The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-27

Il tell You the people are honest at
heart and rally naturally to a leader
who shows them he is trustworthy
Now with the salary from this office,
think we can manage, don't you,
dear?"
mot yet Ray" said Mary, softly. 81
want to see you tried first. You know
you have not been against the trials
and temptations of actual power. 1t
is one thing to talk high ideals and an
other to do those things which make
for them and especially leave undone
those things which injure and stifie
them. Let us wait little longer.
I do not want to depend on the
emoluments of so delicate public
Office for our happiness. l do not want
to be the burden that may make it
seem necessary to keep the position or
to misuse it."
| ooh, pshaw!" he replied, nettled.
"You have no faith in me-"
81 have the greatest faith" she re-
piled, "and l want always to keep It.
1t would kill me to lose It,"
Mcintosh was duly nominated and
elected, and attended a meeting of the
board at the state capital. He went
armed to resist all sorts of brides or
entangling alliances and was some
/ what surprised as the days went on
| that not the slightest advances of any
sort were made to him; not only in the
way of offers of money or advantage to
| conserve the interests of corporations,
but not even arguments regarding the
matters pending. In fact he could detect
not the slightest sign of the lobby so
much talked Of in the newspapers.
The discussion was wholly business
like and resembled more the meeting
of a board of directors of corporation
than the deliberations of political
body. Every matter was taken up and
discussed entirely upon its merits and
from business standpoint. And try
as he would he could not detect the
slightest hint of the grave scandals of
which the newspapers talked so much.
He returned home mystified and dis
appointed and told Mary about it.
81 don't see any chance to 90 anything
down there" he said "Why, it's sim
ply matter of bookkeeping and fig
ures. l might as well get job in a
bank. If they're robbing the people,
there certainly are no signs. Why the
few suggestions 1 made were listened
to with as much consideration as 1
could desire and figured over and in
most cases acted on. In the exceptional
cases was shown so clearly that was
in the wrong that I gladly withdrew
all opposition. 1t looks to me to be the
honestest thing I ever saw"
"I'm glad of It," said Mary, "but
don't be off your guard"
Some months later Mcintosh was
given the biggest case he ever had. It
was from a great corporation in the
city and accompanied by a substantial
retainer, together with the promise of
a fee if he should win it, that made
his eyes bulge. He worked hard on
the case and was frequently called to
the city to consult with the attorneys
and officers of the corporation regard
ing the matter He was treated with
the greatest consideration, his bills
paid at the hotels, was taken to lunch
at the most exclusive clubs and was
treated altogether as person of dis
tinction When the case came up he
was given full swing, although the
home attorney for the corporation was
present. He won the case and within
a week received check in four figures
to cover the fee, there being substan-
tiaI bonus added to the amount prom
Sed "for the excellent manner in
phich this important matter was han
Gled"
He took the check to Mary exultant-
ly. She was highly pleased, remarking
that "it was much better than politics"
A few weeks later Mcintosh received
call from the general counsel of
great railway system. He had met him
several times while dining at the clubs
during his recent conferences in the
city, and knew him to be a lawyer of
high standing and ability and an ex-
judge.
Mr. Mcintosh" said the visitor,
1--WE are going to make a change in
our local attorney here. We have been
watching your work in the Creosote
company case and we have decided
that you are the man we want to rep
resent us. The fees have been running
from $1,000 to $4,000 year and 1 have
reason to believe they will increase
rather than decrease because of some
matters that are coming up in this
vicinity. Are you inclined to listen to
the offer?"
McIntosh's heart leaped to his
mouth. The position besides settling
his financial difficulties, would give
him standing worth much more than
the actual fees. Then flashed across
his mind the suggestion that he was
getting tangled up with railroads in a
way that would embarrass him in his
duties on the board of equalization.
He hesitated a moment and then swept
the temptation aside, mentally resolv-
ing, however, to get off the board at
the earliest possible moment and to
take no more Offices that would handi-
cap him in the practice of his pro-