Arizona republican., 1911-04-27
DANIEL TANK AND THE
 UNFINISHED FIGHT
By p. C. Macfsrlane.
Copyright, 1909. by the Pearson Pub
fishing Company.

As Tank went into court at two o'clock with HalloIan and his attor neys. they thrust into his hands a sheet all damp from the press. TANK AD- NINISTRATION DOOMED! t'said in screaming headlines. It was The Globe, a paper that had fed fat from Tanks hand for dozen years.
 He crumpled it in his hand, his great face ablaZe with wrath.
 The court was Tanks. His man upon the bench, his man behind the clerks desk, his man the bailiff, who with a half-dozen assistants sought to keep order among the breathless, sweat. ing, steaming crowd. Indeed it was his Assistant City Attorney who ap- peared with the prosecution. But for all that Tank knew better than to use his power. He had meant to. He could have ordered and forced through a series of irritating delays, but each would have brought men under the galling lash of criticism whom he wished to keep as free from it as pos sible. Never put strain on a man unless you've got to" was an axiom of his. The atmosphere of the situation told him in a minute that here and now was no time to pettifog. His henchmen whispered that on the Court House steps two blocks away, a great mass meeting had come together of its own accord. Fiery indignation speeches were being made.
 Tank was thinking quickly, deeply, wOnderingly For once he had mis- judged. Dunne's work had gone deeper than he thought. The people were tired of mere publicity, but it was the weariness of disappointment oft ex- perienced. Now, with the quarry in sight, with a grafter in the tolls, and the prospect of confession that would point the finger of accusation uner- -ingly al the guilty conspiratOrs against public right, backed by evidence which would be incontroyertible, the very town had risen.
 Dunne got up and went out. two of Tanks own appointees fighting the way through the crowd for him.
 He's gone to address the meeting on the Court House steps," whispered some one to Tank.
 The proceedings were soon over. The court promptly held Halloran to await the action of the Grand Jury. and fixeC his bail as low as friendliness dared under the circumstances.
 Court adjourned The crowds poured put. Tank remained within while bondsmen summoned by him qualified and Halloran was officially free.
 As they turned to leave the Judges chambers the next rude shock came tC the Boss. A document was handed tC Halloran and himself Each was ( summons to appear before the Grand Jury then in session at the Cour House two blocks away where the in dignation meeting was in progress Tank crushed his in his hand. Wha did Peelor mean by tTeachery like this Peelor was Tanks foreman of Tanks Grand Jury which was that day harm lessly in session. going through the mockery of listening to the report oi the experts (Tank's own) on the audi tors office What business had Peeloi to turn and rush him like this? He would break the traitors political neck for such disloyalty. He ground the pa per beneath his heel. His face famed hot.
 Come on out of this" he said to Halloran.
 Rudely he fought his way through the crowd in which his sympathizers mingled with his foes. till he gained the steps of the building. In front was a sea of faces. A great shout went UT from them. Tank appeared on the steps above with Halloran beside him For a moment the figure of the Boss stood out against the rim of people round him. and his huge face was lifted and turned slowly from left to right as he viewed the crowd. An in solent sheer framed itself on his great features, framed itself and faded to a look of gravity as he realized the in- tensity of the silence which had fol- lowed the first shout of greeting. In that silence Tank felt the breeding spirit of respect for law that turks somewhere in the heart of every Amer ican. The fight was one today, be- tween the Boss and the Boss system and that of the law. Tank sensed it keenly. He had ground the subpoena of the Grand Jury, one of the most powerful creations of law, under his heel. He had meant to disregard it. To send his orders to Peelor instead of obeying the orders Peelor sent to him. But as he saw and felt this vast, ex- pectant, sullen spirit before him in a crowd that any moment might fuse into mob or fall into the organized phalanxes of vigilance committee. he swiftly changed his mind. Seizing the arm of Halloran, who was small, he walked swiftly through the passage kept open by the pollce-his police climbed into the municipal automobile his municipal automobile-ando or dered the chauffeur to drive to the Court House.
 Dunne was speaking on the steps to a crowd far larger and more earnest than that which had confronted Tank. They drove round to the rear, entered by way of the sheriff's office, going in through the basement and then up a back staircase, thus gaining the Grand Jury anteroom unnoticed.
 "Ill come in first" ordered Tank of the deputy sheriff at the door.
 "I have orders to admit Halloran first, sir," explained the officer.
 "Ill see Peelor first" responded Tank grufiy.
 But my orders, MT. Tank. from the Grand Jury" faltered the menial. trem- bling between his respect for the proc.