The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-16
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4 -7HACKLETTs smiled when he saw
~ the morning paper, and seemed
1oI especially amused at the scare
EsTF-SI heads in which the opposition
te&SEEgI press INDUCED. There had been
f----,--T- some advance speculation
among the men gathered in the Times
office the day before, as to how he would
look when he read the article which the
managing editor had just ordered the
most vitriolc pen on the paper to write.
But none Of the predictions Included a
2 smile; for none of the men knew snack
lett
1t was the beginning of the second
week OF the hght.tin the legislative can-
Gus over the election of new senator
If the previous incumbent of the seat IN
the upper house at Was hington had fore
seen how extraordinarily bitter would
be the fight over the toga he laid down.
perhaps he would not have died just be-
fore the opening of the session that
would have completed his term.
There was no tendency to shirk at
tendance at the caucus. BY one of the
queer perversions of the theory of cur
~ government, the man who was to repre-
sent the greatest of the Rocky Noun
tain States in the Federal Senate was to
be selected by that caucus which met
daily fought continually and refused adj
mission to four-nintlls of the members
) OF the Legislature. Such We're the ac-
tual condiiions-wiih some additional de-
tails Of the lighting aboutwbich Shacklctt
knew more than anybody else and some
4 OF which he never tobias the first week
y passed with no choice and Shackiett
gaining little eacn day over his oppo-
He;i;s.
Then ca me the big sensation. Every
"A BODY out West heard or ii at the time,
anG every politician still remembers it.
Il. wa. cNnanglx designed 10 kill off
Sflackleit and seemed to haze done so
the day il appeared But hardly any one
expected tShackle:t TO take 1t in the way
nc did, for every one supposed him TO be
I. thoroughly practical politician, always
lighting 10 finish
Y'y5a result Of the conference between
sswas., the managing editor Of The Times;
Pic.ens. WHO was managing Semme-ss
campaign. and -nan from Illinois. whose
maize xas no, mentioned q. tee tz,.le,
Vas nor krosu 10 another sot2l nni}i Inc
Times APPEARED zsaa n@It morning. Part
Or the force u -Sse publication las- in
lis aEs,peci 4s3rleFs@ a:le sts. 81 tts@ no
rneatum il LAD c-zEue tctr1u .1s pold-ss-ss
People generally a.eafeTe any c;zsrga tsat
z Is made Eyit:l sGf.5E5e-L .1Ersy szS .aFr-
isctllzrity. /. II o. s91at ming ttaey r2@Ter
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5e4dli1es TOD gsssLs z. stas1sR. ~ ID Tsae
article ocI6T. gz-csZ9D4. aSR4g 4 fRw. 1-4t.gor
details TheT 2ab5 rt4aa E.z2ekasss tad
been a msFntes u: -sJs soppg ~ Spring
fe!d tafor. coming 54ssr ard :lai oeen
tnorousplg mixed Gp nEln ttA= sa3to-5ors
Chicago bills. isEn .czpasy ~ WHICH HAD
been carried even 70 i.s+ mountains. THEY
also said that. In case ot igis election.
the opposition party hfla arranged 10 be-
gin prosecutions back In Illinois. and send
Il requ!stiDn for the new senate. from
the splendid State. the insignia OF which
was never suIlIed. and whose sun should
not be sent down in disgrace for snack
lctts sin.
Fletcher and Van S,ecn took !, differ
emily They came in. With angry faces
ana nasbng eyes, TO tell SHacklett that
the trick was the most dastardly eyer
seen and that thcS would shoot Swart al
sight. il Sbacklett thought 1t would moi
do further injury 10 their campaign. Be
fore they were entirely through the door
Shacklett had bnnished the smile, and his
face was The iuscrutablc mask that wa.
the only one the Wcsierners knew. II.
had come ont from Illinois five years be
fore ana the rapidly OF his rise hat
been phenomenal, except to the inner cir
Gle which at once recognized that poll
tics was an old play 10 the newcome,
and That legislatures were 10 him but a
the collection of TOY soldiers played Wit
BY boys, They had recognized the fires
tiDesse of shacklett at once, and the
look him mp quickly, Incidentally. 1t ma
be said that they did not cease TO prof
by II for many years
II tell you men that I'm all right,
Shackle,t said To his two chief lieuten
ants, and you know that when l sa
thar. It ends IL. If YOU fellows stick I
me and lei me play this thing out, we
;tl win. I'm going 10 take you throug
Ire and hot water; but, II You fall b
tho waysidc, You'll miss the train that
going right into the station. The frs
ihIng ] want you TO do is TO stay ava
from me til II O'Clock; then ] want so
10 como here
Nhen they had gone shacklelt took
cuiliagc down 10 hotel, and as he e
70 his room, sent for a messenger Ne,
ne wrote two notes and told the me-
senger boy 10 hurry with them as fa
ii as ii dollar could make him so. The
he sat down took Il letter from II
yockei and read II over twice There
no means Of telling what he though!
for his face showed nothing; but Il
letter WAS from the only girl that Shac
=, lett, ever even thought he loved. He hs
come West TO gain money enough al
position sufficiently high 10 marry he
and for FIVE years me gin had been u
object OF all his work ana the expect
reward for all his successes The ia
that he might have married at any IT,.
cat no figure, since Shackett knew pr
ieciis well that he ought not 10 mar
the girl until he was rich enough TO 81