Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-26
CHAPTER v.
THE WEAKEST LINK.

THERE are two types OF roformer, 10
i our polltleo-eoonomic AFFAIRS one 10
reiormer for the love OF deconGy truth
other Is. as a character In humorous ne
ton once put II, 'for reform when her
ont and for politics when he's in--thats
why he's In go seldom" He IL strong 10
rebound 20 his political or financial credit
tEd he Il unalterably opposed to reform
ing anybody who has the power to injurs
him In his ambitions or his pocket, Thi,
counterfeit may for years deceive every
one--but his wife, II she IN an mtelllgent
woman. and Catherine Darwin was that
James Darwin bore national reputf-
ton Ms reformer OF tho most unoom-
promising school As District Attorney
for the Southern District OF New York he
had gained fame In the Insurance prose-
eutons This was war Of Insurance
companies whore n couple OF the blgges,
ones. were trying TO drive to the wall .
number of the smaller ones whleh we're
on the eve OF consolidation. He sent
!ohnson--a wealthy but harmless ola
mAn--to ian. ana had written countless
magazine articles sktolilng his own abil.
ny and integrity. lie didn't carry his
Investigations into the camps OF the big
leaders
At tho time Wilbur Emerson and his
partners borrowed ts.oo0,ooe Of their
own capital on their own notes he had
been out OF tho district attorneys OF.
fee llttio more than a year lie had
a largs practise. but II was generally
understood that he would soon aban-
don It TO accept tho position OF the
Attorney General In the Cabinet Of
the President He was a strona-ju juwed.
aggressive. gray-haired man OF forty
Ave. master cross examiner and .
relentless prosecutor--on occasion.
He bitterly hated the Emersons For
this there wero two good reasons. In
the first place old John Emerson had
established him hnancially--had given
him his start in life; and there is no
hatred to equal that OF man for his
benefactor. HIS presence on earth Is
. constant reproach--a reminder that
there was once t!me when he needed
help
His hatred OF Wilbur Emerson was
deadly and personal II the father
a1 ha nnl-
soned his heart Like n true woman,
Catherine had told him after their
marriage that she had once loved the
young man Being Intelligent Darwin
realized that his wife had appraised
sim .ns c-a. "a lo-s him wi Ia
iyo :.ears .'.e. their marriage h's
vcni,y wound -. permit him to un-
Asy,ts.,a that she nod never loved hlih'
lie resented her intimacy with lsabei
emerson, but he dared not interfere
ana The fact that she was always 10
be found at tho Emerson home when
she was not In her own fed MS )eai-
ousy. He feared that she was going
TO SEQ Wilbur, not Isabel.
This was the state OF his feelings
20 ard the house OF Emerson when nc
was suddenly summoned TO Washing
ton for several conferences with the
Attorney General. The result OF that
conference was that he was appointed
spscial prosecutor to Investigate the
Emerson Banking Company.
The raid OF the money trust on the
Emerson chain of banks that piuhse'
tho country into fr!ghtful panic ana
disturbed the industry OF the WoFld
had failed. Thanks to the French ioan'
Ar. prerson hanks had kept their doors
omen and paid their depositors ooiiar io'
dollar. In less than week the reAct'on
beuan 10 set In. Depositors came o@cA
=. ,h.r MANY a smaller bank went TO
Tho wall and instead OF running
Emerson and his partners. tho ieaders
O, the money trust saw that the stahu-
,.u ~ tho new house would be
stronger than before.
Rut they had one effective move 'ei~
Their foresight had been TOO cie~'
THAR plans too well laid. their plo" 'oo
wall timed to be psrried, inside the
law. They knew. of course, about ohs
French loan within four hours after II
had been made. In another twenty-iouf
,opr. they knew how the collateral mao
been secured.
Again they waited until they kne"
that 40 much OF the money had peen
sent out that there would be n'
chance 10 redeem the collateral ioi
voeks At leaxt, and then they suueH
.pa,n One morning a man whose piI'
ture you can see almost any day !"
the pages OF the illustrated week.-mrs.
called one OF the Junior partners INTO n''
prlyate office and talked to him Tor TWEEN
~ minutes. Two hours later the junior
mariner was on his way to WashiinB'oH
and two days later James Darwin re-
ceived the telegram from the Attor'
rev-General summoning him to Wash-
iBgton.
There was the utmost secrecy aoou'
the whole arrangement. Darwin lex
and returned unostentatiously ana ioi
..verai DAYS he made no move. 1t was
his habit 10 be very sure Of his ground
sefore he advanced, and he spent sew
-, ..,. studvinR the character and