Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-03-19


& s.'.- I..-t,.y r,ui'ur.-y demand
u %. 90. 'ar..'ttn from StereAs as 10
h.v L- '.-: aH.Uc! his senator" 10
'..ra--. as '.s r.rr,ary us !a.u!Sl-
tiy. Hsn II1,n"s. % reporter who didn't
XIV lis !,..,'
"I1,.r we've PIT I.n4cdon On naval
~ - Iycaueo We. kew b" didn't uD-
d,r-'a-i Watts e'!ag Oh, aid you.
Stevens. aapprscd - te the finished
rr...s.: II the political MIL. you fail
as,r.p md l,t him take M n man
. a.,4 nobody can control. one who
knows the inside workings II Wash
FL :an and who VII take Particular
pleasure in tHaeh!nE your fellow MIS-
sissipr!an far too much for our good"
stevens reply, to effect that prob
ably IIaiues would consent to he tax
q car" e" II jud!ciously approached.
us Gesided by the ubseryant Tea
J. d.. - young rcformer grows fat
on no.oricty." he laughed. and think
what n scandal he would have for his
newspaper II we took n chance on dis
' l''Ns44k WI manu- ~ i4AiAi w. iip, NV
vens: We must have him watched and
try TO discredit him In some way Per
haps we can make l.angdon believe
that his secretary Is dishonest"
Congressman Norton was another
nan who was dismayed ut the forma
ton ~ the firm Of Langdon and Hams
YounS Randolph. too. could not forget
Tie defeat and humiliation he had pre-
vinusly suffered ut IIaines' hands and
grew more bitter rs the reporters IN
fluence over his father grew stronger.
But IIaines' 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 I.angd"n had enlisted her services.
subtle and quite overwhelming lowing
to IIaines' fcrvent worship Of her,
against the secretary. Perhaps the 30
cial system Of which she had become q
part In Washington had something to
do with the craving to become q leader
In that fascinating world whose daz-
cling variety and infinite diversion
seemed To ill her soul with all that II
yearned for. Love she had, for she
had now promised to we'd Congress-
man Merton. She loved him fondly:
she had confessed to him, and gradu-
ally She came to work desperately
against IIaines. 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-
Eagement secret from every one, even
her father
The days and nights became filled
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 1t 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. be
was surprised to see. of members Of
both the parties-the only two in
Westinghouse to oppose what the
machine wanted with enough power to
force 1t to grant him what he believed
the public ought to have. He was de-
scribed by some Of the hidebound I'm
siders" on Capitol hill as 1.-THE only
brainy man who had fought the ma
chine In thirty years"
At the home he had later established
In Washington as preferable to the
international hotel were frequently
seen small Coterie Of senators and
congressman who had become known
to the sarcastic party bosses in both
houses OF congress as the "Langdon
crowd" which crowd was admitted to
be somewhat OF n factor when 1t final
~ prevailed on the president to take
over 11,OOO poStmaSters from the np-
pointment class and put them under
the control Of the civil service commits.
sion. resulting In the necessity OF a
competitive examination for these
postmastcrs instead of their securing
positions through political fnvoritism.
Those who did not know Langdon
intimately suggested that this fellow
ought to be taken care Of What in
Gods name does he want? 4 commit
tee craftsmanship? An Enthusiastically
for some Mississippi charcoal burner?
A couple Of federal judseshlps for his
friends? Well. whatever 1t Is. give II
{ to him and get him in with the rest
sof u.s."
Again 1t was Peabody who had the
deciding say.
There's only one thing worse than
a young rcformer. and that's an old
one" he laughed bitterly at q secret
conclavc at his apartment In the lux.
urious Louis Napoleon hotel. The
young one thinks he IS going to live
and wants our future profits for HIM
self. The old one thinks he's going
to die, and he's sore ut leaving so
much craft behind him"
Heads and hearts thinking and thrOb-
bling together. I.an2don and his score
tary, liaines, rloddrd along They
had learned to lean on each other,
the young gaining Inspiration from the
old. the old gaining strength from the
young They loved cIch other and.
more than any love. they trusted one
another. AID Hope Georgia watched
II all and rcjuiccd. for She believed
with Ill the accrued crudition Of eight
cen years II innocent yirlhood that
Mr. Bud llaineS WIS quite the finest
Specimen If voting manhood this
world had ever produced. How could
he have happened, She was sure that
She had never met his equal, not even
81 that memorable week she had spent
In Jackson.