CALEB CONOVER
RAILROADER
I-A £>TORY ©/* LOVE,POLITICS jNTRIGUt;
"-LAOF A RICH POWERFUL BOSS i
AND AN INTREPID YOUNG
REFORMER-
S' - ' BY ALBERT PAYSON TERMUNE-
RI6HT P907 BY ALBERT PAVSON TERKUN^
CHAPTER V.
In Two Camps.
JLIT t ' le headquarters of the
*1 1 Civic League sat Cllve
SjflS Standish. With him were
the committee chosen to con
duct his campaign. Karl Ansel, a
lean, hard-headed New Kngland giant,
their chairman, and incidentally, cam
paign manager, was going laboriously
over a list of counties, towns and vil
lages, corroborating certain notes he
made from time to time, by referring
to a big colored map of the Mountain
State.
"I've checked off the places that
are directly under the thumb of the
C. G. & X.," Ansel was explaining as
the rest of the group leaned over to
watch the course of his pencil along
the map. "I'm afraid they are as
hopelessly in Conover's grip as Gran
ite Itself. It's in the rural districts,
and in the towns that aren't depend
ent on the main line, that we must
find our strength. It's in uphill light
at best, with—"
"With a million-and-a-half people
who are paying enormous taxes for
which they receive scant value, who
have thrust on them a legislature and
other officials they are forced to elect
at the Boss's order!" linlshed Stand
ish. "Surely, It's an uphill light that's
well worth while, if we can wake men
to a sense of their own slavery, and
the frauds they are forced to connlvo
at And that's what we're going to
do."
The more experienced, if less en
thusiastic, Ansel scratched his chin
doubtfully.
"The people, as a mass, are slow to
wake," he observed. "Oftener they
Just open one eye and growl at being
bothered, and then roll over and go
happily to sleep again while the Boss
goes through their pockets. Don't
start this campaign too optimistically,
Mr. Standish. And don't get the idea
the people are begging to be waked.
If you wake them you've got to do It
agalnßt their will. Not with any help
of theirs. Maybe you can. Maybe
you can't. As you say. It's perhaps
worth a try. Even if —"
"But they've been waked before,"
insisted Standish. "And when they
do awaken, there are no half-meas
ures about it Look how Jerome, on
an Independent fight, won out against
the Machine in 1905. Why should the
Mountain State- -"
"The people are sleepy by nature,"
laughed Ansel. "They wake up with
a roar, chase the Boss out of their
bouse, smash the Machine and then go
back to bed again with the idea
they're heroes. As soon as their eyes
are shut, back strolls the Boss, mends
his machine and reopens business at
the old stand. And that's what you
have to look forward to. But we've
been all over this sort of thing be
fore. I'll have your 'speech-route'
made out in an hour, and start a man
over It this afternoon to arrange about
the halls and the 'papering' and the
press work. Speaking of press work,
1 had your candidature telegraphed to
New York to the Associated Press
early this morning. There'll be a per
fect cloud of reporters up here before
night. We must arrange to see them
before the Conover crowd can get
hold of them. Sympathy from out-of-
State papers won't do us any harm.
The country at large has a pretty fair
Idea of the way Conover runs the
Mountain Btate. And the country
likes to watch a good fight against long
odds. There's lots of sympathy for
the under dog—as long as the sympa
thizer has no money on the upper
one."
"How about the sketch of the situ
ation that you were having Craig
write out, telling about the stolen
franchises, the arbitrary tax-rate, the
machine-made candidates, the railroad
rule and all that? It ought to prove
a good campaign document If he han
dles the subject well."
"Oh, he's handled it all right. I've
read the rough draft Takes Conover
from the very start. Tells of his boy
hood In the yards of the C. G. & X., and
how he bullied and schemed until he
got into the management's offices, the
string of saloons he ran along the
route and the drink-checks he made
the men on hlB section cash In for
liquor at his saloons, and all that
Then hi* career as Alderman, when
ha found out beforehand where the
aew reservoir lands and City Hall site
were to be, and his buying them up,
on mortgage, and clearing his first
big pile. And that deal he worked in
'bearing' the C. G. & X.' stock to sl.lO,
and scaring everyone out and scoop
ing the pot; that's brought in, too.
