The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-22
nrohenstrnw ranch. 1908.

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N a. new Legislature. Just re,',e.lD thot
y s,mple little fact OF natural i''s.o ~.
Il !, .h,,mhlc'' bee Is always h'gses. ~
III. /, 8 matched. The average a'u. 49,, ~
,a,islntor-especially II mes n.y. .,,,,os
Vi I, Z AN Tie make''--is about o,st
NJ !. ,.-ar ond more important III '''
HAN IN, ,h,n he ever Viii be asa''. i,
~ go. - saa,, 10 be surprised that o., ,,,r nv
f,iona l<itc polo himself ior npI fol, MS
u Scrnts AFTER aav.ns been u, ,, p and lights
t many w, man WHO wouldn't 40 tho ,aI
58 VIZ ~ ~ corporation mac 49,. nrsi
. .rriie,. - him Mt that price IN nv, ,hat
n 49,, Nha would have been 50 ,,, ,he
v 1ilselv he'd made DIV, H.. a. ,,onnr. but the
5$5 .t,nInnt to tamper With ms hu, :, little
na.olap ~ time is likely TO MAKE y "t ,hs
li.,.ts,,o IN most things. nclua' ,n,,s,a.
si.i moo az an alderman or .s insrs
az 49, HThere's nothing Know y, nrocess
50 much In size in the seaso,,'' sf'pumblo''
as a politician. eScep.''e
Hs hen and a bnsawood los' Az ,,uts me
~ pee go ,tn,,, about Kite Hendee pu. .s,,.io
. uu of q little chapter IN the BON. Ma
~ Of graftnE that bears TEN rnnoem.
3..h,,n,hle bee point, and IS VOLT -, '.yns
bering. Up in the CITY a A pte Ho
s,s,,t calculate to put In his tiine =" nav
G oium inst to cure himself OF wy t.; ty
c1.ar .,,d there wasn't freah- bakeu S ,u.',
Snther In the bunch that felt ms o AZ de%k
barney Brennan. Inc ,'o ONE u composite
t%n + first night looked IKE D. itHn Ger
..a ~ Dutch poscy beds IN Little s ne
~ a.. md mo If the newspapers, ~,
" al TINT the corporate ton wouiu ,."
5@4oNoav for that floral display az - @
3Iprces. o, naturally was
.od 70 nretty stiff prices ANYWAY, GU, ~
,Ass ac,,iired the habit of charging ~
ti,,,n from the minute lie began 70 A Soa
for his tools TIL he returned az tar the
sharpeaed his pipe-c,tters Feaus
Sew the little Hoosier who was io etrea,
90 .+ha interests Of one OF the SUI.
at,rood companies had broken up eri ~ -,
..b,,mhles' nests in his boyhoou 70 n,os
.omethinC about the law OF hh' ,,ms,n,
and, as he had been IN we NV ,,ae fairly
business for several years, Wa s,.. 81
ramiiiar with the general haol's -
Thnre was little trick that the Hooslei
wanted to put through the Coulicil "a -
there wasn't enough ihVois s. - alder
n,,njc standpoint Consequently, as wv
Trn,nc,1 contained lot of new menlpe. .s
whn we're nightly impressed with tlaeat
nn,n i'm nortance, the scout for the stree,
railway company had to hgure =, r,o ", ID IN
n,ske IN in cunning what he lack1a ~
..ai,,h Ne coin with which to grease the
Job. ,,a no done
business with were lined up quick. anu q, a !.
the regular discount-in -large-quihl am! 'ies >
raj, But he was ca-ideraby snort o.
the required number OF votes. ana llliu u. "
raise his prices in several instances 10
get the new men that could be seen al an.
He sent one Of the old members 70 suunu
Barney the plumber. but that alen'ta.y
Esnifred a. the offer Of five hundred, nno
W, bo
he wouldn't consider anything less thar
81 900.
According to the little Hoosier's score
card the game was up with nm unies'
The could get Barney into line, put. o
course, Barney didn't know that his VOC
was the key to the whole situation. Some
of the Hooslers advisers got anHlouS.
about the situation, and kept asking If nc
wasn't going to come 10 Barney Terms
$'just for q starter
Nope" said the Hoosier; cant af'
ford that. 1t establishes bad prece,
dent, and besides he'll come around al
right when the time comes"
Don't you think 1t, said the fellows
than the Mayor himself. You'd better set
tie with him this once. and after while
he'll get some sense and come down tC
hard-pan prices like the rest Of u.s."
But the Hooser only shook his head
erinned and said that Barney would drol
the resolution came up for final vote
Their, hadn't been change OF figure
on the little IIoosier's score card. AZ
con- ided this TO the friend who sat RICH
behind Barr,y. and handing him Ions
Manila envelotia. said:
H0s"1f that plumber pirate gets up tc
make speal against our resolution, JUS
keep one eye on me; the minute take
off my eye glasses and start to rul
them with my handkerchief, you reacl
around In front of Barney and put TN
envelope on his desk. ! guess he'll taxi
twist on his tillcr and round his boy
into the wind when he sees what's pu
up to him. III be UP by the clerk
desk with the newspaper boys"
Things were run rather wide open J
those days in the Council, and bolde
hands had bean played than the sho"
down the Hoosier outlined. Well, SUI
enough Barney arose in his seat to spea
on the resolution. Like most new men
bars he hung on to his desk with
death grip, and seemed to be afra
the whole room would get away FRO
him II he should let 80 second But
had set himself to sail the eagle lit
and at the same time to let the fellow
who were doing things understand tn;
they had heavy we',t.t to deal wi
when they didn't come to his term
They couldn't triflc with his affection
without getting blow 18th lead PHI
that would make Itself felt!
After his throat was cleared and &
6uck-fever had got out OF his voice
began to lay the foundations of fort
minute Indictment against the street G
company calculated to put that ''bloat
incubus" ont of business for all tin
He had sunk the piles and put In
underground work OF his speech WIN
the little Hoosier calmly took off
glasses and began 10 rub them with
handkerchief.
Instantly the alderman behind Barr
reached forward and laid the long