Show PLUM T IR IE E E y DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS author of the cost the deluge etc awby continued from last week I 1 bad fixed on february 15 5 as the he date on which I 1 would telegraph tele raph a formal demand for an inter lew on february 11 lie he surrendered su sui rendered he phed ablang roe me to come I 1 took a chance 1 I wired back a polite quest bequest it to be e ex cheed as I 1 had urgent business in chicago and 24 houis later I 1 passed within SO 30 miles or of rivington on in my way to chicago with cailotto Cai lotta we ie were going to see pee junior hugely proud of himself and his W 27 a week at beAu diton um atele giam waited walte bioni dhom furbank Pur bank ile he hoped I 1 would come as soon as I 1 could the matters he with cd to discuss most important toward noon of the third day there e after we were vere greeting each other lie be with an all attempt at his old time cordiality I 1 without concealment of at least cast the coldness I 1 felt but my manner apparently and probably es raped his notice he was now blind and drunk with mith the incense that had been about him in dener clouds for three months lie he was in capable of doubting the bliss of am an human being he was gracious to lie e shut me in with him and began confiding the plans lie be and Good goodrich Goodri rIcY cr had bad made cabinet places foreign posts and so forth ills his voice nn lin vering cering and luxuriating upon the titles my ambassador to its his Riitta Bilt tani majesty na jesty my ambassador to cheger the ger man emperor and so on amused an ant a little but on only y a little astonished astonish ec rae ne I 1 had bad always iceon anon that lie he wa g though and through snob fornear for near ly ay an hour I 1 watched his ingenious hildiah thil hil dish delight in bathing him himself ir himsl if the wonderful fountain c 1 all I two anee bon honors r S at U 1 last to tie fl ushe d laid down his list took oft off his nose Ll classes blasses asses well harvey what do 30 30 fl t rink li he ached ed and waited wit wid fr r L J s darkling Par kling eyes for my enthusiastic a 1 I see goodrich ich droe 1 a I hard bar gain said 1 I yet lie he came on his hi anees if aou ou had bad but realized it burbanks Burban kB color mounted what do aou I 1 on mean sayler he be inquired the faint beginnings of the he insulted god in it his tone and manner you asked my opinion I 1 answer ed im giving it I 1 dont a tingle eingle nama ariam that obviously a goodrich suggestion even the roe buck appointment sayler he be interrupted in a for bearing tone 1 I wish you would not remind me so often of your prejudice senator goodrich it is un worthy of you sou but for my tact par PA ron my frankness your prejudice enild have driven him away agnay and wit him a support he controls I 1 showed my amusement amus emert dont smile sayler lie he po protested tested with some anger in his smooth heavy beavy voice you are not the only strong man in the baity and I 1 venture to take lake advantage of our long friendship friend friends shir bir to plainly to you I 1 wish to ice a united party one of ray my rea tons sons for sending pending for you was vias to tell ell ou how greatly I 1 am distressed and chagrined by the attacks on senate goodrich goodrian cn idour in our papers did you have any other reason fui fue rending for or me ma sald said I 1 very quietly that was the principal one ill hi contested confessed ohl I 1 exclaimed what do 0 o you mean sayler 1 1 I thought possibly you might alaf have wished to tell me how unjust you thought the attacks on me in ti th aern papers and to assure me metha tha they had only strengthened boli friendship he was wae silent I 1 rose threw my overcoat oer coat on ma m arm took up my hat walt wait a moment please he be spid eid 1 I have always found you nery hal in your judgments your clea lea judgment has been of the highest w ti r tul neis to me many times thank you I 1 said yoi aice pic m hind most generous so he went on not drean i s tie be might find sarcasm if he sea seab for it 1 I hope aou ou appreciate why 1 have refrained atom seeing aou as I 1 1 wished I 1 know senator jour filena ship was loyal loya 1 know aou ou lid dur ing the campaign what 1011 thought wisest and best nut but I 1 feel that you must see now what a grave mistake you made don dont misunderstand me 7 40 40 q 14 f 4 N 7 7 V it 1 A av 1 7 fv 1 1 7 ak ak n I 1 1 I pledged my word you made tile the premises promises the debts MUST bc B paid harvey i arvey I 1 do not hold it against you but 1011 must see no doubt you do see that it would not be fair tor for tile me it would not lie be in keeping with nith the dignity of the giedt office with which hie be licor people le I have ave In ln trusted me to seem to lend my iny I 1 looked straight at him until ills his gaze fell then I 1 said my voice even lower than usual it if ou will look at the ilie election figures carefully aou ou will find v bitten upon them a very in eting fact that fact is in iii all the doubtful states the ones that elc elected aou ou scarborough swept everything our baity has here toffie been strongest you were elect ed by carroin carrl ng districts our baity has always been iNea weakest kest and in those districts james our money was spent as you well know ehnow I 1 waited for this to cut through his of pelf belt complacence waited until I 1 saw its acid eating into h him I 1 m then I 1 went nent on 1 I hope you will never abrain deceive yourself or let your enemies decele you As tc your plans the plans for goodrich and id his crowd I 1 have nothing cosay to say my concern is to have hae woodruff matters his alf pledges adges attended to that I 1 must anel insist zt upon lie he lowered his blows with a heavy flot D 1 I have hae hiir our as aint nt I 1 insisted really harvey there was an astonishing toni shing change from his compla rent cent superior voice of a few minutes minute before ill do what I 1 can but the impossibilities the duties of of my position you are going to take the office james raid paid I 1 you ceat cant client cheat abc men who ho gale gae it to you lie ile did not answer 1 I pledged my word I 1 went ent on