Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-06
FOURTH EPISODE.
The Looters.
CHAPTER VII.
A Plunge Into Politics.

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Mat Maioncy hm,cii Wa, AS hvidl,
iuvlti As anybody
Mud rNc boss MAS bard nam Z,
beat al his OWE dWN SA'Uc as lu that
clement NJ the >Iu.atHnU tacrr tuult
I've no mariner ol duuhl Whatsoever.
Those who ,l>hhr5 hm !4ost In,
cltaU-mNLcd Good tCarrnE men and
women who can I've found IN every
CoNmuuly conceded lu NAIoucy a
measure Of grWdSmS respect llr was
a genial >hrcwd, tar seeing stoundrcl
lir> Wohc> Invariably worc sheep ;
clothing TIL the time came Tor what
he tGmyd q. show down" Even
when the disguise WAS dropped ms
nppoucnt> uc,cr knew whether the
pack would >uarl or fawu In word
MaloNCN 5 strategy was to keep the
other fellow guessing. hut. like Il be
wrldcrcd generals whom the Young
Napoleon brushed out OF his path dur
my those wonderful Italian and Au>-
TRAN campaigns ot his earlier wears.
tho men who fought Malone, wcut
apt lo lind themselves beaten NN,h a
sudden and most diecuuCcrInE com
p)ctcucss, though. on locking back
through the records OF the campaign.
they could MEYER determine ms, 1, G,n
or how the fatal blow was delivered
Thus, when wave Of reform ,wcut
over the Town in which Rurton had
established himself and a weIl.mrar.
ing citizen named Kramer was nom
mated for the mavoraltv !, was
Maloney's subtle brain which sur.
gcstcd a really effective counter.
stroke. The boss" knew we'll that
laziness ON the part oi homes, (nlk
alone permits any con1numtv ,o Ne.
run by A gang al d,,rrnu,ablr non.
ticjans Pcopic ,in,nlv refuse 10 Ne
bothered NV afternoon Ia r,rr,r,n,l
details They rrdrre ,Lc lessor en;i
OF being iudiciously tlccccL rather
than devote DAYS and nights to the
thankless and unrcmuueratiye labor
of public life
Sooner or LATER however somc
pcculiarlv scandalnus art or a crusade
carried on by some enthusiast crratrs
a new spirit in A community, and the
inchoate mass decides that The mower
of the ward-heelers must be broken.
Such power, of course, is irresistible
and Maloncy was the last man on
earth to DEFY the lightning.
He recognized the SUMMONS Of m,
imnending revolt Preachers editors
earnest-eved Young men who nre.
ferred Christian Endeayor or nleasan.
Sunday afternoons 10 w;de -onen 60.
looms and gambling hells w.re h.
coming incTras;nylS art;v. ,nd ~,
snolep Thar s9c,c;as s..n,.d ~,
center around Kramer h;g lord
voiced hren1x sort nf ,,n '' ,Sho 'oa ,;d
ouite NANNY that e he man m.r WV" ,,, S",u
The TOWN would h. rrr s,r m no y,
officials - he would 49,, Is. =. 10
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MAJ, Maioney naa weathefea political
80. ms oelore; out ne sizeu this one
up d q moral hurricane 40 ne could
.o' nope " !aee 'he gaze ne ueeloed
" Jun win u; IN pam EnGhsh' ne
came OUT ooidiy as more thorough
gong reiormer tnan Kramer himself
VI course, ne personally could not
appear IN inc open. mar would be
100 OBVIOUS a Joke. No sheep ever
fSlsea was Dig enough to provide a
ileeee tnat would cover wolf OF
Maloney bulk' SO ne looked around
10, me risht sort or candidate. and
Se,eGlea none otner than !ohn Burton.
Jonn was endowed with all the es-
sehiiaIs' tie was tine orator. He
Ioulu TAX 10 working men in the
language, they understood. He ap-
preelated the nature OF their Joys and
sorrows ne knew what 1t meant to
toiI long hours tor inadequate pay
ABOVE all, ne was a visionary, and
well calculated to stampede an elect
crate away from the sane, moderate
practical, common sense platform
put forward by Kramer.
In his negotiations with Burton
therefore, Maloney was suave as a
bishop and plausible as corporation
lawyer. The pit was that John could
not hear and see the boss throned
in the midst of the seoundrels who
lat,eneo >on me city S finances.
a iyplcal scene WIS that at which
lo.'n ) name was nrst put forward
Tor the mayoralty' frior 10 the meet
r;I,nsn mos,jw '' ., ,h % sa, lew .oun.
class N,,onay h,d ;,, S%,Wo.'Nlep p';.
nsrtn.r H.ul. D. , ,h,t -" .'.s MS
ppu;s" n.as .n 10 Nus, t's, INC mar
dsts u wss ~ r,,s ssu .t as eanai-
of n. ,sn a. In o SIa, SN.v. . 's',e
tbromsb he ,;.m,s, n I IT,. ''i Sani:s
ms Us a;,en 1 tbn nrsd;t e,,f ,,.i AIN
The nronos;t;or ;tssif M,Inr snsS ,,i.
only to approve it-dubiously at first
bu, with growing enthusiasm.
Yes" agreed the big man. affect