New Ulm review., 1913-03-05

| Of the fact. The thing was contagious
Gradual, but swift as the rising Chi
nook, 1t swept over the state. dood
Of enthusiasm. Part of IT. was genu'
Inc. Far down In their hearts. be.
meath the calloused crust. the moral
sluceIshness that hated change. lay q
terminating civic consciousness I'm
planted by the very man who had De'
come a hero overnight. The polin'
cians-all but few--were astounded.
Supporters Of jenkins and Sherrod
alike were profoundly alarmed.
Two days before the convention the
Hon. G. Washington jenkins bowed
to the storm.
II yield,'' he snid. ITO spontaneous
demand Of the people"
"Sentiment." declared Murcbell sol
EMMY. .'has crystallized. Dunmeade's
the man" He e>explained that this de-
cision had been reached by him 10
view of the evident wish of the peO.
ple. and he added truthfully that ne
had not seen nor discussed the ap'
proaching convention with John Dnn-
meade. The Murchell men In the Or
ganlzation who0ped with delight.
The day before the convention the
delegates began to gather at the cap
ital. In parlor A Of the State hotel sat
Murchell and in parlor b Of the I.och
invar sat Sherrod. playing against eacb
other for votes. Between them nut
tered the delegates and those who had
delegates to sell. like hungry summer
flies. But they found-the little fellows
at least-no honey pot at M"rrhe'Is
end: no scandal must mar the uomtna-
ton Of Dunmeade. CAS- for the cap
tains of tens and captains Of hundreds.
that is another matter. into which we
may not intrude.'
In crowded streets and sweltering.
smoke clouded lobbies excitement ran
high. The Dunmeade rallying ground.
the only quiet spot in the capital. CON
trasted significantly with the nervous
atmosphere of the Sherrod headquar-
ters. Such ch>contentment with the sltua.
ton could not be feigned! 1t was in
fectious: 1t spread out among the dele
gates who had pledged themselves to
vote for Dunmeade and nullified the
frantic efforts of Parrott tnominally
managing Sherrod's campaign, to start
q stampede: 1t kept the nentrals waver.
ing.
And over the scene of conflict hov.
cred fOrmleSS one. unseen. unhpard.
unfelt. as spirits always are. waiting
but for the crucial moment to swoop
down and decide the issue
Came lull in the battle. an hour to-
ward morning. when the delegates had
retired to allotted cots or halves Of
beds or. more often. to WOO fortune
3ver some table of chance, when the
:eeking lobbies were depopulated and
the headquarters of the generals We're
deserted by all but their respective
STATS and the yawning reporters.
There was knock on Murchell's
door and Greene. leader in Plumville.
admitted messenger. him who once
before had Iured AIurchell from his re-
treat on an errand. if not of mercy, at
least Of salvation Paine went to him
and whispered his message. Murchell
shook his head.
'"rell him." he said aloud. IF he
wants to see me he'll have to come
here"
Paine whispered a protest.
"Tell him." Murchell cut him short.
"John Heath will meet him here
The messenger started, looked hastily
around at the others and grinned in
sickly fashion. But he departed i'm
mediately, lea;ing the men in the room
to wonder what charm lay in the unfa
miliar name of John Heath. t..
In less than Eve minutes, rumOr out
running the fact. the hotel was alive.
Sherrod had asked for a conference
with Murchell
Murchell men smiled triumphantly
when they saw Parrott and Sllerrod.
wearing an air Of confidence not Who'll
y convincing, emerge from the eleva
tor and make their way along the cor
ridor to parlOr 4.
Sherrod and Parrot entered. care
fully closing the door behind them to
he intense disappointment of the dele
gates outside Parrott went jauntily
Up to Murchel and shook hands.
"Well," he grinned, we've been hav-
ng a fine little shindy. eh?" This for
he reporters.
"Glad." grunted Murchell. you're
enjoying it. There was a laugh. in
which Parrott did not join.
The senator waved his hand, and all
)ut Greene left the room, reluctant,
,ut Obedient.
"See here" said Sherrod. Cant we
,et together? You've got to admit that
we've got you BEATEN
IF you think the delegates you've
,een buying will stick you're mistaken,
,herrod. I've sold you more than fifty |
myself" a.
81 don't believe it," snapped Sherrod
Quit bluffing and get down to cases
1ou know YOU can't beat us in the