The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-01-12
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Hul1?''t asked Saxon. :@tf -
Hepworth stared. j. T. ~
Hull? You. don't mean Senator
Hull, Of Alpine?" = @s.:z 8. !
Certainly. See here, Hepworth:
There's plenty of time, yet, and I'm
not going to risk bill ,27I in the senate
without at least one more vote-for
safety. I'm going to have Hull" !: E
But why the. deuce-say, Saxon,
you simply don't know your. man!
The speeches that fellow made during
the last campaign against the blood
hound lobby and 'pickpocket' legisla-
ton would have turned your hair
green. You have about as much
chance to land his votaAas a snow man
to survive summer1inH Tophet."
Saxon's smile was such as might
have been aroused blythe exuberance
of a school boy. >::zzEt
Before he came west" he began,
Hull resided in little town in north
ern Illinois. BY writing to the proper
parties, I've picked up. quite bit of
information about his life in that par
ticular town, and it's Interesting. Sin
gularly enough, before that, he had
been practicing law in Bloomington,
In Mclean county" &
Bloomington? Why that's your
own town, isn't it?"
However, I didn't follow Hull's
story any farther back than the town
up north. I didn't have to-
II suppose the town in northern H.
(inois is-Joliet?" ..,;s; gs;;'! ~; .~
Saxon nodded. '<1.*~ = I: ! :
What was it for?''
l. IAN unfortunate slip of the pen. He
wrote the wrong mans name on the
back Of a check! I have a certified copy
Of the indictment. The fellow hasn't
even taken to himself a new name.
You'd have expected him to do that
much, at least, for the benefit of his
wife and children, but he hasn't. 1t
was Thomas Jared Hull in the indict-
tnent, and it's Thomas Jared Hull in
the legislative directory" =,
-~~>4aButs why do you him: o,1t
1.-the whole bunch? There are half a
dozen easier men in the senate. Drop
Hull, and try
*'No, sir. I want Hull, and I'm going
to have him."
1t was Monday morning, a fortnight
later, when assembly bill 271 had
passed the lower house and gone to
the judiciary committee of the senate,
that Saxon met Senator Hull, half
Say up the broad stairs of the capitol.
Senator, hope you'll see your way
to support assembly bill 271 when it
comes back from the committee next
Thursday?"
"Assembly bill 271? Let me see?
Why, that's-that's that graveyard
robbery" responded Hull bluntly, as
he slowly identified the bill. Sup
port it? You'd better ask the other
members of the judiciary committee
what I think of it. They've. heard
my views. I'll skin it,"
Saxon was not taken by surprise,
but his expression hardened little
and. something like the excitement of
the chase cleaned in his grey eyes.
Tim sorry, senator, that you feel so
strongly on the subject. The bill is a
good one. But aside from it's merits,
I had rather hoped-indeed, may say
I had counted on your support, for old
associations sake. You know we come
from the same home town back in Illi-
nois. I had letter from an acquaint-
ance of mine, Col. Josiah Wills, in
which he speaks of having met you.
Wills is connected with some sort of
public institution up there. A nice
fellow, Wills. But about our bill, SEN
ator, you'd better think the matter
over and put yourself on the right
side of the roll-call."
AS the full significance of this
speech came upon Hull, an expression
first of amazement and then Of wrath
overspread his rugged features
"You contemplate cur! Don't you
know, that I'd go back to Joliet to-mor-
row and stay the rest of my life be-
fore I'd take orders from you, of all
men? Bring in your bill! Bring it
in, and then don't skulk. out of the
senate until you've heard the roll call!
Stand where I can seet you. Perhaps,
If you stay and look me inathe eye
you may force my vote. Try it,
A few days later the atmosphere
Of the capitol was a-QuiVer with sen.
sation--it was far too intangible to be
called a rumor-that an expose was
hanging over the head of an unnamed
senator unless he promptly turned in
for q certain bill. Nobody purported
to give details r. :
So matters stood on Wednesday
night, and the bill was to come up for
final action on1 Thursday X afternoon:
Saxon's programme was definitely ar
ranged. Senator Hull s attack. upon
i the bill, II. he should make one, was
: 70 be promptly followed by q counter
attack upon the senator himself which
would leave him branded I'D q convict
ID forger. This would most effectual.
!. u break the force Of Hull opp pp,ositio,n
md, Saxon bsl slieyed; clear the way way Sforr 81
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