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boss, and he was excused for the rest
of the day. When, later on, he want
ed holiday to get married he could
not get 1t; and as for a holiday with
pay Just the same-what power had
wrought that miracle Heaven only
knew! However, he went with the
man, who picked up several other
newly-landed immigrants, Poles, Lith-
uanians, and Sl0vaks, and took them
all outside, where stood a great four
horse tally-ho coach, with fifteen or
twenty men already In It.
It was fine chance to see the sights
of the city, and the party had merry
time, with plenty of beer handed up
from inside So they drove down.
town and stopped before an imposing
granite building, in which they inter
viewed an Official who had the papers
all ready, with only the names to be
filled In. So each man In turn took an
oath OF which he did not understand a.
word, and then was presented with q
handsome ornamented document with
big red seal and the shield OF the
United States upon It, and was told
that he had become a citizen OF the
Republic, and the equal Of the Presi-
dent himself
A month or two later Jurgis had
another interview with this same man,
who told him where to 60 to regis
ter" And then finally, when election
day came. the packing houses posted
a notice that men who desired to vote
night remain away until nine that
morning, and the same night-watch.
man took Jurgis and the rest of his
flock into the back room OF a saloon,
and showed each OF them where and
how to mark a ballot, and then gave
each two dollars, and took them to the
polling place, where there was a po-
liceman on duty especially to see that
they got through all right. JurgiS felt
quite proud of this good luck until he
got home and met Jonas, who had
taken the leader aside, and whispered
to him, Offering to vote three times for
four dollars, which offer had been ac-
cepted.
And now In the union Jurgis met
men who explained all this mystery TO
him; and he learned that America diff
fered from Russia in that It's govern
ment existed under the form of a de-
mocracy. The offlcials who ruled II,
and got all the graft had to be elected
first; and so there were two rival sets
OF grafters, known as political parties.
and the one got the Office which
bought the most votes. Now and then
the election was very close, and that
was the time the poor man came In.
In the stock yards this was only In
national and state elections, for in To-
cal elections the Democratic party
always carried everything The ruler
Of the district was, therefore, the
Democratic boss, a little Irishman
named Mike Scully. Scully held an
important party Office In the State, and
bossed even the Mayor OF the city, It
was said; 1t was his boast that he car.
ried the stOckyards In his pocket. He
was an enormously rich mamie had
a hand In all the big graft In the neigh
borhood II was Scully, for instance.
who owned that dump which Jurgis
anu Ona had seen the first day OF their
arrival. Not only did he own the
dump, but he owned the brick factory
as well; and first he took out the clay
and made 1t into bricks, and then he
had the city bring garbage to ali up
the hole, so that he could build houses
to sell to the people. Then, too, he
sold the bricks to the city, at his own
price. and the city came and got them
In Its own wagons. And also he own.
ed the other hole near by, where the
stagnant water was; and It was he
who cut the ice and sold It; and what
was more. II the men told the truth.
he had not had to pay any taxes for
the water, and he had built the Ice
house out Of city lumber, and had not
had to pay anything for that.
The newspapers had got hold of that
story and fhnra haA moan q nnAaAal