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A committee was appointed to question Jones personally, and the impression he made upon it is another proof of the remarkable suavity, plausibility and magnetism of the man. One of the examining committeemen wrote: "From his beginning no one thought of disputing him. Toward the end we seldom ventured to ask him any questions. He made himself master of the situation throughout.
And We do hereby further will and ordain that, notwithstanding anything contained in the original charter, the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Committeemen shall, after the year One thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, hold their respective offices subject to retirement by rotation as hereinafter provided, that is to say, at the general court to be held in the year One thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and at every succeeding general court, three members of the Board shall retire from office, and that, until all the present Board shall in turn have retired, the members of the Board to retire shall from time to time be determined by ballot or otherwise amongst the members of the present Board, or such of them as for the time being shall not have retired, but afterwards the members of the Board to retire shall be those who shall have been longest in office since their last election, and as between members of the Board of equal seniority the member or members to retire shall be determined by lot; provided always that the Governor and Deputy-Governor shall not both retire at the same time, and that in the ballot for determining who shall retire in the year One thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, the Governor and Deputy-Governor shall not both be included, but only one of them, such one to be determined by lot; and in the event of neither the Governor nor the Deputy-Governor being selected by ballot to retire in the year One thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, one of them to be determined by lot shall retire in the year One thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.
"Work, work, work!" is the command they obey. "The indications from the Southern States are brighter than ever," one of the committeemen tells Trueman. "Judge for yourself," adds another, and he hands the candidate a telegram. It is from New Orleans.
Feelings of friendliness for the incumbent of the office to give Lockwin a sufficient excuse for inaction. The incumbent dies suddenly a week later. "You must run to save the party," the committeemen announce. A day later the matter is settled. The great editors are seen; the boss of the machine is satisfied; the ward-workers and the saloon-keepers are infused with party allegiance.
He made so much noise coming up that the committeemen thought some one was rolling some one else down the stairs, and came out to see the fight. They observed Hefty's approach with whispered awe and amazement. "Wot are you?" asked the man at the door. "Youse needn't give your real name," he explained, politely. "But you've got to give something if youse are trying for a prize, see?"
Gilded pencils on short silken tasselled cords dangled from their corners. At eight o'clock the lights were all blazing, the orchestras were tuning, and the floor fluttered with anxious labelled committeemen dashing to and fro. There was nothing for them to do, but they were nervous.
You meet gentlemen there who hold stock in every line in the kingdom directors, committeemen, and even crack engineers. I defy you to continue an altogether uninterested auditor of the fascinating intelligence of Mammon. In less than a week my vow was broken, and a new liaison commenced with the treacherous Delilah of scrip.
The dinies were not bright. The three committeemen and two members of the cabinet were thigh-deep in water when the boat came back. They still whacked valorously if wearily at intrusive diny heads. They still had made no progress in implanting the idea that the dinies should go away. The men from the mainland hauled them into the boat. They admitted that the president had returned to Tara.
I allowed him to go to the school committee and collect my board in advance, at the rate of three dollars a week for the season. When I presented myself at my new boarding-place, however, two days later, I found the house nailed up and deserted; the man and his family had departed with my money, and I was left, as my committeemen sympathetically remarked, "high and dry."
They conferred a little, leaving Jimmy Grayson alone in his chair, where he remained silent and with inexpressive face. Harley still stood by the window. He had never spoken, but nothing escaped his attention. More than once he was hot with anger, but none of the committeemen ever looked at him. "If you insist, and as you say you will, we yield this little point," said Mr.
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