Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-25
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when a dust covered car driven at
reckless speed tore In over the north
ern road and was pulled up with q
Jerk at the Inter-Monntain entrance to
let Mr.. Hardwick McVickar debark and
hurry to the clerks desk. !
Senator Blount7 Yes, he's In his
rooms: he said you were to come right
up" said the clerk, and, without stop
ping to strip of his dust coat, the vice
president FASTENED to an elevator.
What took place behind the closed
door Of the sitting room In the Blount
suit is not a matter Of record. and
Evan Blount, sitting beside Patricia
In Mrs. Blount's private sitting room
and concluding a lasting peace with
his fathers wife, WIS too happy to
care very much. But after a time
the N for which he bad been
waiting came, and he went--almost re-
luctantly-to join his father In the
room of conferences.
HAS Mr. Meyickar gone3' he ask
ed, finding bis father sitting alone.
ssYes; he's gohe4sone to order out
his car and go back TO Chicago, was
the slow spoken reply. Then, with the
quizzical smile wrinkling at the eye
corners, sHow does the political
wrest1e strike you by this time, senf'
"Tt strikes me that I haven't been
In it-not ever In the outer edges Of 1t,
dad. Isn't that about the size Of til"
"Oh, no: you've been doing good
work-mighty good work, for your
company. Mcvickar recognizes 1t.
You've helped out in the only way
that help could come In this campaign.
You've worked up a good, healthy pub
lie sentiment In favor OF a square
deal for everybody. Mcvickar was
fixing to lose 1t all; cooking the regis
tration lists and buying votes and
making deals right and left, the same
as usual. But it's all off now, and
he's gone, and we're going to have one
clean, straight up and down election,
son. The machine says SO"
'aThe machine" queried the younger
man.
Yes: you didn't know that a ma
chine organization could be put to any
really righteous use, did ron, boy
But this is one time when 1t has gone
In to knock put the erookedness, big
and little. Listen. son. When you
wired me that you were coming out
here ! lay awake nights thinking how
I'd put you in training and then when
the time came ia nefp you up into the
saddle and make yoNsthe boss of the
roundup, as I'd been, Want to hear
the rest OF itTt
Blount nodded.
Then ii came ever aEae all OF a sud
den that I'd been "a crooked as a dogs
hind leg: that we'd all been crooked.
Not that I'd ever taken d uoffar for
my personal pocket, for / haven't. but
I've bought and sold and diekaged and
schemed with the best OF EN- and the
worst OF 'sm. just as McyicRar's been
doing for the past tsa-zasashs. Then
asked myself if I'd Nke a. see you
waliowlng In the same nrudhole, and
well. Evan. you may nsvs son OF
your own sens dsy,-Aad~thsn yau1
know. i thought ID try yeu a little
at first, and I dtd--that flrst day on
Iat wartraee. when you ripped out 81
me- that day I ma4a&supsHay mind ftghi
then and there that I'd mt ths whois
power of the machine - you call 1t
into "A campaign ~riean election
and q square deal@ss 4s~~~@aa
~Ms heavsnsFs CALCULATED the son
And I've been fighting you and you
organization at evsTyvarnyss~~s
$40, you havsnsta sas4seraoick re
ftcinder. You've been lighting graf
and that was what you thought yo1
wera hired TO do. McvicEar wasn'
playing 1ust fair with yesl~aHe gav'
you your job In inc srst PLACE to TAX
lyon away from me bat you've beef
In the hands OF your friends rfgh
from the start, Evan. II was the or
gaslsethe. tAas Tc- ~ sass
chances 10 preach the new gospel o
the square deal. II was tbs crganiza
ton that pushed Hathaway up agains
you, so that you'd know that the rail
road people were running around I
the same old circles. halleftng for Jus
tiee and doing everything they cent
to defeat ths ends Of justice-nuddy
ing The spring because they say. ghs+
ldon't know what else 10 do.
"Lastly. st's tas organization xhaf'
! going 20 see to II that yoar Word g n