Show edimo WITH W SOME RELATIONS BIT woman CYR CYUS an 76 mm rayd D Y az by aima val j SYNOPSIS A youn tenderfoot become becomes w with guris th the bold artful wife of a drunken prospector in a western wearn mining town they prepare e re to slope lop in a blind 1 inc ng b billiard 11 V but ut vaa are to confronted by the mu m maudlin u dlin husband hut band he fie li to hot shot by the wife but the chivalrous boy pins rans a note to the body taking the cr crime IT u upon pon himself in their to the r rall alfrod roid station the woman e hone horse falls lie exhausted lie the youth put her on his own and ana follow follows hanging to the s stirrup strap seart he is I 1 in an imp dl ment the woman thrusts her into ft a now snow drift and ride rides on I 1 it t frozen he tumble stumbles into the railroad ats ta ion just ut as tin tio train bar boars the woman away twenty rive coara allter thi this n in n george gormly li in a mu multimillionaire multi d i millionaire millionaire in now ew york lie ile met meets fleanor haldane a beautiful and ye althy Pett settlement lement worker and operate cooperate co with her in her work 0 ID becomes owner of a steams 11 aln line and n yd finds himself frustrated in pier anil and track extension plans by grafting al at dermen backed by the gotham traction C company 0 o a n an antor automobile accident brancs brin lh the T II aldane es to mi bis country home gorm ir announces that he will tx be mayor of naw york and redeem the city from cor cot motion mr haldane aldane ll in a long ion desfred interview with gormly make makes an indirect proposition to compromise the fight whir he the latter hai has teen waring waging in lit the new nes paper papers against the gotham traction corn com pany and which Ita haldane idane li in suspected of any benir ing the head gormly boldly announce tie ble plan of campaign to haldane aldane JI BOOK I 1 II 11 I 1 7 THE H E BATTLE FOR FREEDOM CHAPTER VII the out outs would fain take a hand the political declaration of gormly waa was the sensation of the hour the sensation of 0 many hours in fact it came at the right time ume tha non church going lection ot at new york from which the larger part of 0 PO politics lipics waa was unfortunately recanted the truly good christian beibe a man who leavea leaves the doing of such duties to his ungodly neighbor as a rule I 1 bad abundant bun dant leasure to red the papers on christmas morning and every paper in the city contained that same announcement which sties IZ li aldane and the party at the cottage had read in the planet every paper contained also editors al comment then and thereafter the administration papers ridiculed the proposition endeavored to laugh it out of court other in a possibly as high in character had announced themselves ses from time to time with billar platforms their announce ments had created mild F iterations their campaigns ca had sometimes created more sensations but the re buls 1 had invariably been defeat bo so the administration papers sought to whistle the cew new candidate down the winal of their disdain nevertheless alao george gormly a e matter was as good is as anybody else a la in new york they kept on printing his communications in which ha his advertisements ti were alternated with bla his political manifestos tle anti administration papers and those which strove so tar far fa as news papers ca id lit to take a dispassionate view of tae situation were unanimous in their approval of gormly a candi dacy they de declared cared that his elec elea tion would be the best thing that could happen for new york they were also practically unanimous in their hopelessness of hie hir success gormly bad had carefully studied the situation lie ile was not disappointed in the least degree and he readied rea lied that while such a proclamation as he bad made would inevitably cause a it would have bay to bt b JAl jalowey owed up tip by work if it was wax to in bj more effective than a flash la in the plu he lie had bad learned that or vis was the keynote of success as was its death knoll lie knew that the arrangement abich secured all ali general principles leaving the utmost libert in details was toe one which was in the end bound to succeed p povl ded the fac tors tore upon whom was to bo bu placed were ere in any o 0 degree worthy of pr their responsibilities tie lie was aleo also aware that the va tive intelligence of the community eve eye allowing for the be vast bum num ber her of ignorant foreigners ho ba w we allowed without let at or bla drance to nil jill the city was very high tie tte first requisite toe fo mm successful campaigning there therefore tore be he decided to be knowledge as of old Is till power the ideal method of at enlightening the people to the seriousness of the situation and of con convincing vincin them of their ability to amend it was by word of mouth had never been a public speaker fortunately he had plenty of sell self confidence and he was quite capable of presenting a tion in a si businesslike way so 0 o clearl clear th that atren aren the ih lorant could comprehend it it A few months only would elapse ba re the spring elections th atwould determine the Is sue no matter bow how assiduo assiduously isly be he campaigned be he could reach only a portion of the vast conglomeration