Putnam patriot., 1908-07-24

St iutla. doh hoiu out for that l
 don't care why you sign il as long IS
 you do sign it."
 What do you think about the bil
 yousseIfF" inquired Aiwyn. Do you
 consider 1t honesty.
 What do l. care? It's got to be
 signed. and
 T care. And think the bill is
 fraudulent"
 "Getting tender in the conscience,
 aren't yout Well''-
 eff you put it that way. yes think
 this Borough bill is crooked from first
 to last But
 What's the matter with it2 Ain't"-
 Let me explain" pursued Alwyn.
 This bill gives the Borough Street
 Railway company the right To use
 whatever motive power they choose to.
 It gives them the right to charge five
 cent fares without any transfers. In
 one paragraph there's clause permit
 ting them to build a subway if they
 want one. By another paragraphs con
 sessions they can build a conduit and
 lease 1t out for telephone or telegraph wires. By another they can do an ex-
 press business. But all these provi- 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 ever-not for term of years, but until the end
 of the world. It delivers that route to the company not only for our time. but
 for always. and binds US and our de
 scendauts to its terms. That is the
 chief outrage of the whole thing. To
 think that the"-
 'oh. we've got d bowling reformer
 in the mayors seat. have wef" scefed Horrigan. If I'd known thaf'-
 The people have got man who is 1. trying to protect their rights and prop
 erty Here's letter received to-
 day. You'll recognize the name Of the
 capitalist who wrote it. You know h.
 Is honest as well us wise. This is his
 proposition: He will pay S2ooooo0 fer
 that same franchise give the city 10
 Der cent of the gross receipts and turn over the whole plant to 1t at the end of fifty years. What do you think of that
 It's a fake"
 Tt Is bona fide offer He volun-
 teers to deposit Si.0o0.0oo to bind the bargain. Now. what want to ask
 you. Mir. Horrigan Is this: If the fran chise is worth $2.o0o0e0. why are you and your faction in the board of alder men so anxious to give II away for nothng:'
 Look here''' clustered the boss. "I"-
 T am looking" returned Bennett Eve been looking deeper into 1t than you realize l asked you question just now I'll answer it myself in
 one word Craft That is why you want to give away franchise that is
 worth S2.Oe0Oe0."
 Craft snofted Herrigan contemptu-
 ously. The same old reformer howl Whats your idea of graft anyway" "Graft is unearned increment Money to which the recipient has no legal or
 moral right. That is"-
 "Se, Then show me the man who ain't grafter. \ lawyer shows his client how to evade the law. and he takes a fee for doing it. Whats that but graft? A magazine takes pay for printing an advertisement it's editors know is fake What's that? Graft When congressman votes for all ap- propriation because another congress- man has agreed to vote for one or G a thousand year senator retires at the end of ten years worth q million. what $ that? Graft. A police captain on s--- 750 a year buys yachts and country
 estates Graft, How about the rail- road president who gets stock free In A eorporation that ships over his roau- or the insurance man or banker Mh" gives ar takes fat ioans on fancy St ctrities and clears l.Wn per eeh' Grafters. all of ein, Grafters' Every one srafts who can or who ish i"9
 stupid Show me q man who doesb graft and I'll show yon fool ffeseni company net excepted.
 .sThat's where you're wrong. return.
 cd Alywn. ignoring the siar and speah- ing with a judicial quiet oddly al con trast with the boss yehemence ne man who said Honesty is the pest poi- ,ev, knew what he was talking about | IT pays best not only bereaftef' o6'
 here as well Why did Missouri choose | Folk for governorF Because ID st''e of his faults he is honest. Why was Ia Toilette seut to the senate rom Wisconsin? Because. faults and All. De was honest. Why did the people oi this country make Roosevelt their pres ,dantf Were they blind to his faui,s and foibles? No. but they knew ne
 was honest, am honest This bill isn't That is why won't sign IL .yon won't. ehf" roared Horrigan- ~rhen veto il, Veto II If you dare. I'll | not only smash your political career but I'll pass the bill over your Ve'o 1 Tbat'u show you pretty well DO" you | and me stand as 10 power Tn the ci.s- I'll make you the laughingsfock of me administration by taking the "nos thing out of your hands and passing | in spite of you -I doubf it." answered Bennett par ing but meeting coolly the nery wrath In Horrigan's little red eyes. T ihteho to fight your Borough bill In the aioer manic chamber and outside that eoan l ell. To pass q bill over my veto you have to g.. a two-thlrds majority. iha' neans fourteen votes. You have ohls ! xoYr solid thirteen And III make II my business to see you a"h | fourteenth vote.
 .I'il look out for that. aii risht an right" | .-one thing more. NIT Horr'san