And he's got the Btory of Conover's
gradually working the railroad against
the State and the State against the
road, till he had a throat grip on both,
and —"
"Walt a moment!" Interrupted
Standish. "Is all the sketch made up
of that sort of thing?"
"Most of it Good, red-hot —"
"It must be done all over, then. We
are not digging up Conover's personal
past, but his Influence on the State
and on the Democratic Party. I'm
not swinging the muckrake Or fling
lng dirt at my opponent That sort
of vituperation—"
| "But It's' hot stuff, I toll you, that
sort of literature! It helps-a lot. You
can't hope to win if you wear kid
gloves In a game like this."
"What's the use arguing?" said
Standish pleasantly. "If the league
was rash enough to choose me to
represent it, then the League must
put up with my peculiarities. And I
don't Intend to rise to the Capitol on
any mud piles. If you cun show me
how Conover's early frauds and his
general crookedness affect the Issues
of the campaign, then I'll give you
leave to publish his "/hole biography.
But till then let's run clean, shan't
we?"
,
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"But it's hot stuff, I tell you, that sort
of literature!"
"'Clean!'" echoed Ansel aghast
"I've been in this business a matter
of twenty-live years, and I never yet
heard of a victory won by drawing
room methods. But have your own
way. I suppose you know, though,
that they'll rake up every lie and slur
against you they can get their hands
on?"
"I suppose so. Hut that won't affect
the general issue either. You don't
seem to realize, Ansel, that this isn't
the ordinary routine campaign. It's
an effort to throw off Boss rule and
to free a State. Politics and person
alities don't enter into it at all. I'd
as soon have run on the Republican
as the Democratic ticket if it weren't
that the Republican Party in this
State is virtually dead. The Demo
cratic nominee for governor in the
Mountain State is practically the gov
ernor-elect. That Is why I —"
"Excuse me, Mr. Standish," said a
clerk, entering from the outer office,
"Mr. Conover would like a word with
you."
The committee stared at one an
other, unbelieving.
"H'm!" remarked .Ansel, breaking
the silence of surprise, "I guess the
campaign's on in earnest, all right.
Shall you see him?"
"Yes. Show him in, please, Gard
ner."
"He says, sir, he wants to speak
with you alone," added the clerk.
"Tell him the League's committeo
are in session, and that he must say
whatever he has to say in their pres
ence."
The clerk latlred and reappeared a
few moments later, ushering in—
Gerald Conover.
A grunt of disappointment from
Ansel was the first sound that greeted
the long youth as he paused irreso
lute Just inside the committee-room
door.
"Good-morning, Gerald," said
Standish, rising to <?reet the unex
pected visitor; "we thought it was
your father who —"
"No. And he didn't send me here,
either," blurted out Gerald. His pasty
face was still twitching, and his usual
ly Immaculate collar awry from the
recent paternal interview.
"I came here on my own account,"
he went on, with the peevish wrath of
a child. "I came here to tell you I
swing over a hundred votes. Maybe
a hundred more. My father says so
himself. And I've come to join your
League."
A gasp of amazement ran around
the table. Then, with a crow of de
light, Ansel sprang up.
"Great!" he shouted. "His son!
It's good for more votes than you
know, Standish! Why, man, it's a
bonanza! When even a man's own
son can't —"
Standish cut him short.
"Are you drunk, Gerald?" he asked.
"No, I'm not!" vociferated the lad.
"I'm dead cold sober, rtnd I'm doing
this with my eyes open. I want to
Join your League, and I'll work like
a dog for your election."
"But why? You and I have never
been especially good friends. You've
never shown any Interest in politics
or ret —"
"Well, I will now, you bet! I'll
make the old man wish he'd packed
me oft to New York by the first train.
