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A Marauder Upon the Commonwealth

           Allsortsofamendmentsweremadeoneforathree-centfareduringtherush-hours,anotherfora20percent.taxongrossreceipts.Inamendedformthemeasurewassenttothesenate,wherethechangeswerestrickenoutandthebilloncemorereturnedtothehouse.Here,toCowperwood’schagrin,signsweremademanifestthatitcouldnotbepassed."Itcan’tbedone,Frank,"saidJudgeDickensheets."It’stoogrillingagame.Theirhomepapersareafterthem.Theycan’tlive."

           Consequentlyasecondmeasurewasdevisedmoresoothingandlullingtothenewspapers,butfarlesssatisfactorytoCowperwood.ItconferredupontheChicagoCityCouncil,byatrickofrevisingtheoldHorseandDummyActof1865,therighttograntafranchiseforfiftyinsteadoffortwentyyears.ThismeantthatCowperwoodwouldhavetoreturntoChicagoandfightouthisbattlethere.Itwasasevereblow,yetbetterthannothing.ProvidingthathecouldwinonemorefranchisebattlewithinthewallsofthecitycouncilinChicago,itwouldgivehimallthathedesired.Butcouldhe?Hadhenotcomeheretothelegislatureespeciallytoevadesucharisk?Hismotiveswereenduringsuchablisteringexposure.Yetperhaps,afterall,ifthepricewerelargeenoughtheChicagocouncilmenwouldhavemorerealcouragethanthesecountrylegislatorswoulddaremore.Theywouldhaveto

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