Mower County transcript., 1903-09-16

no change will be made. Ny dear, you
do not know Tommy Randall nor ap-
preciate his power. I do, to my cost <
In the morning Gordon and Miss An
dreWs went over to the site of the; ten
cement. accompanied by Ford. Miss
Hammond and nearly all the workers.
The masons had begun their days
work. In answer to questions they said
they had received no orders to change
anything. s::s%5 g:
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 X,
'.Then don't see as we can do any
thing" said Gordon dejectedly. }; Z
Eyes, you've done something to get
Tommy Randall convicted in any court
at all"s% %s..S4$z sS2 2 Zsssgz
But don't see that the CONVICTION
hurts him any. He ought to be m Jail.
Instead Of that, he's going right on
with his laWlessness just the same as
il he hadn't been found guilty att all, :"
said one Of the young women. =
Gordon looked at Miss Andrews She
smiled sadly. .s 8 5sssa. s
Eyes, she replied in answer b his
question, unless Judge julius Cham
bers can scotch this viper more seri-
ously than this anticipate nothing ex-
cept endless delay Of the case ia the
court Of appeals. There is case there
now that was appealed BY Tommy
three years ago. lis a case of laws
delay, and we seem pow erless#fo do
anything. !, ...s.. .s.s i
Somehow have hope IN Chambers.
Did you see the account IN the Index
this morning? That sounded like him. :
II saw that" Ford spoke up brightly.
1T gave Tommy great roast, tell
you III. 3.
The article referred to in the morning
Index was q conspicuous column &C.
count Of the convic iction Of Tommy Ran
dali In public court on a charge sworn
out by the Hope House people. 1t was
20 scathing article, written by some one
who had dipped his pen in something
lmore than g hired reporter ink bottle.
i There was scorching yigor to It. that
ldrove the fact deep home to the reader
i that Tommy Randall was numbering
little children In ard l8 by his con.
lstruction contrary to law OF teneInents
Ike the one that made possible the re-
d cent tene nlent house TIA. Il,hle arti.
a Gle concluded with these words: 1#
Will the people endure this sort of thing
Il imuchs longer3s Tommy Randall Sis not an
q Iabstraction. He 81 200 pounds of coarse
Il desh and bad blood, which spits. 81 the
law and says e. the people, You mind
Il your own business. Is " For thirty years
q Tommy Randall has ruled Waterside dis.
Il trtct Ike e tyrant He has no Office IN
d the service of the people. He works at nc
trade. He is not elected ito any position
lin the city Yet he has grown rich from
II his blackmail Of saloons gamblinr dens
q houses Of vice and business firms IN the
district. His trade Ii III fiesh and blood
81 No slave driver ever employ yed more art.
n ful5 means tn trap his inns Or more
brutality Ia rtve ting on their mianacles
d and the horror of the whole affair RI ii.
a tAnsi Reds sbys the fact that this ature
II who 81 after all the tool sof the hi achint
q that cfeat ted him has actually nes nIadei
srpisera HE wret tchess who noslrish hin
n that sha eir best q friend There vii
81 ~ no Slayety aGntl thl
q machine tn So ess Tommy Rand ali Wha
q ~ III has been IN ~ "a pieces Shy "a,
peoplN - thst IL can neither turn so,,ts 81,
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