He'll Bweat for the way he treated
me before he's done. I suppose I've
got to work secretly for you, so he
won't suspect. But I'll do none the
less work for that: and I can keep
you posted on the other Side's moves,
too. If Pm to be tied to this damned
one-horse town by Father's orders till
after election, Pll make him sorry he
ever-—"
"Good for you!" cried Ansel.
• "You've got the spirit of a man, after
all. Here's a bunch of our member
; ship blanks. Fill this one out, and
i give the rest to your club friends. We
! —why, Standish!" he broke off, furi
' ous and dumfounded; for Clive had
calmly stepped between the two,
taken the, membership blank from
Gerald's shaky hand and torn it
across.
"We don't care for members of your
sort, Gerald," he said, with a cold
contempt that was worse than a kick.
"This League was formed to help our
City and State, not to gratify private
grudges; for white men, not for curs
who want to betray their own flesh
and blood. Get out of here!"
"Standish!" protested the horrified
Ansel, "you're crazy! You're throw
ing away our best chance. You are—"
"If this apology for a human being
is our 'best chance,' I'll throw him out
bodily, unless he goes at once," re
torted Clive, advancing on the cower
ing and utterly astonished boy.
"Why!" sputtered) Gerald, as he
backed doorward, before the menacing
approach of the Leaguer, "I thought
you'd want me —I —- Oh, I'll go, then,
if you've no more sense than that!
But I'll find a way of downing the old
man in spite of you! Maybe you'll
be glad enough to got my help when
the time comes! I—"
His heels hit against the threshold
in his retrograde inarch. Still de
claiming, he stepped over the sill into
the outer office, and Clive Standish
slammed the door upon him, break
ing off his threats in the middle of
their fretful outpouring.
"There," said Clive, returning to the
gaping, frowning committeemen,
"that's off our hands. Now let's get
down to business."
"Mr. Standish," remarked Ansel,
after a moment's battle with words he
found hard to check, "you're the most
Quixotic, impractical idealist that ever
got hold of the foolish idea he had
a ghost of a chance for success in
politics. And," lie added after a
pause, "I'm blest if I don't think I'd
rather lose with a leader like you
than win with any other man in the
Mountain State."
Meanwhile, at the head of the great
study table in his Pompton Avenue
"Mausoleum" sat Caleb Conover, Rail
roader. And about him, on either side
of the board, like feudal retainers of
old, were grouped the pick of his lieu
tenants and henchmen. A rare co
terie they were, these Knights of
Graft. Separated by ten thousand
varying intersts, social strata and as
pirations, they were as one on the
main issue—their blind adherence to
the Boss and to the lightest of his
orders.
This impelling force was difficult
of defining. Love, fear, trust, desire
for spoils? Perhaps a little of all
four; perhaps much; perhaps an in
definable something apart from these.
Yet, whatever the reason of Caieb
Conover's dominance, none could for
a moment doubt its presence. So
ever-present was it that it had 1< ng
since choked down all opposition from
within his own ranks.
At the Boss's right into day's con
clave sat Billy Shevlin, most trusted
and adoring of all his followers. At
his left was Guy Bourke, Alderman
and the Boss's jackal. Next to Billy
was Bonham, Mayor of Granite, uud
next Giaconro Ilalta/.zi, who held the
whole Italian section force of the C.
G. & X.and the Sicilian quarter of
Granite in the hollow of his un
washed hand. Beyond was Nicholas
Caine, proprietor of the Star, and to
his right Beiser, the Democratic State
Chairman. Between a second news
paper editor and the President of the
Board of Aldermen lounged Kerrigan,
the Ghetto saloon-keeper. A sprinkl
ing of railroad men, heelers and dis
trict leaders made lip the remainder.
Conover was speaking:
"And that's the layout," said he.
"And that's why I'm not content for
this to be just a plain 'win.' Two
years ago I thought Shearn would be
our best man for governor. So 1 gave
the word, and Shearn gut in with a
decent majority. But it's got to be a
landslide this time, and not a trick's
to be overlooked in the whole ha..d.
