Harmon was born in Hamilton coun
ty, Ohio, In 184C. His fathor was a clorgyman.
Ho was graduated from Denlson university In
18GG, ami from tho Cincinnati Law school in
1809. The first public office ho held was that of
common plons Judgo from 187C to 1878. Thon ho
becamo Judgo of tho superior court of Cincinnati,
holding this ofllco from 1878 to 1887, when he re
signed to resume the practise of law. On Juno 8, 1895, Prcsldont Cleveland
called Judgo Harmon to his cabinet as attorney general. Ho hold this Impor
tant position two years and again wont back to the practise of his profession.
Ho was prosldont of the Ohio Bar association and membor of tho faculty of
tho law dopartmcut of tho University of Cincinnati.
In January, 1910, ho took tho oath of oflico as governor of tho Buckeyo
stato to servo two years. His ronomlnatlon nnd his endorsement ns tho par
ty's caudldnte f6r president by tho Ohio convention spenkB louder than words
so far as his record as governor is concerned.
JUSTICE MOODY TO RETIRE
Because of his continued illness, Associate
Justlco William H. Moody of tho United States
supdomo court must roslgn. Under tho law a
momber of tho court must servo ton years beforo
ho can rotlro on pay. To aid Justlco Moody, Sen
ator Lodge Introduced In 'tho sennto a hill giving
him his pay In future because It was lllnoss nnd
not a deslro to enter other business that caused
his Innblllty to give his attention to court duties.
Justlco Moody was attorney general when
Prosldont Roosovolt nppolntod him to tho bonch
In 190C. Ho has beon ltl much of tho tlmo slnco
thon, but It was not until about ono your ago
that his ailment took such n serious turn that ho
was not able to glvo IiIb uttontlon to lila duties.
Justlco Moody is a nntfyo of Massachusetts
and a graduate of Harvnrd. Ho wns admlttod to
tho practise of law In 1878, and served n3 solicitor for Haverhill and district
attorney for tho eastern district of Massachusetts. Ho wus olectod to tho
Fifty-fourth congrosB from tho Sixth district to All a vacancy, nnd was ulso
a member of tho Fifty-fifth. Fifty-sixth and Flfty-sovcnth congresses. Ho was
ecretary of tho navy for two years boforo ho was attorney general,'