that made up political new now york it 1 uld b ta bec necessary essary for him the to neep keep telling the same story in the papers of the city to reach thos who did not rot hear bear ats golej voice and to dailve arv home horge 4 the be merids of those who aad ad heard heald abat they ald liste listened moil to jj was prepared vs spend ats woey wo ey as a well as s bitu telf for this end q giatson alson one of tue tie assistant general e rat mating of bis his great don a tyro like gormly in politic politics but a man of great ability and aad acu mev he made manager ot of bis his cam the party out of power through its leaders declared that it intended to make him its candidate other maller smaller parties proposed to fall in line it was pointed out by those in te rested that endorsement indorsement Indor by these organizations would provide gormly witti an organization and bj of ful 1 mense benefit in taking off hh hn hand hands th tb detail details and minutiae of at political about which be was supposed up to know nothing that it would at once provide him with a respect able following and as they claimed lend dignity to hie his position the purpose of at this political party whose in fluence was considerable and whoso ramifications viere ere many whose lead era ere were men of experience was of course thoroughly well known the conference between these lead en era and gormly was abort short sharp and decisive it took place in his own business office the deputation was made up of a banker named poole who bad a certain prominence in mu affairs through bin his connection with the national committee of the cartr to which he be belon belonged ced who waa wax a brilliant financier a liberal git er or and a valuable ablo member of the opposition denson benson the real leader of at the party the political boss so far as the cuts had bad anything to boss and fitchett an attorney as an bright aa as be viah as unprincipled who asplind to political preferment hime self ahe 1 I he trio met gormly in his business office poole was the natural spokesman we are began poole impressively a committee I 1 might may ay a deputation irom from the board of management of our political organization who hare have been appointed to ah sh inter view you about ue alatua sidn we iva have continued poole with lofty lotty dignity of course observed YO youl announcement of your candidacy anle in me dally daily paper papers gormly bowed I 1 we hare have been struck with your peculiar availability for the office your lare larve business interest interests the fact that you ire to so well known to the people of new now york your undoubted probity the evident cf ct good management and ability which we see around ui us abad er and ad in abort we have come here to proffer you our support up port and to say ay to you that our convention conTent lon which ie to lo 10 0 o be held bold next week will undoubtedly gedly make you our out candidate and indorse your platform and in fine we want you to lead ui us your convention conTent lon ii Is comp of deputies dep from all sit tb tha voting precinct of the city id la it not who are elected at regularly called marlex certainly aras wa the answer blell ell hew caa can you three genue gantle men or your central committe which hits h how many members nem ber A hundred replied fitchitt FItch etL exactly a buL hundred dred how illow then can you three sint gentlemen lemen or even the whole hundred ol 01 you forecast abe he action of your convention which hat not yet assembled its easy to aee see mr gormly aid said denson halt hilt pityingly that you dont know anything about practical poll tica tics th e committee ef of a hundred will carry carr y out th the will of the party because the will of the I 1 arty will be the will of at the committee of a bun dred and the committee of at a hundred will carry out the will of this com mattteo visiting elting vi you because the will of this committee ie in the will of the committee of at a hundred it I 1 eay say 1 mean if we say abat our party anta ants you for mayor you can bet your last dollar mat you re the man it w a its see seer I 1 I 1 see aid said gormly in that case why by have any convention at aw inay by have any committee of a hundred hy have anybody but you mr air hen ben son on he topped stopped long enough to make the pause appreciable and your co NN hy by have any people as a matter of at fact A LY don dont t you end and mr sir liffey cliffey who I 1 b cleve holds a some what analogous analo goue position to yours la in the other party bet get together with two able coadjutors like those you hare have brought and ettle settle the what the people are collar to have well sir gormly gormy since you put it that way aid said demon denson coolly if I 1 was a little stronger Bt ronger than I 1 am if thie this city so hopelessly in charley charter laffee grasp that mate a about what hat wed we d do now we think that you TO vo got certain element elements of at strength with the people that 11 sort of at balance things I 1 don dont t krow whether you can bo be elected or not I 1 ra sp eakin frankly now gentlemen and as an a arle politician but I 1 believe youre you re more apt to be elected than anybody elac else if it we can get a fair count or count the ballots ourselves nelree ou