Nick, you know the line of editorial
policy to start in to-morrow's Star.
And be on the lookout for the first
break in any of the League's speeches.
It's easier to think of a fool thing than
not to say it, and those Reform jays
are always putting their feet in their
mouths when they try to preach poli
tics. And, knowing nothing about the
game, they're sure to talk a heap.
They never seem to realize that the
man who really practices politics
hasn't time to preach it."
(To Be Continued.}
How's This for Mudf
Of all the yarns that ever came
down the line regarding deep mud,
the following should be entitled to the
blue ribbon. It happened in the place
where mud originated.
A man was walking along the road
side one summer day and noticed a
fairly good looking hat out in the
road. Reaching out with his cane, ho
gave it a cut and was startled to hear
a voice exclaim: "Here, what the
deuce are you doing?"
Then he made the astonishing dis
covery that the owner of the head
piece was under the hat, up to his
ears in mud.
"Great heavens!" exclaimed tho
man who had hit the hat. "Is that
mud as deep as that?"
"Deep!" cried the victim. "Why,
man alive, I'm standing on a load of
hay!"
pROPOSE» AMENDMENTS TO THE
L CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMON
WEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR
REJECTION. BY THE GENERAL AS
SEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA. AND PUBLISH
ED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OP THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR
SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section twen
ty-six of article live of tho Constitution
of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Resolved (If the Senate concur). That
tho following amendment to section twen
ty-six of, article five of the Constitution
of Pennsylvania be, and the same Is here
by, proposed, In accordance with tho
eighteenth article thereof:—
That section 2G of Article V., which
reads as follows: "Section 20. All laws re
lating to courts shall be general and of
uniform operation, and the organization.
Jurisdiction, and powers of all courts of
the same class or grade, so far as regu
lated by law, and the force and effect of
the process and Judgments of such courts,
shall be uniform; and the General Assem
bly Is hereby prohibited from creating
other courts to exercise the powers vested
by this Constitution in the Judges of the
Courts of Common Pleas and Orphans'
Courts," be amended so that the same
shall road as follows:
Section 20. All laws relating to courts
shall be general and of uniform opera
tion, and the organization. Jurisdiction,
Mid powers of all courts of the same class
Dr grade, so far as regulated by law, and
the force and effect of the process and
judgments of such courts, shall bo uni
form; but, notwithstanding any provi
sions of this Constitution, the General
Assembly shall have full power to estab
lish new courts, fi-om time to time, as tho
same may be needed in any city or coun
ty, and to prescribe the powers and Ju
vlsdiction thereof, and to increase the
number of Judges In any courts now ex
isting or hereafter created, or to reorgan
ize the same, or to vest in other courts
the Jurisdiction theretofore exercised by
Bourts not of record, nnd to abolish tha
same wherever it may be deemed neces
sary for the orderly and efficient adminis
tration of Justice.
A true copy of Resolution No. 1.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Consti
tution of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, so as to eliminate the require
ment of payment of taxes as a qualifi
cation of the right to vote.
Resolved (If the House of Representa
tives concur), That the following amend
ment to the Constitution of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania ite, and the same
Is hereby, proposed, in accordance with
the eighteenth article thereof:
That section one of article eight be
amended, by striking out the fourth
numbered paragraph thereof, so that the
said section shall read as follows:
Section 1. Every male citizen twenty
mo years of age, possessing the follow
ing qualifications, shall be entitled to
voto at all elections, subject however to
such laws requiring and regulating the
registration of electors as the General
Assembly may enact.
First. He shall have been a citizen of
the United States at least one month.
Second. He shall have resided In the
State ono year (or if, having previously
been a qualified elector or native-born
citizen of the State, he shall have re
moved therefrom and returned, then sir
months), Immediately preceding tho elec
tion
Third. He shall have resided in the
"lection district where ho shall offer to
vote at least two months Immediately
preceding the election.
