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Wanted — Fifty-year Franchises

           

           ThisschemearousedareallyunprecedentedantagonisminthebreastsofCowperwood’senemies.BytheArneel–Hand-Schryhartcontingentitwaslookeduponasnothingshortofdiabolical.Thenewspapers,directedbysuchmenasHaguenin,Hyssop,OrmondeRicketts,andTrumanLeslieMacDonald(whosefatherwasnowdead,andwhosethoughtsaseditoroftheInquirerwerealmostsolelydirectedtowarddrivingCowperwoodoutofChicago),begantoshout,asalastresort,intheinterestsofdemocracy.Seatsforeverybody(onCowperwood’slines),nomorestrapsintherushhours,three-centfaresforworkingmen,morningandevening,freetransfersfromallofCowperwood’slinesnorthtowestandwesttonorth,twentypercent.ofthegrossincomeofhislinestobepaidtothecity.Themassesshouldbemadecognizantoftheirindividualrightsandprivileges.Suchacourse,whiledecidedlyinimicaltoCowperwood’sinterestsatthepresenttime,andassuchstronglyfavoredbythemajorityofhisopponents,hadneverthelessitsdisturbingelementstoanultra-conservativelikeHosmerHand.

           "Idon’tknowaboutthis,Norman,"heremarkedtoSchryhart,ononeoccasion."Idon’tknowaboutthis.It’sonethingtostirupthepublic,butit’sanothertomakethemforget.Thisisarestless,socialisticcountry,andChicagoistheveryhotbedandcenterofit.Still,ifitwillservetotriphimupIsupposeitwilldoforthepresent.Thenewspaperscanprobablysmoothitalloverlater.ButIdon’tknow."

           Mr.

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