The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-30

Hatcll SllhVVcu H'' '''S !,
YOU are coming to the milk IN 'he w. w..
coconut." he raped out. "Ihat IS w
exactly what we're assuming. You "
are going to let 90. once for all, Nor :,
cross You are not going to hSht us " "
in the courts, and neither are you 60 y
ing to harass us out Of existence WIN .,
short cars, over-charges. and the 'h'u, ),
sand and one petty prosecutions Una.
YOU railroad buccaneers make use Vi ,
to line your own pockets"
"put If we refuse to lie down anu
let Won walk over us and our patrons
what them" the boss inquired ;
That brought the explosion. hatchs
eyes blazed and he smacke' ''ss '"''
palm. -, -
"rhen we'll knife you, and wen 10
If TO a velvet finish. After so long
time we've cot you where you can
side-step, NOrcroSs." ;,
The boss refused to be panic
stricken; or, anyhow. he looked that
way. u.
1--WE have heard that kind OF talk
many times in the past" he SAID lit
, way to make it effective is TO produce
the goods =,
g "That's lust what we're here to 90.
( snonn.d the Red Tower president vim
n dictjye)v ''You, and the Big Fellows
G in New York, want a lot of the STATE
e railroad laws repealed or amended
ID If YOU can't get that string oh'leo'
T. YOU can't gamble any more win your
or stock, Well and good. You call'e
lr here six months ago and set out 10
,y manufacture public sentiment in favor
- Of the railroad. You ran up your
'publcbe-peased flag and beat ''t
H. tou.tom and blew the hewgas unit
he Won cot a lot Of doIts and chucK'e
heads and easy marks to believe ina
to YOU really meant it,
18th "Well, 60 on"
ou "With all this humhug and hula
nal halIoo YOU still couldn't be qulte Gel
our tain that you had made your po'A'
md that your measures would carr
YER through the incoming ies's'as"F'
But After the primaries you counted NOSE
me- among the candidates and found
die was going to be a tight squeak
id tight squeak. Then you ana W"
vou railroad people always do; "
title s1jpped out quietly and bought a re
to- men-just to be on the safe SIDE:
In 81 il was sprung at last. Hat
the was accusing us Of the one thing I'll
S in we hadn't done; that the boss hn'
day we hadn't done.
,nty, I'm afraid you'll have to try aga
d of Mr. Hatch" he said, with a sour III
ouse smile. Then he added: "AnyDody
and make charges, you know"
ntrol Hatch jumped to his feet ana
does was almost foaming at ths mouth.
Fright there is where we've
most youw he shouted. "You were TOO
ding tious to put one of your own men
But the field, so you sent outside for y
!. and briher He was stranger ana
nys." had to have help in finding the r
$ 60 men to buy. Dedmon, here, was
ilroad of a job-thanks to you ana
Il are medd}ng-and the steering stunt
!, rep fered good pay. DO you WANT
resent mOre?"
e you The boss shook his head.
ases?" "1t is matter Of complete lnd
t upon orcp to me. I don't know in the
were what YOU are talking about, and !
n.y." nordon me, I hope, if say tn
to try doesn't greatly interest me-"
entage NV heavens-rll make it int
oading, vou The easy-mark candidates
found and bought and paid FOR
Use the movbe they'll stay bought, and II
rye on thov won't. But that isn't the
IS, the For q little more money-my II
th;s time-each of these men has
where On affidavit to the fact that ia
re It money was offered him. They
land saw whether or not they accep'
We are mind YOU, and that doesn't Gu
!. 4 W. figure, They have sworn tina
ing our money was rendered. That lets
ont and lets you in. You don't
IT, ri show you,' and Hatch "
d LIST Of names from his pock
slapped it upon the boss, desk
i r. those men and ask them
want to carry it that far the!
~ you" M hoss
MN GLANCED at the list. The gill
inv & a. the bribery was like the
X IHN a slipping crane-hitch-slow ",
"a hold So far as we were cor
N| I NJ course. the charge fell fla
ANM mon any other hypothesis
NlGllNr blankly Incredible unOel'e'a'
surd. ,u >,
a "rhe afidavits themselves "
4 h, mich more convincing" | ne
Mh1 hoss say, though even then
N IN Az wish TO have reasonable pr
il MN they were genuine
MlM Hatch was sitting down az
rW his grin showed his teeth
II M + antly. ,,,,,to
4 " - "Do you think for minute ,e
w. bring the papers here and tr
s,%M| in YOUR hands," he raped o.
IA MNVt' inp}y, "Not much! But "
M vNWl them all right, as you'll f>nd ,'
n |VhA ha]k and force US to use tn n
N NJ VII At this point could see u
" ! thing in the persistent ass'
~ the man was getting under
''enss' Wv skin and giving him a co'a g
oad!" IL # were not the colossal 81
oos ,ooked like in the beginnin
'e e ~'1 =. au 20 like a blaze of ligf