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Enter Hosmer Hand

           Herubbedhisknees,puthisthumbsinthearmholesofhisvest,tookoutacigar,litit,andgazedpoeticallyattheceiling.Hewasthinkingvery,veryhard.Mr.CowperwoodandMr.McKenty,asheknew,wereverypowerfulmen.HehadalwaysmanagedtodowntheMcKentyoppositioninhisward,andseveralothersadjacenttoit,andintheEighteenthSenatorialDistrict,whichherepresented.ButtobecalledupontodefeathiminChicago,thatwasdifferent.Still,thethoughtofalargeamountofcashtobedistributedthroughhim,andthechanceofwrestingthecityleadershipfromMcKentybytheaidoftheso-calledmoralforcesofthecity,wasveryinspiring.Mr.Gilganwasagoodpolitician.Helovedtoschemeandplotandmakedealsasmuchforthefunofitasanythingelse.Justnowhedrewasolemnface,which,however,concealedaverylightheart.

           "Ihaveheard,"wentonHand,"thatyouhavebuiltupastrongorganizationinyourwardanddistrict."

           "I’vemanagedtoholdmeown,"suggestedGilgan,archly."ButthiswinningalloverChicago,"hewenton,afteramoment,"now,that’saprettylargeorder.Therearethirty-onewardsinChicagothiselection,andallbuteightofthemarenominallyDemocratic.Iknowmostofthementhatareinthemnow,andsomeofthemareprettyshrewdmen,too.ThismanDowlingincouncilisnobody’sfool,letmetellyouthat.Thenthere’sDuvanickiandUngerichandTiernanandKerriganallgoodmen."Hementionedfourofthemostpowerfulandcrookedaldermeninthecity.

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