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Show '."f.MauWUo Som Uouor tiold. t-'llll Alii), Julv l'tiot. ,, , aiwlatUt! ket Lai SpvingHold Jnce n a He was the only mau who ever o a bolt iron, his part yiu an Illinois lalnre and stuck to his purpose. would uot vote to seat Judge Bradwell. 1 fpub bean, who-coutested the election, so-called, 0f jim McN.d)Vi ,,eni)M.rali " the tlurly-sccond gmieral assembly, tiook was employed in the Chicago ostollK-e when 1.0 was sent to the legislature. The republicans had! " majority 0f one in the1 bouse. One of the objective points (1 the session w as the passage of a lugh license bill. In order to get such a measure through, it was thought desirable de-sirable to get action ou thu maiority leport of the committee on elections, winch declared Judge Bradwell entitled to the seat held by Tim McNallv as a member from the third district. The Saloon-Keepers' association determined to keep MoNally in the house, aud, in order to accomplish this result, a weak-kneed weak-kneed republican was necessary. Joe Alackin was deputized to get such an one, and he found htm in Jesse Book. April 12, 18SI. the committee on elections elec-tions reported to the house. The democrats dem-ocrats refused to vote, and the house was dead locked. James G. Blaine w as appealed to, and he wired from Washington Wash-ington that members uot voting could not be recoguized as present. Republicans Repub-licans and democrats fought for possession pos-session of Hook, and carried revolvers and gave each other black eyes. I inally the republicans dropped him in disgust. Mackin was to give Rook U00 for his perfidy, b.tt the latter got no more than $800, and all but $!50 was spent on whisky. This was taken from him and sent to his wife. When he returned re-turned to Chicago the democrats he had debased himself to serve would not have him in the car with them. Joe Mackin would scarcely speak to him. This was the end of "Book's political career. He was dead to the world ever afterward. |