you gave the I 1 indorsed endorsed Indor sed for you the debts aufa tie be met neler neer before had bad I 1 ugliest ot of you ask rne me to ming in ing into unpopularity with the entile anthe coun countey tuy he be pleaded several of the men on our hit are ex convicts others ate aie about to be indicted for election frauds many are men utterly without character chai acter they did your work james said 1 I 1 I 1 guarantee that in no case will the unpleasant consequences to you be mole moie than a few disagreeable but soon forgotten new paper articles you haggle oer mer these tiff lines les and athy by look at your cabinet 1 list there are two names on it two of the tour four goodrich men that hlll cost you blasts of public anger perhaps the Is this my hilrid harvey sayler he exclaimed grief and pain in that face which had been used by him for 30 years as the sculptor uses the mold ing clay it is I 1 answered calmly and never neer boic your our friend than ban now when you have ceased to tie be a filand to him bini and to 0 o yourself ourE eIf then rhen do you ask me to share the infamy of 0 those wretches he be pleaded they ate aie our allies and helpers I 1 said wretches only as I 1 and all of us its in practical politics ate aie wretches dit dif faience of degier perhaps pei haps but not of hind and james it if our prom promises isis to these invaluable fellow workers of ours ate aie not kept kept hept to the uttermost you will compel me and my group of senators to oppose and de feat our most important nomina dons and I 1 shall myself publicly front from the floor of 0 the senate show up these goodrich ich nominees of bouis oms as clea creatures tures of corrupt corporations and monopolists I 1 said s aid this without heat every wold woid of it fell cold as ate tic ice upon his passion A long on pause then your shall be kept he assented with gibat dignity of manner not because you threaten bianey but because lecause I 1 valik allic your friendship beyond anything and everything aud and I 1 may add I 1 am pony profoundly sorry my selections for the important plates places do not please you yon 1 i I think of your future I 1 said you talk of 0 no no harvey he protested with WA a a aMe of f le ie assurance that thai struck me as amusing and I 1 went on it is in friendship james that I 1 warn iou not to fall all our crucial crucial places with crea tines oj of the the G 00 alic h cro dowa chey will rule your administration they will drive ou in spite of yourself on and on from excess to excess you will put the middle west irrevocably against you you will make even tile the east doubtful you aie paying pay ing fit with your whole furuie for that which is alicade yours it you lose your hold on the people the money crowd will have none of if you it if you keep the people the money crowd will be your very humble servant I 1 happened just then to glance past hini him at a picture on the wall over ills his chair it was a crayon poi trait of ills his wife made bioni an enlarged photograph a poor piece of alm alcait t ludicrous in its distortions ot of tion and perspective but it touched nie me the more because it was such lmh a humble thing of her and his and my lowly beginnings and an appeal seemed to go straight to lily iny heair from those eyes that hal so olten often been lalend ficini the sewing in sympathetic understanding ut of lite things I 1 was struggling to malie make alfr husband see I 1 pointed to the picture lie ae slowly turned lound in his chair until he be too looked at it what would she say burbank asked if she were with us now and then I 1 went on to analyze his outlined to show him in acil why I 1 thou thought plit it would luin him to ku suggest lagest men who mho were as good baity men as the goodrich Good ich ilch crowd and v be a cedia cedit to him and a help belp and he listened with his old time expression lo looking oldrig up at his dead cifes picture a all the while you must be popular at tanj any eo cost 7 i I 1 ended the indu crowd croad will stay N with ith the party no matter what we lne do As long as is in control on Z he oth other r s side ie we are there only COP colff and so EO we are hee fife to to seek anil we must legain it or done for money wont save us ben lost our grip on the rank and file the presidency ernt cant be bought again for you if it must be boight next time iother figurehead figure bead will hale to be used 1 I cant tell ell you how bow grateful I 1 am was his conclusion after I 1 had bad put my whole mind before him and lie he and hit discussed it but are certain pledges to goodrich bleak then jhc thc ni said paid 1 I to keep them Is catastrophe I 1 knew tile pledges he had bad in the a st louis understrapper of the new york financial 11 caal crowd for secie tary of the treasury for attorney general a lawyer bho knew nothing of politics or public sentiment or indeed anything an thing but how bow to in corporations in lawbreaking law breading breaking and law aw dodging ito ho I to thought a long time when ho he answered it wa with a shake of the head too late into im afield harvey lc ailed tile he men and accepted that was a most untimely illness oi of ouis bouls ill see what can he be done its a giave giace step to offend sev bial of the most conspicuous men in the party not go co serious as to offend the party itself I 1 iel ici lied money Is a great power la in but bill part izan ship Is a ill it or was the roost he bad hie file courage to concede 1 I must look at all sides you know rut but whatever hat ever I 1 decide I 1 thank you for your 3 our candor cander we separated lie file best of friends in the world I 1 trying to recover some few of the high hopes of him th that at hall had filled me on election night iles hes weak and timid I 1 said paid to myself but at bottom lie he must haie hae a I 1 longing to be president pies Ples ident in fact as well as in nanie name liick cn the meanest slave longs to be a man I 1 should have excepted the self en slaved slates of ambition of all bondeen bondmen bond bon druen men alone I 1 abeliene be lieNe ee not only do nut not avish fie edoin but also are eer how bow they may add to their chains continued next week |