Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-31

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SO Il gathered" yawned Blake.
Mark, you seemed to have been sup
plying the fireworks for it. don't sup.
pose It occurred to you that the whole
surrounding landscape is fairly crawl
ing with reporters? Nice little story
for the morning papers, hey? High
Words Between Speakership Aspirants
in Keswick Lobby. And a half COL
umn more of what you both would
have said II you'd said what the re-
porters thought maybe you might have
said Fine business. Especially at
this time Z. s $.s
He called me- burst forth Mark.
/, n And you showed your hand?"
hazarded Blake. Good poker. Mark.
But punk politics. Mark, I'm afraid
we're keeping Mr.. Standish from his
dinner" N. y. 81.
Good night replied Standish. tax.
ing the broad hint with no show OF
feeling. tsE g4.
Good night-till the house meets
at ten o'clock, said Blake. 81 suppose
YOU lead your gallant insurgent CO.
horts in person this evening 2" I.
Yes = 5s 2 AT
Don't want to call 1t on and come
Into the fold again. 1 S pose e. suggest
ed Blake quizzically.
n Q, thanks, A smiled the insurgent,
and passed on toward the dining room
clio, Van Dyke !" called Blake as
the lawyer with Neligan and Gregg in
tow, came along the corridor toward
them, from the bar. What brings you
to Washington What's up ?''' 35t3s
That's what I'm trying to find OUT
answered Van Dyke. shaking hands
with Blake and instinctively leading
the way to the adjacent amen corner.
What is up? You're supposed to be
managing this fight, Jim. And here
we find ourselves in the very worst
hole we've been in since ninety-seven.
II you and hadn't fought shoulder to
shoulder for years and years, I'd be
tempted to say you were lying down"
''The crowd down on Broadway"
answered Blake, .thave handed us a
raw proposition in this Mullins bill.
The bill smells SO rank that even the
dear, dear public have got whit Of
1t. And when the public gets its sense
OF smell into good working order-Oh.
what's the use, Van Dyke? You can
see what we're up against. You know
the temper OF the country. We can't
even defend that bill OF yours. And
this is no time to put over such raw
one. It's like sl.#s5' Is 5 ii
STILL argued Van Dyke, you said
you'd be able to put the deal through
And there's surely enough in it for
US ALL u G, 5;.
Il said 1 could put 1t through. Aad
I could-when we started, But Stand
ish wasn't fighting It then. This isn't
the Bill versus the People, It's Mat
Standish versus the Organization. And
standish has the people the lwaked-up
people, behind him. He's their IDOL
He's the parsons pet. They look on
him as the Worthy Young Man who,
couldn't do wrong II he tried and who
Isn't wicked enough to try. In other
words, he's never been found out.
There's only two classes OF men that Il
ever met-the sort that have been
found out and the sort that haven't,
1--we can damage Standish in the eyes
OF the people-if we can make the
Iergy repudiate him : 81. X Il.
That's just the point. Z cried Van
Dyke. "Why haven't you been able to,
do that, instead of sitting peacefully,
to one side and waiting for him to
wreck himself q Il IN S5 55.s5
We've had detectives on him." nut
in Michigan. Il told you all that, Van
Dyke. s553 " IA ,s
n" Detectives? r. snorted the lawyer.
What good is that Your detectives
win charge you seven dollars q day
and expenses expenses for
giving you a full report Of the way.
aStandish spends the day and what he
has to eat and the mum Der of cigars he
smokes and the addresses Of some OF
the letters he writes. You'll never get
Standish that way. II ever he's broken
lawand most men hay - Il y,
"Oh. not 80 many" gently contra
dicted Blake. Two jails would u be
plenty large to hold all the folks who
have broken any law. And the two
jails could be built real just BY
running a high wall around the equa-
tor. But you're right In one thing,
Van Dyke. Well never get Standish
il the way these boys have been 60
ing about It. So. it's lucky happened
to put a man Of my own on the Job. !" Il.
eyes. While I've been lying down
as you call it." & j! y 4, 4
X Il didn't say you had been e
mo But you thought it. Just be-
cause l don't run around in circles,
barking, and now and then biting a
piece out OF the ceiling, you folks think
I'm doing nothing. And I'll never
teach you any better"
'tBut-'' os,
ooh, yes. put a man Of my own
on to Standish's record told him
not to bother about anything that had
happened during the last three or four
years. Your men would be busy on
that; and there'd be nothing to find,
anyhow. set my man to scratching
UP ancient history. I told him to go
back and back and back, in Standish's
record; and to keep on going back till
he found something" 5%.
"Well?'' chorused the others as
Blake paused and searched his clothes
with maddening slowness for match.
WELL" drawled Blake. hes found
it. -.
mop" chuckled Neligan, wildly
elated. 5ss' III. III
THE story is long" said Blake; but
can shorten 1t uE considerably for
you. Along about five years ago friend
and most travellers go above rather