Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
They professed themselves entirely
ready to print his business advertise

They profe0Ged themselves entirely
ready to print his business advertise
ments 1T the usual rates. Gormly
retaliated. of course. BY withdrawing
all advertising Of any sort from them.
and doubling the space he purchased
In the ether papers. Naturally, there
fore, the press divided in two sec
tons; those that we're controlled by
the party in power. and those that
were favorable to the new candidate.
Incidentally. nothing that he could
have said or done could have 20 In
creased the business of his store!
His business rivals and associates in
deed suggested. and the suggestion
was quickly seized upon by the adj
ministration papers. that the whole
thing was Q clever advertising dodge,
and that Gorp1y was simply using his
candidacy to boom his business. There
was no satisfactory answer to this
argument, which was one of the best
that could have been devised by the
opposition, and It was harped upon
immensely. although their leader was
vigorously justified from this charge
by his army of fighters.
The expenses Of the campaign were
enormous. Not one cent was paid out
for bribery or for the purpose of in
nuencing votes In any improper way;
but the hiring of halls the payment
Of the expenses Of meetings. organiza-
ton. transportation. printing, salaries.
and 80 on aggregated an extraordinary
sum. Even Gormly himself had not
realized how great these expenses
would be; but he paid them without
blenching. His resources were vast.
He put at the disposal OF his candi-
dacy all the accumulations and earn
ings Of twenty-five years. He saw
that by the time the vote was taken,
his ready money would be expended.
Of course, he would still have his
great business, which would be entire
" unencumbered: but everything else
would go.
He still kept to his plan of printing
every week sworn statements of his
expenses, challenging the other party
to do the same. The reason the so
ciety did not publish it's expense ac-
count was not because 1t was ashamed
Of the amount. for it was vastly great
or than what Gormly expended. They
had nearly - many expenses as he.
except for the Newspaper advertising.
which thoy got free. and in addition
they disbursed IN immense bribery
and corruption fund through Lffey,
Cornell, Habberley and Benson.
Again and again were Haldane and
his associates called upon for remit
tances. which were Invariably forth
coming There was no possibility OF
would mean financial ruin to many OF
them. Fortunately for him. 1t did not
mean 30 much to Haldane. although
his great fortune would be seriously
impaired by defeat Most Of the
others, however. had turned over
everything that they possessed, and
pledged their credit as well, to the
vast syndicate Of which he was the
head Indeed, he and Van Slyke would
be the only ones not totally ruined
by the election Of Gormly. Conse.
quently they paid and paid and paid,
protesting in their hearts but shutting
their teeth grimly and handing out
the cash. which was disbursed to the
best advantage BY Affey and Benson
Gormly himself spoke every night
somewhere, and the crowds that greet
ed him were enormous. Meanwhile
every detective In the employ Of the
city, and all others who could be
suborned, were concentrating their
efforts on Gormly's past and present
He could not take step outside OF
his ONCE without being Swallowed. II
was not diMcult for spies to mingle
with the crowd Of buyers in his store
and scrutinize every person who en-
tered his private room. They had
20 far discovered nothing. Gormly
had lived an absolutely clean. upright
honest, hardworking life since ne
landed IN New York. They did not
find out where he came from or even
where he was born. The only possible
clue they had was the statement that
he had once been In the west, with
which Haldane had supplied them
Men had secured the principal cities
OF the west; but nothing had beer
learned. Cornell was In despair. He
, and IAifey and Benson had again anc
again been on the eve Of determining
upon the manufacture Of some degrad
ing or discriminating story which
would at least serve their purpose. i
would not be dinicult to get witnesses
to such IN endeavor; but II would be
highly dangerous to resort to such al
expedient, and they were still hest
tating and undecided.
About this time the disputed fran
chise expired. A resolution was Inn
tmediately introduced in the board O
aldermen at the city hall granting :
renewal Of II to tho Gotham Freight
Traction company. Every move II
the game was watched. and the reso
luton had scarcely been read and re
ferred to . committee whom It wal
communicated to Gormly. The mex
d2y the Gormly papers rang with thu
charge that the city fathers Intended
10 give away IL most valuable remain
ing public franchise to the Gotham
freight Traction company.
| At tho next meeting, despite thu
furious protests Of tho 0ormiy party
the resolution was put upon IL pas
sags. 0ornly here played bis GrsaS
est political card. Attended by
body Of friends. he presented himself