Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-06
CHAPTER TX.

CHAPTER TX.
NEW KIND OF POLITICAL rARTNERsHIP.
THE combination OF the forces OF
Langdon and Haines did not
find much favor among the
1 powers that are--at the capital
Senator Peabody percmptorily demand
I'd an explanation from Stevens as to
low no had allowed 'his senator" to
.ngaRe a. his secretary this inquisi-
i've man Hatnos, reporter who didn't
inow his place"
"IIere we've put LAngdOn on naval
,tfairs because we knew he didn't un.
lerstand what's going on, aud you.
stevens, supposed to be the flushed
'roduct Of the political mill. you fall
sleep and let him take up man
whom nobody can control. one who
;nows the inside workings OF Wash
agton and who viii take par-tic-u-lai
!easure in teaching your fellow Mis-
lssippian far too much for our good"
Stevens reply, to effect that prob
,bly Haines weuld consent to be "tak
II care or II judiciously approached
vas derided ~ the observant Pea
body. "a young rsformcr grows IA,
o., notcrfety." he laughed. '.and thlnl
what a scandal he would have for bill
newspaper Il we took 4 chance on dis
closing our hand to him. No, no, Ste
yens; we must have him watched and
try to discredit him in some way. Per
haps We can make Langdon believe
that his secretary IL dishonest"
Congressman Norton was another
man who was ,iismaycd ct the lorna
ton Of the Arm of Tangdon 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
duencc 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 t, cherish. Aud possibly
It was not Al tier own fault that Caro-
lima Langdon had enlisted her services.
subtle and quite overwhelming lowing
to Haines' felvent worship Of her,
against the secretary. Perhaps the 30
cial system Of which she had become
part In Washington had something to
do with the craving to bscome leader
In that fascinating world whose das-
sling variety and ipnnlte diversion
seemed to I'LL her soul with MI that It
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. II his influence over the
senator should be permitted to exist or
to increase. And SO on the surface
Carolina Langdop 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 it 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-was to oppose what the
machine wanted with enough power to
force It to grant him what he believed
the public ought to have. He was de-
scribed by some Of the hidebound "in-
siders" on Capitol hill as ''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 factor when 1t final
ly prevailed on the president to take
over 11.O00 postmasters from the up
pointment class and put them under
the control of the civil service commits.
sion, resulting in the necessity Of
competitive examination for these
postmasters instead Of their securing
positions through political fayoritism.
Those who did not know Langdon
suggested that this fellow
ought to be taken care Of What in
Gods name does he want? A commit
tee chairmanship? An Enthusiastically
for some Mississippi charcoal burner?
A coupe Of federal judgeships for his
Well. whatever It is, give 1t
State Of Ohio, City of Toledo.
Lucas county.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he