The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-11-10

ministraton papers. that the whole
thing was . clever advertising dodge
and that 0ormly ~ simply using hie
candidacy to boom his business. There
was NO s~atisfactory answs to thu
argument, which VA one u the best
that could have bsen devised By the
opposition. and II was hArped upoo
immensely. although their leader vao
vigorously Justified from this change
By his army Of fighters.
The expenses Of the campaign werO
enormous. Not ~ cent was paid out
for bribery or for the purpose Of In
6uencing votes In any improper way:
but the hiring Of halls, the payment
Of the expenses of mestinss. organize
ton, transportation. printing. salaries,
and 20 on aggregated ~ Extraordinary
sum. Evsn 0ormly himself bad not
realised how great these expenses
would be; but he paid them without
blsnching. His resources wsre vast
He put ut the disposal Of his oandt
dacy all the accumulations and arm
ings Of twenty-five years. He saw
that BY tho time the vote wa taken
his ready money would b expended.
OF course. he would sttll have his
great business. which would b entire
" unencumbersd: but everything else
would 90.
He still kept to his plan of printing
every week wor statements Of his
expenses, challenging the other party
to do the same. The reason the 20
ciety did not publish it, expense 40
count VA not because It ri ashamed
OF 40 amount, for 1t was vastly great
Or than what Gormly expended. They
had nearly ~ many expenses ~ he.
except for the Newspaper advertising.
which they got free. and In additioa
they disbursed an immense bribery
and corruption fund through LAney.
Connell. HAbberley and Benson.
Again and again were Haldans and
his associates called upon for remit
tAnces. which were invariably forth
coming. There ri no possibility Of
refusal. Failure to win q victory
would mean financial ruin t. many Of
them. Fortunately for him. 1t did net
mean 20 much to HAldane, although
his great fortune would be seriously
impaired BY defeat. Most Of tho
others. however, had turned w
everything that they possessed. and
pledged their credit ~ well. to ths
vast syndicate OF which he was the
head. Indeed, he and Van Slyke. would
BE- tho only ones not totally ruined
by tho election Of Gormly. Conss.
Qusntly they paid and paid and paid.
protesting In their hearts but shutting
their teeth grimly and handing out
the cash. which was dfsburssd to the
best advantage by Liney and Benson.
Gormly himself spoke every night
somewhere. and the crowds that greet
ed him we're enormous. Meanwhile
every detective in the employ Of the
city, and all others who could be
suborned, were concentrating their
efforts on 0ormly's past and present.
He could not take . step outside ct
his once without being Swallowed. 1t
was not dimcult for spies to mingle
with the crowd Of buyers In his store
and scrutinize every person who elr
tered his private room. They had
so far discovered nothing. Gorml5
had lived an absolutely clean. upright
honest, hardworking life since he
landed in New York. They did not
find out where he came from or even
where he was born. The only possible
| clue they had was the statement that
| he had once been in the west, with
which Haldane had supplied them.
! Men had secured the principal cities
Of tho west: but nothing had been
learned. Cornell was in despair. He
and Lney and Benson had again and
again been on the eve Of determining
upon the manufacture Of some degrad.
ing or discriminating story which
would at least serve their purpose. II
would not be dincult to get witnesses
| to such an endeavor: but It would b.
| highly dangerous to resort to such an
expedient, and they were still hest
tating and undecided.
About this time the disputed fra1-
| chise expired. A resolution wa i'm
| mediately introduced In tho board a
! aldermen 1t the city hall granting .
renewal Of II to the Gotham Freight
| Traction company. Every move In
| the game was watched. and the rsso.
| luton had scarcely been read and re.
ferred to . committee when 1t was
! communicated to 0ormly. The ne1t
day the Gormly papers rang with the
| charge that the city fathers intended
10 give away it, most valuable rsmainr
ing public franchise to tho Gotham
Freight Traction company.
At the next meeting. despite the
| furious protests Of the Gormiy party
the resolution was put upon IT. pas'
sage. Gormly here played biz srss4'
ct political card Attended By .
body Of friends. he presented himself
1t the council chamber and forced ~
mission. When the resolution ~
nswing the franchise va about to ~
voted upon ~ . citizen Of New Yosk
deeply interested In the matter he a.
handed to b heard. Before permlo'
sion vas either granted q refused
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