The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-16

Here is a story of an epoch
making battle of right against
wrong, of honesty against cor
ruption, of simplicity and sin
certify against deceit bribery and
intrigue. It's the story of today
in this country 1t vitally con-
Germs every man, woman and
child in the United States, so far
reaching is its influence.
The warfare is now going on
the warfare Of honestmen against
corrupt political machines.
The story tells the inside" of
the political n,aneupers in Wash
ington and of the workings of
bosses there and elsewhere = how
they shape men and won1ento their
ends, how their cunning intri9ues
extend into the very social life
of the nations capital. You will
find inspiration in the career of
the honest old southern Planter
elected to the United States SEN
ate and The young newspaper re-
porter who becomes his private
secretary and political pilot
Your heart will beat in sympathy
with the love OF the secretary and
the senator's youngest daughter.
You will read of the lobbyists
and find that NOT all of them are
men. You will see how aparice
causes a daughter to conspire
against her father. You will hear
the note of a gripping national
tragedy in the words of Peabody
the boss of the senate" But
cause for laughter as we'll will
not be found lacking in this truly
many sided narrative.
CHAPTER TX.
A NEW KIND OF POLITICAL PARTNERSHIP.
THE combination of the forces of
Langdon and Haines did not
find much favor among the
4 powers that are-at the capital
Senator Peabody peremptorily demand
ed an explanation from Stevens as to
how he had allowed Ibis senator" to
engage as his secretary this inquisi-
tive man HaineS. reporter who didn't
know his place"
Here we've put LangdOn on naval
affairs because we knew he didn't un-
derstand what's going on, and you.
Stevens, supposed to be the finished
product of the political mill, you fall
asleep and let him take up man
whom nobody can control, one who
knows the inside workings of Wash
tngton and who will take par-tic- u-lar
pleasure in teaching your fellow Mis-
sissippian far too much for our good
Stevens feply, to effect that prop
c"'v Uai-es wcull consent to be tax
en- care Of if judiciously approached.
was derided by the obServant Pea
body. az young reforiner grows fat
on notoriety," he laughed. "and think
what a scandal he would have for his
newspaper If we took Il chance on dis
closing our hand to him. No. no, Ste
vens: we must have him watched and
try to discredit him in some way. Per
haps we can make Langdon believe
that his secretary is dishonest
Congressman Norton was another
man who was dismayed ut the forma-
ton of the firm Of LanCdon and Hams.
Young Randolph. too. could not forget
the defeat and humiliation he had pre-
viously suffered at Haines' hands and
grew more bitter as the reporters in
f1uence over his father grew stronger.
But HaineS' most effective enemy had
arisen in the person he would be the
last to suspect. one whom he unceaS-
ingly admired. one whose very words
he had come to cherish. And possibly
1t was not all her own fault that Caro-
lima Iangdon had enlisted her services.
subtle and quite overwhelming lowing
to Haines' fervent worship of herr
against the secretary. Perhaps the SO
cial system of which she had become a
part in Washington had something to
do with the craving to become leader
In that fascinating world whose daz-
zling variety and infinite diversion
seemed to fill her soul with all that II
yearned for. Love she had, for she
had now promised to wed Congress
man Norton. She loved him fondly;
she had confessed to him, and gradu-
ally she came to work desperately
against Haines, who, she had been
convinced by Norton and Randolph
would prove stumbling block to them
to her father. to herself in her career
at the capital. If his influence over the
senator Should no permittad m axiSt n,