which ie Is more or lef less doubtful with lidey in power and therefore we want you for our candidate because we think we can win affey baa has been in power so 0 o long tons that he aint eren even decent lie ile aint willing to take a fair respectable graft be he wanta wants everything but when whom it cornea comes down to business with the candidate in hit his private office the bt beat thine thing la Is the whole truth certainly its it important from one point of flew view that we should win this year it rhay may give us more power in the national no next I 1 t year it w can deliver the goods in new now axy A 1 7 N I 1 poole was the natural spokesman york city why our voice aa 1 coin colt to mem mean something lethin our influence Is 1 gola gain to be worth something and blat account accounts for mr poole a presence here ai an tor for mr fitchett Fllch ett he a one of the brightest young lawyers weve got he its know knows which ido side bin hn bres breads ids but on he lie wants to be district attorney and run bilth uh you and lod you t get a letter better campaigner to staid by your side As A for mp alt all the power weve got which I 1 admit aint as much as wed vied ought to bare have I 1 con arol I 1 put it at mow flow what do you ear 11 1 I pro tast began poole angrily while fitchett bit his bl up but managed to control himself better their tho linker Gent gentlemen lomen said aid gormly at it will hardly be necessary cenary ne for you to ue the intel tie w further on these cloce what abat do you mcana mean exclaimed centon denson it 1 I mean that while I 1 aap of course deeply touched by your hearty and spontaneous ultes of support in this coming campaign and while I 1 appreciate highly the honor that you propose to me of making rae me your can didace I 1 regret to say that I 1 must de do olne your proposition chati Wh ati roared benson you lint gola cola to lt run cheur 1 said arje lug to that ef of feet have ir I 1 hut but Inter interned ped poole you can cant t expect to succeed without any organ back of you aby man the tbt rice teats against you the influence influences that are opposed to you both financial and political is something that you I 1 cant can t imagine it require requires much more than a bandl date and a majority of votes to win an election the rho ballot ballots have cot to be count cj ed eald said ilenson benson and land the money moneys rot to be spent in common with all the real rest of us I 1 read those accounts you re publishing from week to week and it makes me lick nick to seo so much good money gain to waste not at but what it a 8 doln doin some good but a practical man like roydell could administer it so much better you could buy a voting precinct prec luct with what you spend on a single ad astin good money on the press its men you want to buy not nea newspapers papers th that at a the retson liffey cliffey always gets the best beat of me lie Is got more money than I 1 can get c consequently 0 n u n y he s got the men hut but with your own contributions and d the chance chances for success that you 11 five rive us there a lots at 0 other rich men that d be willing to take ou on our beitin la in power I 1 nin am not one of theao these men mr sir den bakti DO no chances ft shat hat ever on your getting in lit power well its got to be liffers Lif feys crowd or oure ours and your figh fightlin tin litcey croud from beginning to end therefore logically you belong to us I 1 I 1 cannot see the force ot of your ra boning aid said gormly and I 1 tell you tom here and now that while I 1 shall be very glad to have the votes of any or every man in new york yet I 1 will be beholden to no political party in the city I 1 have entered this cam laign as an independent if the people pa eteh ish to elect me m they can do so it not aft ant is V 1 by I 1 old told you said sald denson pity angly that you might get elected but you youva ve got to be counted in if it I 1 am elected said loraly lor bly you need not fear that I 1 shall be counted out you have bays to be a regular nominee eald said poole 1 I shall be nominated by petition gentlemen bald said corbly coolly ha ile pointed to his desk look at that pile yonder they are coming tn in ev ery day signed by women and children and crank I 1 sup supposal sneered benson 1 I have a corpe corps of young men an bewrel coraly roly who personally visit every petitioner and find out it be he Is a is voter and if it he really means what be he saye says when he aska asks me to run every namo Is to verified and registered well ill III be dum cried denson bellson in great abatement amax amat ement 1 I am afraid if you cc in pol idica with conr present views that you will be said gormly coolly A As for organization I 1 have an org tion of jez awn weare we are the issues and preparing to bold meeting and send end out speakers alj all over the city managing the gamet game one of m assistant ass litant managers in the store mr bir watson I 1 he know about politics aile experience compared with your own has ban been little but on alt dif ferent lines he ile Is learning rapidly however 4 and I 1 think before you get through you will find lad him worthy of even your own steel mr denson benson that is e all very well said the boss greatly taken aback ore eye the situa uon tion it doea does |