A true copy of Resolution No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constl.
tutlon of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, so as to consolidate the
courts of common pleas of Allegheny
County.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
nnd House of Representatives of tho
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen
eral Assembly met, That the following
amendment to the Constitution of Penn
sylvania bo, and tho same Is hereby, pro
posed. in accordance with the eighteenth
article thereof:—
That section six of article five be
amended, by striking out the said sec
tion. and inserting in place thereof the
following:
Section t). In the county of Philadel
phia all the jurisdiction and powers now
vested in tho district courts and courts of
common pleas, subject to such changes
ris may be made by this Constitution or
by law. shall be In Philadelphia vested In
five distinct and separate courts of equal
nnd co-ordinate jurisdiction, composed
of three judges each. Tho said courts in
Philadelphia shall ho designated respect
ively as the court of common pleas num
ber one, number two, number three,
number four, and number five, but the
number of said courts may be by law
Increased, from time to time, nnd shall be
In like manner designated by successive
numbers. The number of Judges In any
of said courts, or In any county where
the establishment of an additional court
may be authorized by law, may be In
creased. from time to time, and when
ever such increase shall amount In tho
whole to three, such three Judges shall
compose a distinct and separate court as
aforesaid, which shall bo numl>erod as
aforesaid. In Philadelphia all suits shall
be Instituted In tho said courts of com
mon plens without designating the num
ber of the said couft, and the several
courts shall distribute and apportion tho
business among them in such manner as
shall be provided by rules of court, nnd
each court, to which any suit shall be
thus assigned, shall have exclusive Juris
diction thereof, subject to chango of
venue, as shall he provided by law.
In the county of Allegheny all tho
Jurisdiction nnd powers now vested In
the several numbered courts of common
pleas shall be vested In one court of com
mon pleas, composed of all the Judges in
commission In said courts. Such Juris
diction nnd powers shall extend to all
proceedings at law and In equity which
shall have been Instituted In tho several
numbered courts, and shall be subject to
such changes as may be made by law.
and subject to change of venuo as pro
vided by law. The president Judge of
said court shall be selected as provided
by law. The number of Judges In said
court mny be by law Increased from
time to time. This amendment shall take
effect on the first day of January suc
ceeding Its ndoption.
A true copy of Resolution No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section eight,
article nine, of the Constitution of Penn
sylvania.
Section 1. Be It resolved by the Senate
nnd House of Representatives of tho Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania In General
Assembly met. That the following is pro
posed as an amendment to tho Constitu
tion of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia, In accordance with the provisions of
tho eighteenth article thereof:—
Amendment to Article Nine, Section
Eight.
Section 2. Amend section eight, article
nine, of tho Constitution of Pennsylvania,
which reads as follows:
"Section 8. The debt of any countv
city, borough. township, school district, op
other municipality or incorporated dis
trict, except as herein provided, shall nev
er exceed seven per centum upon the as
sessed value of the taxable property there
in. nor shall any such municipality or
district incur any new debt, or increase
its indebtedness to an amount exceeding
two per centum upon such assessed val
uation of property, without the assent of
the electors thereof at a *• bile election in
such manner as shall be piovided by law;
but any city, the debt of which now ex
ceeds seven per centum of such assessed
valuation, may be authorized by law to
Increase the same three per centum. In
the aggregate, at any one time, upon such
valuation," so as to read as follows:
Section 8. The debt of any county, city,
borough, township, school district, or oth
er municipality or Incorporated district,
except as herein provided, shall never ex
ceed seven per centum upon the assessed
value of the taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or district in
cur any new debt, or Increase its indebt
edness to an amount exceeding two per
centum upon such assessed valuation of
property, without the assent of the elec
tors thereof at a public election in such
manner as shall be provided by law; but
any city, the debt of which now exceeds
Steven per centum of such assessed val
uation, may be authorized by law to In
crease the same three per centum. In tho
aggregate, at any one time, upon such
valuation, except that any debt or debts
hereinafter incurred by the city and coun
ty of Philadelphia for the construction
and development of subways for transit
purposes, or for the construction of
wharves and docks, or the reclamation of
land to bo used in the construction of a
system of wharves and docks, as public
Improvements, ownQii. or to be owned by
said city and county of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to the city and countv
of Philadelphia current net revenue in ex
cess of the interest on said debt or debts
and of the annual Installments necessary
for the cancellation of said debt or debts,
may be excluded in ascertaining the pow
er of the city and county of Philadelphia
to become otherwise Indebted: Provided.
