The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-07-05


80 for few brief hours OF
l&pRj rest before setting forth on
his tour OF the State. lie was tired
out. discouraged. miserable. His
muchheralded meeting had been the
dreariest sore OF fasco. Scarcely had
the opening address begun and the
crowded house warmed up TO the oc-
casion, when every light In the build
Ing had been switched on.
Inquiry showed that break had oc.
cured IN the gas mains which could
not be Temedied until morning. Can.
dies and lamps were hurriedly sent
for. Meantime, through certain con-
fusion followed the plunging Of the
place into darkness, the crowd had
been. on the whole, orderly. In spite
OF this, the chief OF police, with TWEEN
ty reserves, coming on the scene, had
ordered Standish civilly enough to
dismiss the audience. Then the po-
licemen had filed up on the stage, IL
lumining II by their bulls-eye lanterns.
and clustered omniously about the
speakers.
In response to Gives angry protest.
the chief had simply reiterated his
order. adding that his department was
responsible for the city's peace and
quiet. and that the crowd showed an
inclination 10 riot. Nor could the
Arm OF the Law be shaken from this
stand. The audience, during the col
loquy between Standish and the chief
had grown impatient and an occasion
al catcall or shrill whistle had risen
from the darkened auditorium. At
each OF these sounds the police had
gripped their nightstioks and glanced
with a fine apprehension at their
leader for commands.
The upshot OF the matter had been
the forced dismissal OF the spectators.
Standlsh had secuted Ansels sugges.
ton that the whole catastrophe was
ruse OF Conover's. until as he
walked down the dark aisle toward
the door, he heard policeman whis.
per:
Il was waitin for the chief TO give
some OF as the tip TO pinch him"
An let him make a noise like a
martyr" grunted second voice easi-
ly recognized as Billy Shevlin's. You
must think the Boss IL as balmy in the
befry as you blue Holsters. He'd "a
j had Geoghegan broke III he'd
The rest OF the reply had been lost.
No other disengaged hall could be
found In the vicinity; and the meet.
| ing from which Cllye had expected so
much had gone by the board lie
walked home in daze OF chagrin.
! How could he hope 10 fight a man
who employed such weapons who
swayed such power in every city de-
! partment; who thus early In the cam.
/ paign showed plainly he would stop
at nothing In beating his opponent3
Then the young candidates teeth
/ clenched tight. and the sullen grit that
| for 50 many centuries has carried the
i bulldog race OF yellow haired. strong.
! jnwed Anglo SaxoDs TO victory against
hopeless odds came 20 his aid. He
shook his big shoulders as II tossing
/ OF some physical weight entered his
rooms and switched on the electric
/ light.
On his study table lay special de-
livery letter, neatly typewriter, as
was the single sheet OF foolscap II
contained. Standish glanced at the
bottom OF the page. There was no
signature. Then he read.
THE date for the various county
conventions has not been formally set
II is unofIlcially given az week from
Saturday. Instead the caucus Will DO
held in three OF the eight counties next
! Saturday. The Machines men know
this. The Leagues don't. II will be
sprung as surprise. with two days
notice instead OF the customary seven.
This will keep many OF the Leagues
people from attending. AZ the Bow.
den and Jericho caucuses kilograms
will be received saying you have
withdrawn.
AT Matawan and Haldane the reg.
ular delegates will be notified TO meet
at the town halls. While they are
waiting outside the locked front doors,
the county chairman and his own
crowd will step I'm the back way and
hold their caucus and elect their dele.
gates T1oRters Will - .SSxGbt ir.n