The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-05-20

ton with other large commercial
forces In two or three times as many
more political leaders,"
THAT talies very we'll with our es-
innate" said Breed. I'VE may want
to borrow this influence of yours lit.
tie later on. Heppcrdon. In the mean
time suppose you Just so ahead and
pay this fiat rate Of Rollins and say
nothing. Leave 1t to me-" 81.
'Sure." said Hepperdon. II
there must he Niger in, y
pile some place You're
well indeed, Breed
The next day brought
boned and wooden feat,
oily in his suavity. an
the beef trust. and V
and screechy and mark
less black freckles. an
the wooden combine
garnished with many
tives. Mr.. Rnymer and
declared to MIR. Rolli
would invoke special leg
would put his railway
of the business. dissolve
rate 1t into healthy com
ter it into easily handl'
and incidentally remove
from any and all sphere
whatsoever forever and
then some. On their wn.
led them In to see MIR.
with KelvinS nSsistnnc,
Mr.. Raymer's and MIR. Va
islative control.
The ensuing two weeks
up by q succession of S,l,
as these. and at the concls
time Representative OSwnl
ed into the house II bill pro
no railrond should own
another one: that no man
control. by proxy or own
more than one OF two or, II
peting roads and that no rail
cial should hold either Office
In another line OF rails which
between any two same shippin
This was the straw. or. rntl
bnle of straw. which snapped
alrendy highly strung nervous I
I1E NCuLIc W oTceu uIl NoINlH III
distress Really. 1t was not 80 II
surprise to Kelvin and Breed
might have been. for ii was they
had instructed Hepperdon MS te
psychological moment In whicl
have Oswald introduce his bin.
II expected nothing else" snid Dr.
glnncing at the mnrconigrnm and In
ing 1t to Kelvin. "Yon know. we t,
you In the first place that 1t might
necessary to make certain conce,
sions."
"Nevcr!" declared Rollins. well
dght them to the last ditch. They have
introduced this bill. but they have not
yet passed It,"
But they will the minute it comes
to vote" said Kelvin. Come up to
my rooms and let me show you dia-
gram, Mr.. Rollins"
In his office Phillip displayed a Gu
rious sheet OF cardboard almost as
large as the top of his desk upon
which the name "f every senator and
every United States representative was
set down. a few were marked in red
as men who were not for snle but the
rest. the vas: majority. were divided
into groups. one owned by Hopper
don. another by Raymcr. another by
Valentine, etc. and the names were
In some places cross grouped showing
TINT certain OF the senators and GER
+ tain OF the representatives served sew
eral nonconllicting interests. The dia
gram told ut Il glance precisely how
every man would vote on this bill.
"This thing is incredible" declared
Rollins. such a state Of affairs can
not exist"
"Such state Of affairs does exist"
asserted Kelvin. You may close your
eyes and touch pencil point In sue
cession upon any half dozen names
there not ringed with red. Wire
those gentlemen and ask them to teu
you by tomorrow how they intenS =:
vote on this BILL"
'1'll do it." said Rollins.
BY afternoon Rollins had answers
to all his wires. Four declared with
out reserve that they were for the
billion principle. Two answered eva
sively. .-
ut looks bad. but we mustn't allow
this state OF affairs" protested Rol-
Inns. I'VE must use counter strategy"
'"There IL only one that know Of"
stated Kelvin quietly. concessions"
. II will resign from my management
before make solitary concession"
declared Rollins.
would you pay $1,000 for building
lot If you knew that you could imme-
diatcly sell it for $1O.O00" demanded
Kelvin. 'r"- $500
Certainly" replied Rollins. But
don't see where the illustration ap-
plies" -.
I'm just this way" explained KEEL
win. with concessions buy legisla-
tors from enough of these men to Sc
cure legislative control and go after
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