New-York tribune., 1909-01-10

for It was vastly greaLS-
than what GOrnly expended They mad neally .
many expenses as he. except Tor the ne e"sliAeL
vertising, which they got free and IN addlon - -
disbursed an immense bribery and corruption TN
through Callahan. COnnell. Habber-eE, ana Alu-S--
AGAIN and again were Haldane and his associates
called upon for remittanceS. when I Wsle -
variably Forthcoming. There was no poSSlOAlI! y
refusal. The fortunes of the group OF niIteS - -
trolling the public utilities were pound up y -
election Failure to win victory would mean ~
CiaI ruin to MANY of them Fortunately for NH;
did not mean so much to Haldare, tnougI - =
great fortune would be seriously impaired Dy dele-
Most of the Others however, had turned over eIe ~
thing that they possessed. and pledged LheH 80 -
as we'll to the vast syndicate OF whica ne IT wa ~
head Indeed he and Van Slyke would De tRe ~ -
ones not totally ruined by the election OF OOI-4
Consequently they paid and paid and pdd, Plo:el 80
ing in their hearts but shutting their teeth sI5 =.
and handing out the cash. which was dlSouIseu +
the best advantage by Callahan and AunSoH- 4
honestly disbursed. too; that IS II f wa ths
burSed in the interests of the C21npilSA- CL CL. h.
chief powers of a certain kind OF boss is tnI-
stands by his friends and confines his p-undel'iS
the people and his other enemies. ...,o
Besides Callahan realized that hlS own pOSiI pI f1r
of undsputed leadership, which he h"d ENJOY This
so many years, depended upon his success = bis
if nothing else would be a sufficient stimulus - :,
energies He never planned SO carefully IoISsL III,
desperately, for victory. In this ne was 80
seconded by MunSOn, who was glad At last % < oliy
nlZSu, ana T6SlllZeO IHstI utlS Ne'S flr
opportunity that he and his would ever en}o5 5 sx
proving upon the public Ruthertord was II-o a-S
Ceedingly brilliant in his CamPalgnns ana 3s
fighting for his life developed unuSu1I Po"'.f tbe
speaker and a perSuader Every employ &C - 8
administration every member of the CenllIJ -J,~rs
clety, was KEYED up to the most deterI leu uSni,ry
Even business and speculation became Oh 'eN
Importance in the fury of the Ca1np,tSn- -bsns.
Gormly himself spoke every nlght So--,1tl, SolLN-,
and the crowds that greeted h1n were en0' - +he
Meanwhile every detective in the employ vsrs
CITY and all others that could be SuboIHeu. ,nd
concentrating their efforts on GOrully PH4 ms
present. He could not take step "'' 7I;Ssrrlt
office without being ShadOwed- 1t was mo- - n his
fer spies to minge with the crowd oi oul I,sd his
store and SCrutinize every person VINO 'e,otbing
private room. They had 50 TAR diSCoNeI'G - bon-
Gormly had lived an absolutely clean up lis y9rk
They did not find out where he came from H. - they
where ne was born. The only posSlpiT - IN the
had was the statement that be had once - Men
West with which Haldane had suPPued W., W.. but
had secured the principal cities oL lhe ~ dsspair.
nothing had been learned ConneI va tbs under
lie had counted from his knowledge ol h used
world upon finding something that to'''D ,rseded.
to Gormly'S disadvantage; he had ho' - agan
He and Callahan and Munson had again 81 .-actflc-
been on the eve of determining upon Ine ,rv that
ture of some degrading or InCrlnllnltils - not be
would at least serve their purpose II ,-,r. but
difficult to get witnesses to SuCh an -. s1ch an
it would be highly dangerous 70 resort ,Iecided-
expedient and they were hesitatlnS "l'N
A BOUT this time the disputed trans - IN the
resolution was immediately mt IN IOt;rg 4 re-
Board of Aldermen at the City titl s-ti1n sli Com
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