Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1908-11-05
AEA She Now Mayor ~
Successful FAay ~
THE MAN
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sions are as nothing compared to the
fact that the bill gives the streets
above and below ground to the Bor-
ough company forever and eyer-not
for a term of years, but until the END
Of the world. 1t delivers that route TO
the company not only for our time, but
for always. and binds us and our de-
scendants to it's terms. That is the
chief outrage of the whole thing. 10
think that the
ooh, we've got bowling reformer
In the mayors seat, have we?' scored
>Horrigan. 'If I'd known that
"The people have got man who Is
trying to protect their rights and prop
erty. Here's letter | received to-
day. You'll recognize the name or the
canitalist who wrote 1t. You know he
Is honest as we'll as wise. This Is his
! proposition: He will pay $2,OOO,OOO FOR
that same franchise. give the city lO
per cent of the gross receipts and turn
over the whole plant to it at the end
of fifty years. What do you think OF
| that?"
"It's a fake"
"It is a bona fide offer. He volun-
teers to deposit 100000 to bind the
bargain. Now, what | want to ask
YOU. Mr.. Horrigan, is this: If the fran
chise is worth 100000, why are you
and your faction in the board of alder
men so anxious to give it away for
nothing?"
Look herew clustered the boss.
"I"-
81 am looking" returned Bennett.
'Tve been looking deeper into it than
YOU realize. | asked you q question
tust now. I'll answer it myself In
one word-'Graft! That Is why you
want to give away a franchise that Is
worth S2,OO0,O0O."
"Graftw snorted Horrigan contemptu'
ously. 1.-THE same old reformer howl
What's your idea Of graft anyway"
"Graft is unearned increment Money
to which the recipient has no legal OF
moral right. That Isl
$50! Then show me the man who
amt a. CRATER! A lawyer shows III:
client how to evade the law, and n
takes a fee for doing 1t. What's tina
but graft? A magazine takes pay TO
printing an vertisement its editor
know is a fake. What's that? Graft
When a congressman votes for an ap
preparation because another congress
man has agreed to vote for one
his, what's that? Graft! When fiv
, thousand a year senator retires at tn
end of ten years worth a million, what
that? Graft! A police captain on 81
750 a year buys yachts and countr'
{ estates. Graft! How about the rail
: road president who gets stock free II
q corporation that ships over his road
2 or the insurance man or banker VIII
gives or takes fat loans on fancy sc
r curities ard clears 1000 per cent
/ Grafters, all of 'em! Grafters! Ever
!, one CRAFTS who can or who isn't to
. stupid. Show me a man who doesn'
f graft and I'll show you fool. Presen
4 company not excepted"
r That's where you're wrong" return
7 ed Alywn. ignoring the siur and SPEAK
. ing with a judicial quiet oddly at cor
!. trast with the boss vehemence. 9TH
man who said Honesty is the best pc
!. ICY knew what he was talking abOu
It pays best not only hereafter bu
J, here as we'll. Why did Missouri choos
+ Folk for governor? Because in spit
J of his faults he is honest. Why We
Il La Toilette sent to the senate frol
d Wisconsin? Because, faults and all,
b was honest. Why did the people {
e this country make Roosevelt their pre-
ident? Were they blind to his fault
l. and foibles? No, but they knew
:. was honest! l am honest. This bi
isn't That is why won't sign it."
Il "You won't, eh?" roared Horriga
''Then veto it! Veto it If you dare! T
t, not only smash your political caree
d but I'll pass the bill over your vet
g fhat'll show you pretty well how "
= and me stand as to power in the cit
It I'll make you the laughingstock of Il
/ administration by taking the who
y thing out Of your hands and passing
n In snite of v0u."
, Continued on page s.