The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-09-17

What am doing. ,.Od day NJ, An
drcwS Sorry you dout see ilt to take
the lots l lsdmire your grit" And he
undoubtedly did.
lie turned and walked back tn the
workmen engaged In makinG measure
ments. and John Gordon turned TO Miss
Andrews. eNclaiming bitterly; "lf this
had occurred in fiction wouldn't we
have laughed at IL as wildly improha.
blel Yet here il occurs in one OF the
greatest cities on the American con.
tinent, and we are obliged 10 accep, II
as part OF our municipal system ct
government Before God, Miss An
dreNs, can We DO less than vow war
on all that such a creature rcprescntsr
Bear me Witness" he exclaimed, and
he was one of the last men in the world
70 resort 20 dramatic poses or hcroics,
II Will exhaust every resource known
10 man I'm nm attempt to have Tommy
Randall obey the laws ot this city. Uo
may hav, robbed us " our prVpNSCd
plan toy parks and Fairgrounds, but
he shah uy, murder little children and
helpless vyw,u iu these hv,l> ut IyuNl,
. dcsholS
Tho, aN walked silently back %
Wops W,v>, and went into the library
30 dort ,1wA any one knows t1o FUN
extent of Tommy RandallS power.
Miss AuGr.u~ said quietly 81
. thoulnt once. % trv Years aco. that
knew hu. don't Nobody docs. not
. cvcu nwSclt
"Nt course Won have tried 10 have
these NuliuL ordinances ohcvNdF"
Gordon SpoNc ii looking at her in great
trouble
Miss Andrews smiled her patient
smile 'hr. told IN, story of countless
battles. az countless defeats. OF heart
sici railur, 90 arouse civic con
science. ~ corrupt courts and packed
'u-ic>. ard tho whole city lying in u
contcmN,uoU> apNtby that owned no
god hut Ngmmou and felt no inliCn0
ton except THAT 81 wrath over the fall
q. STOCKS or the thwnrtinc ot personal
schemes foy glory.
"Wha; can ne done" Gordon asked
Il I'm; Ind no answer "Of what use
Is our girt from Mrs Bingham Even
81 Randall would sell the lots he has
bought he would demand outrageous
prices that we could not pay. Ii is
maddeninc 10 thinS that he has 50 cho-
ser the places for his tenements, hrs
saloons and vaudeville halls that even
Il we owned all the rest of the district
we could do comparatively little 20 car
means, ot course. the intrenchment ot
Tommy Randall IN the heart ot his ter
rito.y. Csr you think az anything e1-
cept @ spider who hs. srtfully spun his
wet and sits waiting In II for victims
Q God o. the children. Is there no way
In all this great 90 called municipality
thst these wrongs csn be rightedf p
He hsG never expressed himself %
strongly. and Luella, looking AT him,
ha6 never felt 90 much real emotion,
She was sitting by the window, and af
Gordon finished and slowly turned
away rom Miss Andrews, 20 whom hs
had put the question. Lueila also
turned and glanced out the window.
why Don't you put the law o. him :"
ErS peurose exclaimed impSuen,ly
There must he some vsy a. executing
the ordinances o. this ciry"
- have used every method within NJ
pove- during the las twelve wears tC
prevent the violation o. these CITY ord
nsnces relating to the Tenement hors'
. CONSTRUCTION. IL ever instance with
. out one exception we have been thwart
e. when tne case came into court. MrE
} fer-re yoU hsve no conception O. In.
p tremendous political and sccial powe'
back O. ornuy Randall. l. is al abs"
iute dicIx iorsn.l l. Is rrpt ~ Ne us
= hiusnIurry ssys Ne O. the powers osei
> @. nIU owl courrX JuageG Jurie4 ~
: Ic-nsyE IL oCr appeals 10 In. peopl.
: -benseiveE nave Desr Il vain Al tn
70 YEAR hsv, gone q ry wort Ia
\ r-uvu TO D. that O. som. alienation o
y nIs--- :. n no: { contribution IL tn
u reInUvs O. cause TBe mis<-! now