Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-05-18
"But I'm not through with her.

Dut ] III IlOt WItIi HCI.
I intend to get the truth from her
sooner or later. She was lying.
l know she was lying"
They reached the garage and
took a taxicab, directing the
/. chauffeur to drive to Smith S of
fee.
The agitator sat leaning a little
forward, looking through the win
dow nearest him. He was con-
fronted by the big menace of his
life, as far AS he knew his life.
CURED absently.
"He said that, next to being
president, he ii rather do that than
anything else i'm the world"
"Crawdlor's a good man, -"
Smith gave a little more of his at
tention to the conversational
good man and d good congress-
man.
Elm going to put out an inter
view from him tonight" Waller
went on. 81 wrote it myself and
showed it to him. He said it was
all right"
What S it about, specifically?"
HE enumerates the big men
who are back of this movement.
chances we're that he could not re-
flute it. He confessed his ignorance
OF all that had been said. II don't
know did not sound like a con-
vincing denial of an offense
against the laws of God and man.
These things came into his mind
compelling, but, over them all, was
his memory of Edith's face,
Edith's shuddering cry. The OPP
position had struck him i'm the two
vital spots: the work and the
woman. Unconsciously, as his
thoughts whirled, he put out his
hand and laid it on Walters knee.
Cholliewollie knew what the
other had been thinking. He knew
also, that new thoughts must take
the place of those if Smith was to
continue his efficiency.
"Crawdlor got back to town
last night" he informed Smith. "I
told him you wanted him to make
the motion from the floor to dis
charge the committee from further
consideration of the prohibition
resolution and to pas it by q vote
of the House."
"What did he say?" Smith in
Whether true or false, the ccusa
ton that had been made against
him might break irretrievably the
hold he had had on the magma
ton and hearts of the country. The
people who followed him and
looked up to him were, necessarily,
the best element of the population,
men and women to whom the
moral and the decent must make a
final and strong appeal. And the
thing laid at his door was some-
thing that could not be explained
away.
His personality, however bril-
liant and however commanding.
might not be taken as a complete
refutation of what had been
charged against him. Indeed, the
the strong fighters who are out for
prohibition. You know the lobby
has been saying you had no pow
erful following. Mitchell was out
yesterday with a statement that
you We're the leader of a lot of
women and cranks."
"Oh, did he say that? You know
nearly all of history has been made
by women and cranks."
"That's a good line!" Waller
exaggerated his enthusiasm. "IM
stick it into the interview. Any
way, Crawdlor points out that
there are IL men in the House and
one in the Senate who had to 90 to
Kelley institutes to get the liquor
out of them before they could re-
alize the possibilities for greatness
and usefulness that were in them.
The list of your supporters is a
dandy. 1t includes three ex-gover-
nors of states, two millionaires, a
famous evangelist, and a line of
senator's, cabinet officers, repre-
sentatives, and big state officials
that would reach from here to
Baltimore.
When they stepped to the pave