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


time suppose you Just so ahead and
pay this fiat rate Of Rollins and say
nothing Leave 1t to me- aG
Sure" said Hepperdon. II =.
there must be a niger in, tdciety on
pile some place. You're ,,d I'm
well indeed. Breed anu VI"
The next day broughtBasis
boned and wooden feat,
oily In his suavity, an
the beef trust, and We'd Tendencies
and screechy and mark
less black freckles. auYion and
the wooden combine. an
garnished with many
tives Mr.. Raymer and -
declared to Mr.. Roll. ,,..i., r>, ,,
would invoke special leg
would put his railway j. d. j. r"N' ID.
of the business dissolve at the Catholic
rate 1t into healthy com gives a care
ter 1t into easily handll,lvsjs of the
and incidentally remove which W., h,.,r
from any and all sphcrc;, ~
whatsoever forever and
then some. On their wn: "''"s 'Ni'o'-
led them In to see Mr.. ''' race Na'ue
with Kevin's nSSistnnc, consequence
Mr.. RNVmerR ana MIR. Vas were carried
islative control. 1t i'm the prac-
The ensuing two weeks morru.a tic
up by u succession of sue, , :, ,,,,,
as these aud at the conclu>
time Representative OSwnle '''' '''"''
ed into the house Il bill pro1e co''e'us'o'
no railroad should own particularly
another one: that no man 8 does the
control. by proxy or Ownhr near APP
more than one OF two or, ILle form to
peting roads and thnt no rni,cnts We
cial should hold either office :, ,,;. ~
in another line OF rails which
between any two same shippin
This was the straw, or, rntlund else
bnle of straw. which snapped lavc pro-
alrendy highly strung nervous talism, or
He came to Breed aud Kelvin In o,nti,,,
distress, Really. it was not 20 IL .,,,ra,
surprise to Kelvin and Breed
might have been. for ii was they
had INSTRUCTED HepperlOn MS to- OWE
psychological moment in whiclriatl"n
have Oswald Introduce his bill. per-
II expected nothing else" snid B,priv-
glnncing ut the mnrconigrnm and hnrntlv
ing 1t to Kelvin. ''YOu know we tGrc,t
you In the first place that II might ltu-
necessary to make certain conce,
sions"
"Nevcr!" declared Rollins. "Well'-
light them to the last ditch. They have
introduced this bill. but they have not
yet passed it."
But they will the minute 1t comes
to u vote" said Kelvin. Come up to
my rooms aud let mo show you dia-
gram, Mr.. Rollins.
In his Office Phillip displayed Gu
rioua sheet OF cardboard almost as
large as the top Of his desk upon
which the name Of every senator and
every United States representative was
set down. u few were marked in red
as men who were not for sale but the
rest. the vast majority. were divided
into groups. one owned by Hopper
don. another by Raymcr. another by
Valentine, etc, and the names were
In some plnces cross grouped showing
that certain OF the senators and GER
tain OF the representatives served sew
eral noncOnlictng interests. The dia
gram told ut n glance precisely how
every man would vote on this bill.
This thing is Incredible" declared
Rollins. "Such state Of affairs can
not exist"
RI "Such n state of affairs does exist"
asserted Kelvin You may close your
eyes and touch a pencil point in sue
cession upon any half dozen names
there not ringed with red. Wire
those gentlemen and ask them to ten
you by tomorrow how they intenS =;
vote on this bill"
"I'II 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"
'"Ihere 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-
diately sell it for $1OOO0?" demanded
Kelvin. "
Certainly" replied Rollins. But N
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
the balance. This gives your fat rate
pretty wide scope. Rollins, and it pro-
tects us until we can control our own
legislation. We have. Mr.. Breed and
myself. as vo. must have appreciated
." * ITO be Continued). -7,i
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