News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-13

for humanity's loss and ruin than any
machine cares for the dust that whirls
through it's mechanism, to be blown out
over the world or trod under foot to
rise and be swept again into the rush
of the wheels that with metallic heart
lessness grind on, doing the will of
their maker, but caring for no mans
soul.
1t seemed to them all during the
weeks that followed that the city was
awakening to some stern reality of its
moral obligations. AS the young judge
had said that night when he appeared
at Hope House. The hour of the peo-
pie is at hand" He himself, sometimes
alone, oftener with Gordon or Fal-
mouth, night after night addressed
great mass meetings held under the di-
rection of church or tenn or mu-
nicipal reform bodies. Fa.-.,4th and
score of other ministers organized the
| young people into campaign material.
The pulpit began to speak out. The pa
| pers contained columns Of very free adj
vertising of Tommy Randall and his
methods. Chambers voice spoke
, through an astonishing number Of Ell
| torials and other articles, exposing long
standing cases of awful incompetency
and fraud in the city government. The
| storm of the peoples fury rose and
grew with every nights gathering, and
the storm center was literally the Wa
terside district.
Under the leadership Of Gordon,
Chambers and Falmouth hundreds Of
business men visited the tenement
houses and saw for the first time the
horrors that were intensified by the
machine. Hundreds Of them were tax
en- by Miss Andrews or Gordon to
Tommy Randall's double decker, which
had gone steadily up through all the
rising of the Storm and the lawlessneSs
of his acts was visible illustration of
the whole situation. Miss Andrews
had written to Mrs. Captain George
Efingham telling her the situation,
and that old lady had replied: Use
the first hundred thousand if necessary
In carrying on the campaign and the
second also. | will try to find some
more if you only succeed in cleaning
out Mr.. Thomas Randall"
So the settlement workers thanked
God and plunged into the thick of the
fight as it grew in power, for every
saloon interest, every gambling hell,
every house of evil fame, fought for
it's miserable life. For once almost
like magic. to the establishment of evil,
all the good of the city appeared to
be united, on it's knees praying, on it's
feet working. And as the campaign
drew near its climax every dark and
hideous viper that had fattened in
the security of years of protection
from the city crawled out of its hole
and showed it's ugly and poisonous
front, rearing it against an assault
that for the first time in history was
really doing something to vindicate the
name of the stern righteousness of God
IN men.
One morning John Gordon, going by
Tommy Randall's double decker, found
1t deserted of workmen. 1t had gone
up three stories and half.
When Miss Andrews heard the news,
she said: THAT means that Tommy is
in need of campaign funds. He has
spent fortune already. If that dumb
bell is never finished
1--WE will let it stand as a monument
of victory" said Gordon.
Two evenings later Gordon, Fal-
mouth, Chambers and Miss Andrews
went together to monster mass meet
ing. All four of them spoke. Miss An
drews was received with a great DEM
onstration. When Chambers spoke, it
was noticeable that hundreds of men
and women representing the wealth
and fashion of the city were there, and
that, although he uttered the most
scathing rebuke of the selfish wealthy
people who Stunned all civic RESPONSE
bility, they listened with positive adj
miration to speech that was torrent
Of eloquence, for Chambers was an
aristocrat himself and could not be re-
pudated by any of the city's most
cultured or refined circles. Mrs. Pen
rose was present that night with I.uella
and Archie. They all heard Miss An
drews, with genuine surprise at her
ability. Chambers provoked their APP
plause even while he angered them by
his prophets denunciation of their
wicked selhshness. Falmouth's speech
was calm but earnest appeal to the
conscience and every nearer was more
honestly thoughtful for it. Then Cor
don rose.
ITO be continued)