The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-23

boU OF their action.
All right" Bob answered. Your
pay goes on the same until the cleo
ton. After that I'll take care Of you,
whether we win or not"
When the interview was noised
abroad the doubtful employees at once
lined up for Stuart. Bob ,uade them
the same promise.
The campaign will be remembered
as long as the Steel City stands. Bob
was ~viciousIy cartooned and made the
subject OF editorial attacks.
These attacks were met by QUE blasts
from the Bugle and countercharhes
from a band Of sp%ellbinders who. led
by Paul Remington. stumped the city
from end to end.
The Sixth stood by Bot Loyalty. All
the tough wards ave enormous ma
1~orities for his candidate. but. so far
ed, in vain When the returns were
counted Stuart was defeated by less
than 1000 majority. The people are
victorious!' screamed M~acPherson'S
newspaper. Bob had met his first re
pulse.
When Bob heard the result he gave
no sign Of disappointment. The only
change In his demeanor was a tighten
ing Of the lines about his mouth.
81 expected 1t. Ii came too soon.'
be said calmly 10 Remington. and add
ed, with a sudden snap Of his teeth,
but it's MACPHERSON last VIM
Those about him now saw a change
come owe him as he plunged into a
campaign to turn his defeat into VIC
tory. The change was marked chiefly
by a Frightening Of the eyes and n
genuinely mirthful ring in his rare
laugh. The heart Of Mrs. Dunmeade
was made glad as she saw him COM
PEELED by the eXigencies Of his posi-
ton into direct antagonism to the in
terests that were almost openly array
ed against her husband.
The city was now awakened from
the lethargy in which 1t had lain for
a generation. The continued exposures
In the Bugle. which the opposition
press tried in vain to counterfeit by
charges that Bob himself had been an
accomplice In the same misdeeds, and
the knowledge gained during the re-
cent campaign had aroused the citi-
Gems o a realization of the fact that
shamefully outraged. Bob had no
mind to wait three years until the
next mayoralty contest. Moreover.
he must take advantage Of the popu-
lar awakening which. with the Gym
zeal unbelief shared by many others.
he deemed to be only eDhemeral.
The McAdoo organization was ex-
tended out into the boroughs and cou
try districts of the county. In his
work Remington. with his native di-
plomacy and winning anners was an
invaluable aid. The choice Of n can
didate for the district attorneyship
was the most difficult part Of the pro-
gram. Bob at length found one suita-
BILE to his purpose in Martin. a bril-
liant and ambitious young lawyer.
When Bob first preached the subject
to him Martin demurred.
"lf took it I'd want to make a rec
ord" he said ''There's a certain line
Of prosecutions for political offenses
that I'd like to push. and | don't care
to be used as a club TO force Mac
Pherson into a deal and then be pulled
of from the prosecutions"
THAT'S all right" Bob explained.
II want you to make a record. or
course I shouldn't want you to hurt
any of our people. but so long as you
stand by us you may go after Mac
Pherson and his crowd as hard as you
please. There'll be no deal in that
quarter"
81 don't know what your game is
Martin answered But. by George. !
like your style of fighting. and II you
give me this opportunity III be square
with you"
During that campaign the fame of
Bob's struggle spread to the borders OF
his state and out into the nation. Men.
absorbed though they were In tn Is
sues of a national campaign, found
time to turn their eyes toward the
Steel City and ask themselves the ques-
tons: Who and what is this grim. lone
ly figure fighting for the mastery Of
his city single handed against an alli-
ance whose tremendous power is be-
ginning vaguely to be realized. and
what does his success portend?
The nomination won, Martin safely
elected and the county patronage SO
disposed as to rivet the weak points In
his machine, for so II must be called,
Bob was in the position of a man who
owns all the water around a coveted
island. but not the island itself. The
county government was his, but the
city administration, the goal Of his ef-
fort. was still in MacHhersoD's hands
and would be at least until the next
mayoralty election, more than two
years distant. Bob made tenta i've eff
forts to bribe Mayor Henry to a deser-
ton Of his boss. but Henry was loyal.
Many a long hour Bob spent over the
problem how to gain control of the city