The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-03-13

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Neither said a trord.
no change will be made. My dear. you
do not know Tommy Randall nor ap-
preciate his power. do. to my cost"
In the morning Gordon and Miss An
drews went over to the site of the ten
ement. accompanied by Ford, Miss
Hammond and nearly all the workers.
The mayons had begun their days
work. In answer to questions they said
they had received no orders to change
anything.
"It's easy to say, told you sor' Miss
Andrews calmly spoke as the little COM
pany slowly went back TO the house.
"Of course. pending the decision Of the
case In the court of appeals. Tommy
will go on with the building. because he
, feels sure the decision there will re-
verse Chambers decision"
Then don't see as we can do any
thing" said Gordon dejectedly.
Yes, you've done something to get
Tommy Randall convicted in any court
at all"
But don't see that the conviction
hurts him any. He ought to be in Jail
Instead of that. he's going right on
with his iawlessness Just the same as
If he hadn't been found guilty at al" I"
said one of the young women.
Gordon looked at Miss Andrews. She
smiled sadly.
Yes" she replied in answer to his
question. unless Judge Julius Cham
II
ously than this anticipate nothing ex-
cept endless delay of the case in the
court of appeals There is n case there
now that. was appealed by Tommy
three years ago. 1t is case of laws
delay. and We seem powerless to do
anything"
Somehow I have hope in Chambers.
Did you see the account in the Index
this morning? That sounded like him" !"
Il saw that" Ford spoke up brightly.
1T gave Tommy a great roast. l tell
you"
The article referred to in the morning
Index was a conspicuous column &c.
count of the conviction Of Tommy Ran
dali in public court on a charge sworn
out by the Hope House people. 1t was
a scathing article. written by some one
who had dipped his pen In something
more than u hired reporters ink bottle
There was scorchipg vigor to 1t that
drove the fact deep home to the reader
that Tommy Randall was numbering
little children in Ward IS by his con
struction contrary TO law of tenement:
like the one that made possible the re
cent tenement house tragedy. The arti
Gle concluded with these words:
VIII the people endure this sort of thins
much longer7 Tommy Randall is not al
abstraction He Is 200 pounds of coars,
flesh and bad blood. which spits on th'
law and says to the people. You minC
your own business For thirty year
Tommy Randall has ruled waterside dis
trict like a tyranL lie has no office IL
the service Of the people. He works at NJ
trade He Is not elected to any position
In the city. Yet he has grown rich from
his blackmail of saloons. gambling dens
houses OF vice and business firms in tn
district His trade Is in flesh and blood
No slave driver ever employed more art
Il full means to trap his victims or NOR
brutality In riveting on their manacles
Il and the horror of the whole affair is in
tensified by the fact that this creatur
who is after all the tool of the machin
l
the miserable wretches who nourish hin
that he Is their best friend There vii
be no release from this slavery until tn
machine that made Tommy Randall wha
| he Is has been broken in pieces by tn
people so that IL can neither turn out an
more product like him or keep In powe
: | what has already been brought into ex
istence- We say. Smash the machine
The people are able to do it. Will the
do il?
The Review also contained a goo
account OF Tommy's case in the polio
court and In addition cited in full tn
blue print incident and boldly dc
, nounced the lawyer and the boss 70
, attempt at conspiracy TO deceive tn
court. Three other papers had more Q
less extended notice of the event, an
all OF them were unfavorable to Ton
my. This was the more significant 4
two of the papers had been for the aC
ministrati lion.
!, There's hope here" Miss Andrew
said that evening as the little setu'
: ment family was gathered in the fam
~ library and the accounts in the iii
;. ferent papers were being reviewe,
Maybe this is the first murmuring {
the people. God grant
The bell rang. and a visitor was Al
Rounced.
Mr.. Julius Chambers came in, ar
the little company around the tab
: rose TO greet him. The slight, pale face
figure with the gold trimmed spect
: cles was ut that moment the most i
: tercsting personality, next to their ow
>, head. in all the city. "I've had in mil
to come here for some time" he 81
TO Miss Andrews when they were 6
&c seated again. Il want to know you al
u your work at first hand. Unless 1 a
mistaken the storm center OF the ne
's campaign will he somewhere In IL
'' vicinity"