Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-22
Miss Andrews shook her head again.

MISS Andrews SHOOK ner neHu hSuln.
"Tommy IS an old fox. He made 4
mistake in not measuring Judge Cham
bers Alright. But now that lie knows
him he will be cautious. l confess l
have very little hope Of his ultimate
conviction"
"But lie will have to change the
building. won't he!" one OF the young
women asked.
cts my opinion the mascns will be
at work tomorrow just the same, and
no change will be made. My dear. you
do not know Tommy Randall nor APP
preciato his power. | do, to my cost"
In the morning Gordon and Miss An
drcws went over to the site of the ten
Cmcnt. accompanied by Ford, Miss
Hammond and nearly all the workers
Il Ic masons had begun their days
work. In answer to questions they said
they had received no orders to change
anything.
ITS easy to say, told you So 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 rs we can do any
thing" said Gordon dcjectedly.
Yes, you've done something to get
Tommy Randall convicted iii any court
ct all"
''But don't see that the conviction
hurts him any. He ought 70 be in Jail.
Instead of that, he's going right on
with his lawlessness just the same as
IL he hadn't been found guilty at ALL"
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
bers can scotch this viper more scri-
ously than this l anticipate nothing cX-
cept endless delay of the case in the
court Of appeals. There is case there
now that was appealed by Tommy
three years ago. 1t is case tf laws
delay, and we seem powcrless to do
anything
Somehow have hope in Cham Ders.
Did you see the account in the Index
this morning? That sounded like him"
II saw that" Ford spoke up brightly.
1T gave Tommy a great roast, | tell
you"
Tho article referred to in the morning
Index was conspicuous column aC-
count of the conviction of Tommy Ran
dali in public court on n charge sworn
out by tn" Hope House people. 1t was
q scathing article, written by some one
who had dipped his pen in something
more than hired reporters ink bottle.
There was n scorching vieor to it 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 t2nements
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 thing
much longer: Tommy Randall is not AN
abstraction. lie is 200 pounds of coarse
flesh and bad blood, which splits on the
law aud says TO the people. You mind
your own business" For thirty years
trict like a tyrsnt. He has no office in
the service of the people. lie works ut no
trado. lie Is not elected to any position
in the city. Yet he has grown rich from
his blackmail of saloons gambling dcns
houses OF vice and business firms in the
district. His trade is in flesh and blood.
No slave driver ever employed more art
full means 10 trap his victims or more
brutality IN rivcting On their .nduaClcS,
and the horror of the whole affair is In
tens!ncd 10y the fact that this creature
vino is after al the too of the machine
that created him has actually persuaded
tho miserable 'yretches who uourish aim
that he is their best friend. There will
be no release from this slavery until the
machine that made Tommy Randall what
he is has been broken in pieces by the
people SO that il can neither turn out any
more product like him or keep in power
what has already been brought into ex-
istencc. We say Smash the machine
Tho people are able 20 do It. VIII they
do It.!
The Review also contained a good
account Of Tommy's case IN the police
court and in addition cited il full the
blue print incident and boldly Ge
bounced the lawyer and the boss foi
attempt 1T conspiracy TO deceive the
court. Three other papers had more OF
less extended notice of the event nnd
all OF them were unfavorable to Tom
my. THIS was the uore significant as
two OF he papers had been for the ad.
mnistration.
a. "Thcrc's hope here" Miss Andrews
said that evening as the little settle
mcnt family was gathered in the faIni-
~ library and the accounts in the DIFF
, fercnt papers were being reviewed
"Mayhe this is the first murmuring OF
the people, God grant
; The bell rang, and II visitor was an
, nounCcd.
Mr.. Julius Chambers came in. and
the little company around the table
r rose to greet him. The slight, pale faced
figure With the gold trimmed specta'
Giles was at that moment the most i'll
p tereSting personality, next To their OWL
p head. in all the city. I've had III mind
10 come here for some time he said
q to Miss Andrews when they We're al
= seated again. Il want to know you and
your work at first hand. Unless | am
mistaken the storm center of the next
campaign will be somewhere in this
vicinity
"Will you be anywhere near the cen
) ter of that CENTER" asked Gordon. lean
ing over and looking at Chambers in