New Ulm review., 1913-01-08

4 minute iitef came . knock C III
I 1oOr. Y Come. be said.
The A4sllnt0r entered. Afternoon
Johu.''
.'W'hnt can l do for your
aHUmph: llOn't seem very glad to zee
me. You might ask llle to sit down.
John pointed to IL chair. .Why hesi.
tate: It's your courthouse. Isn't it?''
Understood you'd taken mortgage
on 1t yourself lately" Ainrchell raj
down. looking geniaily ut John.
$50 you think I'm a bad MIN and Il
disgrace to he stnte:. the senator In
Quirpti at last.
well. just about that" John said
quickly.
Told Miss Roberta I'm had man
didn't yon:''
Il could have said that you are II
shnmefn force in politics: that you
have exploited IL great l,ilEty aud THE
igiiOranse Ut the people: tl..t You nave
built ul' g machine for tie sole p,lr.
pose Of Iootilg tlIt. state: that YOU have
got aud ned power by compelling pun
lie servants to use the influence Ol
their office to l'eript,l;ltp your machine
and by buying the votes Of the cor
rul,tibIe. There's probably 4 lot more.
II | only knew 1t. I've never heard
that you used Your power for any gonl
thing. Without profession Or business
you are Il rich man. llOw!'
"Hnmph." gruntt4l Alurhell. VIII"
had lisiened without display Ut feeling.
"Dnesn't mean much. You'd have harti
work proving amy Or 1t.
They relaI,St'tl into silence. John
lOokpd out of the window. awaiting IN
cold silence the senator's next words.
MurcheII preserved his usual inipas
stvc frutyt 1t was not the tirst time
he had encountered the Intolerance Ht
youth. Ru, never before. save ,luril.
the Sht.el:tu trial. had tht. intolerance
pierced the crust Of the man.
He broke the silence. '>What do you
want to do"
"A good many things you wouldn't
understand principally. ! xul'inn+. I"
smash you and your organization
That probably sounds funny To y"I."
Alur.helI did not laugh. He merely
felt pity for aD impractical young
dreamer.
''YOM can't smash the Orgnnixa tiDn.'
ut must lR smashed. lkx.allxs' 1t ex
ista to deprive the people Ut the right
~ c1.lf svs,x.,r,, sns,,,f -
"a pretty phr.lx&.. Its Common sellss'
politics. The people don't want to gov
ern themselves they can't. They need
some one tU take the burden frOm them.
How ars. you going tO smash u*:'
1T may lR simpler than you think
Senator Murrhpll. When the people.
understand what you are they'll sniasl,
you"
The other smiled Iityingly. "YO"
think because. you've. sent Il few IANr
devils tO Jail you're u man Of destiny.
don't you: You think I'm merely
wicked old fellow WHO'S got power
and IL using II for his own selfish ends.
IL ! We're just that you could smash
DliI ' Iubtt. lLHlu dHI
an Institution a Imrt nf mr'pss,lry
Institution. one that SN'irty ~ that prop
erty. that blSimpsS. cant get along
without. You can smash William
Murrhell- that is. I,Mt s'lne' one In MS
place. But yOn can't smash the insti-
tuition. And YOU can't judge Il system
by It's Incidental erir,rx.'
John smiled; not very happily. 1--WE
heard that before. The weakness ut
your argument il that the prr,'rs A.~n
to In, essential Government isn't. or
shouldn't iH'. merely matter of force.
nor exist only ~ TIN. servant "f prop
erty. even II all you say In true. And
I've got to xl On.''
"And where'll you come outY'
~ YOu will try to treak me. You
may anes~<d. Hut you will observe