The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-03-27

ment. NJ representative In the general
! assembly Of his state. as state sena.
tor. as state treasurer and finally as
United States senator. which exalted
once he held until-but we anticipate
our history lie became In addition
leader OF his party organization. an
euphemism employed by those who oh
I jected TO the term boss"
/ william Murchell's creed was that
Of respectable but practical man.
He was n tectotalcr and Prcsbyte.
rian elder and believed In the doc
trine Of generalization and In n literal
scriptural hell for those not numbered
among the elect lie believed devout.
~ In the avowed and tacit principles
OF his party. although he was not big
oted and would on occasion take a Sc
cret hand In the affairs Of the opposl
ton lie had more than once read
out Of the party foolhardy young men
who ventured TO oppose his leadership.
lie lived during at least two months
" every year IN the town Of his birth
either IN the square. white frame
house on Maple street or NJ the farm.
three miles west. which he let ION
shares" New Chelsea was quaint.
old fashioned town lying at the head
~ the Wechannock valley. quite con
tent with It's population ~ 5000 and
with the honor Of being the county
seat. which Murchclrs influence had
prevented from being moved to Plum
vile. that thriving little factory city
fftceu miles away
Down Main street one fine June aft.
ern"ru h. was walking with that air
Of abstraction which sits so well on
the great
lie has his possibilities Uncon
sclous, the senator spoke aloud
His cunirn MIN seemed To under
stand the reference Hes all right.
he answered state senator Jim
Shcrhnu was big TAT gentleman with
furttvr twiukllng eyes. modirum of
coarse e"ud locks aud rolling. cock
sure gait bred NJ no misfortune lie
was son ~ power. Fifteen years bs
fore h. had gone iu rlmvile to work
freshman vino could tell good story
hold unlimited quantities OF liquor and
was not unwilling to work when mou
ey could not be had otherwise
But not hong for him had been the
CRIME and roar and muscle racking of
the mills Money could be had more
easily I'Iumville was booming There
were streets Co he graded aud paved.
public buildings 10 he constructed jim
went into politics and because he was
n good vote getter" and had Ger,
tain rough talent for the game acquir.
ed power lie opened n saloon aud &c.
qulred more power. lie became con
tractor aud secured many contracts
One day the city awoke 10 the fact
that Jim Shechau owned It's govern.
ment The citizens cried out In pro
test and. with the habit OF Americn n
cities. little and big. submitted tie
became 10y virtue Of his alliance with
Murchell. state senator from IIentOu
county ana leader we cling 20 the
euphemism the county orgnniza
ton
Hes All right. he repeated aud
chucklrd
En- said MurchcII who's all
right
WHY JuhuuV bunmPade OF course
Didn't toll you how | happened 10 tie
goiu H. 500 him stead of the other way
round lts n nur~" on me all right
He threw back MS hpnd and the
chuckl. neraru. inud outlaw sent
word for him 20 cone 20 my office last
Tuesday OF O'Clock sharp. Guess he
knew what for He came, all right
thought it'd do him good To cool his
heels awhile keep him from gettin'
too rhcsty. Guess he waited about
half an hour aud then got up Pre-
sent my compliments to Senator Shee-
han he says 10 the boy. and tell him
10 go TO the devil and learn how To
keep his appointments, and left Long
about 3 O'Clock ! strolled out and gets
his message" Sheehan paused long
enough To slap his thigh resoundingly.
Hes all right. Amt any one told me
20 go 10 the devil for some time. He'll
be worth 800 extra majority-to the
whole ticket"
III he'll take the nomination"
Take IL? or course he'll take Il
Amt there 81, 800 year In II for him7
And mebby when his terms ended he
might 60 to the Legislature as repre-
sentative"
"Or state senatOrT''
Sheehan grinned Say, do ! look
like ] was on my way TO the bone
yardT"
He became serious whats the
matter with the people. anyhow Rails
In Cain all over the state-just be-
cause." he added complainingly. lone
trust company went up and the cashier
shot itself Amt business good3
Amt the organization given them good
government 2" he demanded.
at has" Senator Murchell spoke
with conviction.
"What do they want, them
81 don't know. They don't know.
And as long as they don't know" Muir
chell said dryly, you and |, Jim.
needn't be nfraid
They had reached and turned the
corner Of the street that bounds the
courthouse square on the north. They
atonned nj frame two room shack