Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-06-27

FOLLOWING h6V. NIL A-etAA sSss'h q
business and professional lnel l's =
nent in the community, but 6 .asei
opponents of Dorsey, called on tie pos
Iitical leader and advocated the claims
of the Tenth warders to the recreation
pier. The result Of these maneuvers
was that the generally silent and self
contained boss was exasperated to
such a pitch of irritation that men
ton OF the recreation pier had the
soothing effect upon him that the way
I ing Of a red flag has upon bull Then
Harry Wendell himself was shown in
to the boss private Office, and with
Wendell. unobtrusive, but keenly alert
to every detail, came Jack ~-~s'aitney,
one of the reporters for the Es2efess.
II came to see you about the recrea-
ton pier that seems SO much needed
in the Tenth ward" began Harry
suavely. II think
But the patience Of the exasperated
boss at last gave way.
'sYou thinkr' he Numbered. Well,
| I think there has been too much fuss
made about that pier It won't be
built. The babies need it! DIN the
babies anyway! They can't voter
"All right replied Harry cheerful
~. IF that's the way you feel about
it, there's no need of saying any more.a
Accompanied by the reporter, he hur-
ried out of the Office, for he had OBJ
tanned exactly the statement he want
ed. Any modification Of it would only
weaken his position.
The Express was one of the bitterest
opponents of the rule of Dorsey. In
the hall Jack Whitney looked gleeful-
" at Harry Wendell.
"D-n the babiesl They can't
votep' murmured the newspaper man.
.tWhat a headline! Oh, but in lit
tie while Mr.. Dorsey will be sorry he
spoke that way. The Express will
have an extra on the street in half an
hour. Won't that DIN the babiesp
please the Tenth ward, where there
are about hundred to each tene-
ment?s
That's all right as far as it goes, !"
replied Wendell. but we want to put
Dorsey in a position where he can't
deny having said it. I'll draw up an
affidavit corroborating it. Then we
can get affidavits from Mr.: Mann and
others who talked with Dorsey this
morning. If the Express will publish
these. it will make our case stronger"
IF the Express will publish them"
answered the newspaper man. IF |
Know how Mr.. Rogers feels about Dor
sey, / think they will be double lead
ed with three column headlines. You
get the affidavits, and I'll hurry back
to the Office and be writing the story"
Wen get out an extra" said the
managing editor to Whitney, .sbut We
might as well walt and get the affida-
Wits, too, so as to have complete
story. You were the only reporter
present? Then none of the other pa
pers can come out ahead Of u.s."
'sAnd I'll send a man over to see Nc
Mannis." broke in the city editor.
"Jones, run down to AIcMannis' place
and ask him if Dorsey is going to do
anything about the recreation pier.
Don't tell him we have other inter-
views on the subject. Just get him to
state, If you can, in the strongest terms
possible that Dorsey says they can't
have the pier Telephone in what he
says, for we want it for an extra.
By the time Whitney had finished
writing his account Of the Dorsey in
teryiew the affidavits had arrived at
the Express Office, and Jones had tele-
phoned in the Interview with McMan-
mis-. That worthy, ignorant of the
steps which were being taken to dis
turb Mr.. Dorsey's peace of mind, had
spoken in strenuous terms. Not that
McManns had any intention of break
ing from the organization, but his
heart had been set on getting the rec
reation pier, and he had brooded over
| the refusal of the morning. The city
editor read the account that Whitney
had written and after marking it "dou-
| BILE Lead sent it to the composing room.
st looks sensational. observed the
city editor. but 1t is big story. |
guess when the copies Of the paper be-
gin to come into the Tenth ward there
really will be a sensation"
A few minutes later the newsboys
were calling out:
Extra! Extra! All about Boss Dor
sey an de babies!''
.Better send a lot of copies over to
the Tenth ward" said the managing
editor. Il wouldn't wonder If they
world interest McMannis.''
And the paper did interest McMan-
| mis-. He was sitting in his little back
room when Tim Collins. his most
trusted lieutenant. entered. Tim was
! excited
Have you seen the Express?" he
cried, thrusting copy of the paper at
| NIcAIannis. why. Dorsey must have
| been crazy to say such thing And /
| see you are quoted there too Are you
going to break from the party J"
| what do you mean2" retorted Nc
/ AIannis angrily. What's Dorsey been