The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-06-18


control. and by e1stung him with IN
enormous campaign fund.
Beckett, the subtlest and most In
.huential OF the managers OF the ma
tional machine OF the opposition
party, submitted several names to
him. He selected Henry ]. Simpson.
Justice OF the supreme court OF Ohio
a slow. shy. ultra-conservative man.
his brain spun full In every cell
with the cobwebs OF legal technically.
He was. In his way, almost as salts
factory candidate for the interests
as Cromwell would have been. For.
while he was honest. OF what value Is
honesty when combined with credulity
and lack OF knowledge Of aifairsl They
knew what advisers he would select.
men trained In their service and
taken from their legal staifs. They
knew he would shrink from anything
radical" or "dlsturbing''-that Is.
would not modest the two packs OF
wolves. the business and the polIti-
cal. at their feast upon the public, lie
came OF a line OF bigoted adherents OF
his party; he led simple. retired life
among sheep and cows and books
asleep In the skins Of sheep and cows.
He wore old.fashioned rural whlskers.
thickest in the throat. thinning to-
ward the jawbone. scant about the
lower lip. absent from the upper.
These evidences OF uniitness 10 cope
with up-to-date corruptionists seemed
10 endear him 20 the masses.
As soon as those biz organs OF the
opposition that were In the control OF
the powers began to talk OF Simpson as
an ideal candidate. suspected what
was In the wind But had my hands
full: the most could then do was 10
supply my local "left.bowor.T sIlliman.
with funds and set him 10 work for a
candidate for his party more 20 my
taste. II was fortunate for me that
had cured myself Of the habit Of wor-
rying For II was plain that. n
Goodrich and Beckett succeeded IN
getting Simpson nominated by the OPP
position I should have a hard nght 10
raise the necessary campaign money.
The large interests either would
finance Simpson. or. should con
vince them that Burbank was AZ good
for their purposes as Simpson. would
be indifferent which won.
directed silliman 10 work for Run
die Of Indiana. n thoroughly honest
man. In deadly earnest about half a
dozen deadly wrong things. aud cap
able Of anything In furthering them
after the manner OF fanatics. II he
had not been In public life. he would
have been n campmecting cxhorter.
Crowds liked 10 listen 20 him: the rad.
lcals and radically inclined through.
out the west sworc by him. he had
had two terms In congress. had got
n hundredodd votes for the nomlna.
ton for president at the last national
convention OF the opposition A
splendid scarccrow for the Wall
street crowd but dlficuit 10 nominate
over Goodrichs man Simpson In q
convention Of practical politicians.
In May-lt was the afternoon Of
the very day my mutlnecrs got back
Into the harness-woodrun asked me
II would see a man he had picked
up In a dclegatehunting trip into In
diana AN old pal Of mine. much
the better for the i2years' wear since
last saw him. lie has always
trained with the opposition. He's a
fuil.nedged graduate Of the Indiana
school Of politics and that's The best
ITS all craft there-they hate 10 give
up money. and don't use Il except az
a last resort"
lie brought IN his man-Merri
weather by name. liked the nrs,
look at him-keen. cynical. Indifferent
lie had evidently sat In 40 many
games OF chance Of all kinds that play
reused In him only the icecold pas
sion OF the purely professional.
There's been nothing doing In out
state for the last two or three years
at least nothing In my line" said he
"a rank outsider. Scarborough"
nodded. Yes. I know him. Hs
came into the senate from your state
two years ago"
We'll. he's built up a machine Of
his own and runs things TO suit him
self"
Il thought he wasn't n politician. >
said I.
Merriwcather's bony face showed a
faint grin. The best ever" said he
"He put the profession out Of busi
ness. without lts costing him a cent
I've got tired Of waiting for him e
blow over"
| Tircd-and hungry. thought
After half an hour Of pumping sem
him away OBTAINING Woodruff. "whal
does he really think OF Rundlef"
asked.
Says he hasn't the ghost Of Z
chancc-that Scarboroughll. contro
the Indiana delegation and that Scar
borough has no more use for lunatic,
than for grafters."
This was not encouraging. called
Merriweather back. why don't yot
people nominate Scarborough at ~
Louis7" SAID I.
To be continued