El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-15

~ THEN the voice over the tele-
M phone promised to name the
man who killed Hermann Banf.
District Attorney Wharton was up
town lunching at Delmonico's. This
was contrary to his custom and a con-
cession to Hamilton Cutler. his dis
tinguished brother-in-lsw- The gen
tIeman was interested in a State con-
stabulary bill and had asked State
Senator BisseH to father it. He had
suggested TO the senator that, in the
legal points involved in the bill, his
brother-in-law would undoubtedly be
charmed 60 advise him So that morn
ing, 20 talk it over. Bissen had come
from Albany and as he was forced TO
return the same afternoon. had asked
wharton to lunch with him uptown
near the station
That in public life there breathed
a man with soul so dead who. were
he offered a chance to serve Hamilton
Cutler, would not jump at the chance
was outside the experience Of the coun-
" chairman. And in so judging his
fellow men, with the exception OF one
man, the senator was right The one
man was Hamilton Cutters brother
in-laW-
In the national affairs Of his party
Hamilton Cutler vas one of the four
office. At z foreign court as an am
bassador his dinners, Of which the dip
1omatic corps still spoke with emotion,
had upheld the dignity of ninety mil
lion Americsns- He was rich. The
history Of his family was the history
Of the State When the Albany boats
drew abreast Of the old Cutler mansion
on the east bank Of the Hudson the
passengers pointed at IL with Difference.
Even when the search-lights pointed
at II, It was with Difference And on
Fifth Avenue, as the Seeing New
York" car passed his town house is
slowed respectfully to half speed
When, apparently for no other reason
than that she was good and beautiful,
he had married the sister OF then
unknown upstate lawyer, every one
felt Hamilton Cutler had made his first
mistake. But, like everything else in
to which he entered. for him matrimony
IN Utica showed herself worthy Of her
distinguished husband She had given
him children as beautiful as herself:
as what Washington calls "a cabinet
lady" she had kept her name out Of the
newspapers; as Madame lAmbassa-
trice she had put srchduchesses at their
ease; and after ten years she was an
adoring wife, a devoted mother, and
proud woman. Her pride was in be
lieving that for every Joy she knew
she was indebted entirely to her hus-
band To owe everything TO him. to
feel that through him the blessings
In this ideal her brother did not
share Her delight in q sense Of obli-
cation left him quite cold No one bet
ter than himself knew that his rapid
fire ris in public favor was due to his
own exertions, to the fact that he had
worked very hard, had been fndepend-
eut, had kept his hands clean. and
had worn no mans collar. Other peo-
Die believed he owed his advancement
20 his brother-in-laW. He knew they
believed that, and il hurt him When.
at the annual dinner Of the Amen Cor
Der, they burleSQued him as sing
ing to Ham" Cutler. You made
me what 1 am today, hope you're
satisfied" he found that to laugh
with the others was something Of an
effort. His was difficult POSITION
He was a party man. he had always
worked inside the organization. The
fact that whenever he ran for an
him and the best elements in the Op-
position parties voted for him did not
shake his loyalty to his own people.
And to Hamilton Cutler, as one of his
of the invisible government" he was
willing TO defer. But while he could
give allegiance to his party leaders,
and from them was willing to re-
rich brother-in-iaE he was not at all
willing TO accept anything. Still less
was he willing that of the credit he
deserved for years Of hard work for
dicient public service the rich brother
1n-laW should rob him
Bis pride WIS TO be known as a
self-made man, as the servant only Of
the voters. And now that he had
fought his way to one of the goals Of
his ambition, now that he was dis
trict attorney Of New York City, to
have il said that the office was the
gift Of his brother-in-law was bitter.
But he believed the injustice would
soon end In a month he was coming
up for reelection, and night and day !
was conducting a campaign that he
hoped would result in a personal vic |
tory so complete as to Danish the |
shadow Of his brother-in-laW- We're he /
reelected by the majority on which 1
he counted. he would have the party 1
leaders on their knees. Hamilton Cut /
Ter would be forced to come to him. |
He would be in line for promotion }