Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-03-05
CHAPTER IN.

NEW KIND or POLITICAL PARTNERSHIP.
THE combination Of the forces OF
l.ancdon and lIaines did not
find much favor among the
i powers that are-at the capital
Senator Peabody peremptorily demand
I'd au explanation from Stevens rs TO
how be had allowed his senator" to
engage rs his secretary this inquisi-
tive man Haines, n reporter who didn't
know his place.
Here we've put Lnngdon on naval
affairs because we knew be didn't un-
derstand what's going on, and you.
Stevens, supposed to be the finished
product OF the political mill VOu fail
asleep and let him take up n man
whom nobody can couirnt. one who
knows the inside workings OF Wash.
ington and who will take par tic u,!ar
pleasure In teaching your feiluY Mis-
sissippian far too much for our good l."
Stevens reply. 10 effect that prob
ably Haues would consent 10 he tax.
en- care of" II ndiciously approached
was dcrided 10y the obseryant Pea.
body "A young raformer grows fat
on notoriety." he laughed. and think
what scandal he would have for his
newspaper II We took chance on dis
closing our hand TO him. No. no. Ste
vens: we must have him watched and
try to disCrcdit him In some way Per.
haps we can make Lancdon believe
that his secretary IL dishonest
Congressman Norton was another
man who was dlsmayod nt the fcrma
tton Of the Arm of T.angdon aud Hams
Young Randolph. too. could not forget
the defeat and humiliation he had pre-
vlonsly suffered At Iiaines' hands and
grew more bitter as the reporters in
fuence over his father grew stronger.
But Haines' most effective enemy had
arisen in the person he would he the
last to suspect. one whom he unceas
lngly admired one whose very words
he had come TO cherish And possibly
II was not all her own fault that Caro-
lima Langlon had enlisted her services.
subtle aud quite overwhelming owing
to Haines' fervent worship OF her,
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 10 al her soul with nil that 1t
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 Haipes. 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, II his influence over the
senator should be permitted to exist or
to Increase. And SO on the surface
/ Carolina Langdon was most amIable
to the secretary. encouraged him In his
attentions TO her. led him surely into
her power, Norton having prevailed on
her to keep the knowledge Of their en-.
gagement secret from every one. even
/ her father
The days and nights became filed
! with Important work for Senator Lang.
don and his secretary. Together they
went over the important measures, out.
lined what appeared to be the best
course Of procedure and carried II into
effect as far as possible. Langdon be.
came prominent figure in the senate
owing to his consistent support of
measures that fitted In with the public
policy. or what should be the public
policy. OF the nation. He had learned
that the only practicable way to out.
wit or to cope with the members OF
the dominating machine. made UP, he
was surprised to see, of members of
both the parties--the only two In
Washington--wa to oppose what the
machine wanted with enough power tc
force 1t to grant him what he believed
the pubic ought to have. He was de-
scribed by some Of the hidebound in
siders" on Capitol hill as 1.-The only
hrainy man who had fought the ma
chine in thirty years"
AZ Tue nome ne had later established
in Washington as preferable to the
international hotel We're frequently
seen a small coterie of senators and
congressman who had become known
to the sarcastic party bosses in both
houses OF congress as the 'l.angdon
crowd which crowd was admitted tc
be somewhat OF factor when It final
" prevailed on the president to take
over ll.000 postmasters from the ap
pointment class and put them under
the control Of the civil service commits
sion. resulting in the necessity of Il
competitive examination for these
poStmasters instead of their securing
positions through political favoritism
Those who did not know Langdor