That a sinking fund for their cancellation
shall be established and maintained.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4.
ROHERT Me A FEE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
REFORMERS REFUSE
TO SUPPORT RERRY
• :*
Leading Men inWiitiam Penn Party
Hi Republican State Ticket.
ISpeciai Correspondence.]
Philadelphia, Aug. 30.
The most significant and Important
development of the state campaign
thus fni is found In the refusal of
prominent and potential men in the
William Penn Party In this city to
support the Berry-Casey Democratic
combination on U.t Keystone Party
ticket.
The fact thai thousands of voters
who have been allied with reform
movements intend to support the full
Republican state ticket, Including the
nominees for congress, has necessital
ed the withdrawal of the William Perm
Party from the field, and the men who
are behind the Berry candidacy are
now seeking to marshal their Falstaf
flian outfit under the banner of the
hybrid Keystone Party.
At a meeting of the city committee
of the .William Penn Party a few
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nights ago, when that organization
went out of business for this cam
paign, members of the committee very
frankly admitted that a large percent
age of the citizens who have been vot
ing the Penn ticket are Republicans
in national and state affairs, while
voting independently in municipal con
tests. It was acknowledged that they
Intend to support John K. Toner and
all of his colleagues on the Republi
can state ticket, and leading reform
ers of the type of Theodore Justice,
John C. Winston and others who have
been among the heaviest contributors
to local independent movements are
out In public declarations of their pur
pose to stand by the Republican state
nominees.
Cannot Stand a Bryanlte.
Not only will Mr. Tenei and his as
sociates receive the support of this
element, but they will also have the
votes of thousands of Philadelphia in
dependents who might under cer
tain conditions back an Independent
Republican for governor, but who un
der no circumstnnces would support a
radical Bryanlte Democrat like Berry.
The losp of these two elements of
the reform forces has completely de
moralized the soldiers of fortune who
are behind the Berry movement, fol
lowing the attacks of Democratic poll
tlclans upon wtiom they confidently
counted to stand by Berry.
The aggressive campaign waged for
Senator Grim, the Democratic nomi
nee for governor, has resulted in a
lining up of the Democ»jtic workers
In the regular Democratic organiza
tion. Democratic leaders who were
expected to be for Berry have come
out for Orim, In order to retain their
standing with the Democracy. Where
they have failed to do so they have
been asked to resign or been expelled
from Democratic committees.
Eugene C. Bonnlwell, Berry's cam
paign manager, threatened with ex
pulsion, has resigned from the chair
manship of the Delaware county Dem
ocratic committee.
While the Berry Democrats and the
Orlm Democrats are fighting anion'.'
themselves reports from all over the
state indicate harmony among the Re
publicans. Chairman Henry F. Walton
and Secretary W. Harry Baker*of the
Republican state committee, have th< j
preliminary work up to date and have
their plans matured for an aggressive
campaign.
Gubernatorial Candidate Tener an.,
his colleagues, Messrs. Reynolds,
Wright and Houck, will address a
meeting at Charlerol on Saturday,
Sept. 3, when Mr. Tener's neighbors
propose to make a great demonstra
tion in his honor.
They will be in Pittsburg on Labor
Day, Sept. 5; in Philadelphia. Sept. in
at the State League of Renubli-;
rlubs, Pottsville, Sept. 15, and In Le
high county on Sept. 17.
Boy Fisherman Caught Body of Baby.
Samuel avis, six y«ars old, while
fishing in the Miami and Erie canal at
Tippecanoe City, 0., hooked the body
of a baby.