Show Alderman TAo T-Ao sounded a clear tenor Tho gallery was again liberal In Its approbation Alderman Rounds called the clerk cieriA A tall awkward man rose and faced tho chairman Ills red hair was plan terod over his forehead and his hands teemed In tho way In ono of them ho held a package and In the other some looso papers Ho raised his eyes to tho gallery and they twinkled as they rested for a moment on John Burt Mr President I deslro to explain my vote on theo ordinances Them was no objection Tho Cosmopolitan Cos-mopolitan partisans believed that Alderman Al-derman Hounds had been won over to tliulr side and wore willing ho should attempt to explain tho reasons for his change of heart Mr Chairman began Alderman Hounds placing his papers on the desk and with his hands plunged In his pockets two years ago when the original Cosmopolitan ordinances fame up for passage I voted an spoke against them I was opposed to them an sold so When those bills wero proposed I made a careful study of them At first I was not In favor of them but certain gentlemen presented present-ed the subject to mo In a new light mi I agreed to voto for the passage of the ordinances now under consideration considera-tion The Cosmopolitan aldermen joined the clnquo In tho applauso which fol lowed this declaration Mr Chairman continued Sam Rounds assuming an easy attitude In the aisle I dont supposo theres anyone any-one In this honorable body likes money bettorn I do When I began to make money tradln In bosses back In Massachusetts It was like pourln kerosene oil on a rodhot stove Tho more I got tho more I wanted an as some of you know Ive done pretty mainly mlddlln well Sam Rounds reached out and picked a small package from the table and looked at It longingly Alderman Hen drlcks turned In his chair and gazed uneasily at the speaker There was something In his manner which caused a hush m to fall on tho assembly Mr Chairman said Alderman Rounds slowly unwrapping tho package pack-age as ho continued money Is tho greatest argument tho world Logic Is a iliac thing but money beats logic I admlro tho man who has time gift ot eloquence llko my honorable colleague col-league from my ward but money can give eloquenco a handicap nn beat It every time Money Mr Chairman Interrupted Alderman Alder-man Hendrlcks wo deslro to proceed with this votemuch as wo aro charmed by my colleagues trlto reflections re-flections about money as an abstract proposition The question before tho loardls the disposition of these ordl nances I demand that the alderman record his vote Alderman Rounds has tho floor decided tho chairman Thank you Ill not tautly up much of your time said Sam Rounds As I wns sayln Im uncommonly fond of money an when limn president of tho Cosmopolitan Improvement company camo to my place of business an Hald ho would pay mo ten thousand dollars for my voto In favor of these ordinances I just wont plumb off my alter an told him I would consider to I couldnt see anything else In tho world but that figure ono with four ciphers after It an a dollar mark in front of It Mr Chairman you novor had to work hard or trade for a IIvln an you cant realize how I felt when ho placed this hero package In my hand Sam tore away tho wrapping and disclosed a layer of crisp banknotes Every eye In tho room was fixed on tho speaker as ho stepped forward and laid them on tho chairmans tablo Dazed and demoralized no member of tho opposition dared Interrupt To bo continued |