The Alaska citizen., 1911-07-10

nor, MT Warren" he said at last
 Now l have no fears for Mir. Lewis
 end of the state-your end-but
 am little afraid of the upper end of the state Mir Lewis and 1 have
 agreed upon a plan that will assure
 all the state to me. The fight will
 have to be made in the Committee on Public Structures"
 "Yeso" Jim Warren lifted his gaze
 inquiringly
 We know" he amended-"that the
 way to pull the upper part of the state solidly is to give those people up there what they want. Now there has been some clamor up there for recreation piers. a new state school and libraries and what-not. The pres ent governor is opposed to the ex- penditure of the money necessary
 for all these things
 Tt would run into millions-would it not?" asked Jim Warren. | Tt would yes" Tillinghast agreed 1 complacently. If bills should be in troduced 10 this end-that Is, giving them all they want and more-and l, as speaker, stood back of them and make fight for them-do you see l would be their champion? l would be the man they want"
 And 1t would only cost the state Il few million dollars?" Jim Warren put in. He glanced up quite casually l into Tillinghast's fat face. In other words. the state would pay for the privilege of electing you governor? Tilinghast didn't like the way he put il What coarse, tac;less per son, to be sure!
 You don't understand. Mir. War ren," he went on 10 explain. If any bill Was passed the governor would veto il; and. in the rirst place, il couldn't be passed. Certainly we couldn't pass il over the governors veto, but the moral effect would be the same"
 Slowly il dawned upon Jim War
 "Oh." he said Its only grand stand play"
 1 Tillinghast grnnted Why did this man insist on calling everything by it's first name?
 As matter of fact. l don't care q hang whether those people up ! there get their recreation piers and , schools and libraries or not" the speaker went on: but the bill would precipitate a big fight and, whatever else came of it. Il would strengthen | me in that end of the state" And why" asked the maker uf 1 ploys quietly-"why does Lewis choose me for this committee?" Because you are fighter, Mr. Warren" The speaker beamed upon him fatly. "Because you have sud denly become one of the influential men cf the state. With you on my side don't you see the possibilities 7" Tillinghasl's B hand lay hot and moist on his shoulder; Jim Warren wrig sled out from under 1t and went to the window. lis sinewy fingers were clenched.
 You are planning to hand them gold brick up there and 1 am to be he middleInan?" he asked slowly
 Not al all!" sua,ely I'm going tu try to give them something they want Ii l don't succeed il isn't my fanit. You are the man to make the fight. 1 think so we'll Of you--l.ewis and l both think SO we'll of you-that not only are we-aln i-willing to make you U member of that commit tee, but we'd be glad to make You l chairman"
 chairnan. The word sent thrill 1 through the sturdy figure of Jim was coming through.
 And what else do l get?" Jim Warren queried quietly. What else? l don't understand" Jim Warren turned upon him sud denly.
 "Tillinghast. l know your situation precisely he said tersely. Lewis was absolute dictator of his end of the state. When l beat him rip ped his following wide open. That | following is mine now. He still han dies the money-bag and his influence 1 in the legislature is no less than | it was; but among the voters in my end of the state he has lost caste. | Now you figure that if you have Lewis on your side, as you have, and can ge, me on your side, you will gain all that Lewis has lost and more. Isn't that sO?"
 The honorable speaker hemmed and l hawed about it.
 Tt is." Jim Warren answered his own question. Tn other words, with | both of us on your side, that end of the state is certain to go for Filling. hast am absolutely necessary to you if you carry that end of the state; it is necessary to placale me with this committee job-and all ] have to do is to further your inter ests in the other end of the state with this-this gold brick. Now Pm asking you what else l an to get out of 1t? l mean, of course, in addition to the place on the Committee on Public Structures"
 Tiilinghast gasped and sat down heavily He was overwhelmed with a sense of impending disaster. Some thing was going to drop in minute. This redheaded whirlwind was the person to drop il. Why hadn't he let Lewis deal with him? Gro be Continued) | I1lkITTn ! nor AIT ln nIKTnl M