El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-19
THE CASH INTRIGUE
BY GEORGE Copyright, 1909, By the
RANDOLPH CHESTER B0BBS MERRILL co.
1coutinued From Yesterday.l

The ensuing TWO weeks were taken
up by a succession Of such incidents
as these. and at the conclusion Of that
time Representative Oswald introduc-
ed into the house bill providing that
no railroad should own stock in
another one: that no man should vote
control. by proxy or ownership. In
more than one Of two or more com
peting roads and that no railroad Off
ciaI should hold either Office or stock
in another line of rails which reached
between any two same shipping points.
This was the straw, or. rather. the
bale Of straw. which snapped Rollins
already highly strung nervous tension
He came to Breed and Kelvin in much
distress Really. it was not so much
surprise to Kelvin and Breed as 1t
might have been. for 1t was they who
had instructed Hepperdon as to the
psychological moment in which to
have Oswald introduce his BILL
81 expected nothing else" said Breed.
glancing ct the marconigram and hand
ing Ii to Kelvin You know. we told
you in the first place that 1t might be
necessary to make certain conces
sions'
NEVER declared Rollins. We'll
fight them to the last ditch. They have
introduced this bill. but they have not
jet passed it."
But they will the minute 1t comes
to a vote" said Kelvin. Come up to
nv rooms and let me show you dia-
gram, Mr.. Rollins"
In his Office Phillip displayed Gu
rious 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. A 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 Raymer. another by
Valentine, etc, and the names were
in some places cross grouped showing
that certain Of the senators and GER
tain of the representatives served sew
eral nonconficting interests. The dia-
gram told at a glance precisely how
every man would vote on this bin.
"This thing is Incredible" declared
Rollins. 'Such a state Of affairs can
not exist"
"Such a 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 rfnged with red Wire
those gentlemen and ask them to tell
you by tomorrow how they intend to
vote on this bill"
.sTll 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
siveIy.
1T looks bad. but we mustn't allow
this state of affairs" protested ROl-
Inns. I'VE must use counter strategy"
There is only one that | know OF, =
stated Kelvin quietly concessions. .
Il will resign from my management
before | make a solitary concession
declared Rollins.
would you pay 5000 for building
lot if you knew that you could imme-
diately sell it for S10.O0Og' demanded
Kelvin.
Certainly" replied Rollins. But
don't see where the illustration ap
plies"
'In Just this way" explained Kel
vim. 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 OWL
legislation. We have. Mr.. Breed and
myself. as you must have appreciated
By now. certain large ideas OF reform