The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

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Caleb conover. political boss and rail-
road nagnate OF the Mountain state. Is
i candidate for the Eubernatorial nonl-
\ nation; So Is his nephew by marriage,
: Give Standish. Conover rules the ma
chine and anticipates an easy Victory in 4
B lhe invention. standish Ia Mt the head
81 OIL, q movement 70 rid the State OF the
rule OF tion8insttuted blythe Como
iycr gang. Caleb's chief reason for wish. i
Fdng the Office is that II win forward his
Il social aspirations. These ambitions have :
Speen baked Gnls blythe marriage Of his only
son, Gerald, to Enid Montmorency, q |
New YORK chorus girl and that OF his i
i1 t,ais hter TO demonstrating lSlilans |
Prince The daughter and her Prince ,
lowance. while Caleb keeps Gerald Writ
ually prisoner preventing him from [
hev a,r e. to New York and trying TO
avenged on Caleb. conoverS has a pretty. 4
Il private secretary. lAnice Lanier, daugh-
fter Of distinguished but reduced fam-
~. she has accepted employment with .
tConover. and IL the one pers31 on earth |;
i whom he trusts. But she treats him With /
:, haoitual reserve that no advances OF !,
friendliness. on his part can break down. !
8 htslivc Standish has known and loved her |
~ In former years. and now renews thItr !.
acquaintance. As he Is about to start I
on a speech. making tour OF the State.
anonymous letters warning him OF certain
i1mportant campaign tricks planned
Z against him BY Caleb. He pays no
destroys one Of them and returns an
other one of them to Conover. Gcrnld's
vile visits Granite am makes an ap-
81 4 peal to der husband to return to her
X, and to Caleb to forgive them. Conoyer
} !; exposes her mercennry motive and or
a ders her out OF the house. The conven-
rpcssimlsm OF Karl Ansel. his campaign
manager. is hopeful Of victory. Al the
nrst session Of the convention conovers
trickery utterly defeats Give and robs
him OF ali chance for the nomination.
& AT recess standlsh goes In despair 10 his
owr,nrivate Office There he finds Anice
" sim She commands him
PEI and asks why he
slixregarueu 49, ANONYMOUS warning.
He inquiries what she knows about these
warnings TO his horror she confesses
to have written them. b
ecoP ye4SRnae san rights Ry A reservea
Meanwhile, the preliminary organiza-
ton Of the convention had been effected
without much delay. The standish dele
gates, knowing the futility Of making q
fight at this time, had raised merely q
y pGTLuuClOTyTs OpllJSlk1Ott W III
OF Bourke as temporary chairman.
Through Bourke (by way OF Shevlir)
8Conover now proclaimed his plan Of
i choosing the all-important Committee on
Credentials.
Bourke, well drilled, repeated the de-
cision in droning monotone. Instantly
the convention was in the maddcst up
roar. All semblnnce Of order was lost
Bedlam broke loose. In the gallery the
contesting Standish delegates writhed In
impotent rage, leaning far over the rail
shaking their fists and bowling lowr
insult, curse and threat
On the floor the delegates from Wills
and Mntawan were already uron theil
feet, yelling furious protests, shriekinl
Fraud. Robbery and kindred pleas
antries, without trying or hoping t
3 secure recognition from the chair.
8 Foresceing the inevitable trend Of az
4 fairs, the Conover "heelers and thu
fraudulent delegates from the six larger
counties had been prepared for this 4
< a signal from Billy SheYlin they burs
q into a deafening uproar OF applause.
Tho furtive-faced Bourke raped on tn,
table, but the hang Of his heavy gave
was unheard. Tho standish delegates
would not be quieted, and the Conove
crowd did not want to be,
"A dozen fist is started smultane
ously a 'longsho Conover dis
trict captain from ono Of the railroad,
wards OF Granite spat in tn
face Of a svociferating little farmer fror
Wills county and then stepped bac
with below Of laughter at his ow
powers OF repartec. But others under
stood the gentle art OF "retort cour
teous'' almost as well as he. Losill
for once his Inherited New England calm
Karl Ansel drove his big gnarled hs
flush into the grinnlng face OF the dock
rat, and sent him whirling backwar
amid splntering Of broken seats.
AS the 'longshoreman staggered t
his feet, wiping the blood from hi
Z face, the sergcant-at-arms (forenal
Of G. G. & x. section gang), mad
rush for Ansel, but prudently hel
back MS the gaunt Nold man fell o
guard and grimly awaited his new or
4 ponent's onset,
Ansel. smnrting and past all contro
4 ploughed his way down the main aisl
Il and hating below tho stage, shook HI
clcnched fist at Caleb's .crayon like