Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-03-12

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rely on the Penn
sylvanian's supe- ~
rior force to
break down the A"" oo
barriers. Stevens would lutter about
and gather up the ~leavings.
Equally as mercenary as "the boss of
the senate" he lacked P~eabody's iron
nerve. determination, resourcefulness
and daring. He needed many hours
of sleep. Peabody could work twenty
hours at a stretch. He had to have
his meals regularly or else suffer from
Indigestion. Peabody sometimes did
a days work on two boiled eggs and
a cup of coffee.
The senior senator from Mississippi
had been the first to point out to Pea
body the possibilities for profit In the
gulf naval base project, but the morn
ing following the conference with
Steinert when he rejoined them for
breakfast at the Louis Napoleon he
was far from comfortable. He did
HUI Lnlu0 uSHLluS DiuAh dBulhSL DiuAu,
ven though u%nprincipled methods
were resorted to, but indications were
that more violent agencies would be
called into play owing to the complica-
lions that had arisen.
Stevens ate heartily to strengthen
his courage. Steinert ate hugely to
strengthen his body. Peabody ate
scarcely anything at ALTO strengthen
his brain.
Waving away the hotel waiter who
had brought the breakfast to his
apartment: Senator Peabody uutffnsu
the probable campaign Of the day.
eff Jul best efforts to weaken and
scare off Langdon fail today" he said,
'ft will naturally develop hat we must
render it impossible in some way for
him to appear in the senate at all, or
we must delay his arrival until after
the report of the committee OF naval
affairs has been made. In either
event he would not have another op-
portunity to speak on that subject.
"Of course later. at 1890. we will
know his plan of action. Then we a
act to the very point, but we must be
prepared for any situation that a
arise"
Cannot the president Of the senate
be persuaded not to recognize Lang
don on the floor? Then we could ad-
journ and shut him off," asked Ste
vens.
mo-" responded Peabody; "he has
already promised Langdon to recog-
nize him, and the president of the SEN
ate cannot be persuaded to break his
word. 1 am painfully aware of this
fact"
But Stevens was not yet diSsuaded
from the hope of defeating the Junior
senator from Mississippi by wit alone.
"Can we not have a speaker get the
floor before Langdon and have him
talk for hours-tire out the old kicker
and await a time when he leaves the
senate chamber to eat or talk to some
visitor we could have call on him,
then shove the bill through summa-
rily ?" be suggested.
"I've gone over all that" answered
Peabody quickly. 1T would only be
ueldyluB LIE evil nOuI. 1Ou WOulun l
be able to move that old codger away
from the senate chamber with a team
of en-on he gets to his seat. His
secretary, H~aines-another oversight
of yours, Steyens''-the latter WINGED
twill warn him. Langdon would
stick pins through his eyelids to keep
from falling asleep"
UTIua haon fbinEf0t pI1f IN Ctofnorf
slowly, "that a little fne-esse like this
might keep him away: When Lang
don's in his committee room before
goin' to the senate send him a tele-
gram signed by some Of his frien's'
name that one of his daughters is
dyin' from injuries in a automobile
collision a few miles out a-town.
That ud'-
Ridiculous" snorted Peabody. He'd
know where they were. They're al
Ways
Huh, then put In more fine-esse."
"How, what?"
"Hev some'un take 'em out a-au-
toin'"-
mo, no, man!' snapped Peabody.
They'd stick In town to heal their
fathers wonderful speech"
"Well," went on the lobbyist, "I'll hev
Langd'n watched by a careful picked
man, a niger tibet won't talk. He'll
pick a row with the colonel on some
street, say, we he's comm from his
home after lunch. The coon kin bump
into Langd'n an call him names. Then
wen ole fireworks sails into i'm, yellin'
about what ed do in Mississippi, the
coon pulls a gun on the colonel an