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I reckon those Gulf City fellows are wasting their time." "Think so?" suggested Haines. "Are you absolutely sure?" Norton started. "Why, you don't mean to tell me," he exclaimed, "that Senator Langdon would vote for Gulf City for the naval base?" "I don't mean to tell you anything, Congressman," was the cool rejoinder. "It's not my business. The Senator's the one who does the talking."
"What do you suppose they are after?" asked Phil, in a low voice. "Hush! We'll watch them and see," returned Dave. "Let us pretend to be asleep," advised Roger. "But lie so you can keep an eye on them." The boys had been crouching low, but now all followed the advice of the senator's son and fell back, as if in slumber.
Suddenly there dawned on him an idea of just what it might mean to be associated with this honest old citizen who had asked for his help who needed it, as Haines knew only too well. He would be the Senator's guide and confidant his adviser in big matters. Why, he would practically be United States Senator himself. He knew the "inside" as few others in Washington.
It was only by returning the aged Senator, whom they held it would be brutal to turn down after a life of service to the party, that the "machine" won the memorable fight of the previous winter. From the viewpoint of the machine, the Governor was the senior Senator's logical successor.
Fitzroy Bagley's plans for a runaway marriage with the senator's wealthy daughter. "It's a godsend to me," he said gleefully. "Their plan is to get married next Wednesday. I'll see my father on Tuesday; I'll put the evidence in his hands, and I don't think," he added grimly, "he'll bother me any more about Miss Roberts." "So you're not going away now?" said Shirley, smiling down at him.
Yes, there was no doubt, for he heard talking overhead and clearly distinguished the senator's deep voice.
Shall we take any newspaper men with us, or shall I wait until I get back and be interviewed? What do you think?" "I would wait until my return," Arkwright answered, his eyes glowing with the hope the senator's words had inspired, "and then speak to a mass-meeting here and in Boston and in Chicago. Three speeches will be enough.
The "Breaker" was Hurlbut's own bill; he had planned it and written it, though it came over to the House from the Senate under a Senator's name.
It was well known that General Grant, so far as he could influence the actions of the national Republican convention, was in favor of Senator Conkling as his successor. The senator's friends believed, and they made him believe, that the presidency was within his grasp.
I know how to value his noble gifts, and I am his friend, but I am also his master, and I will find means of preventing my son from introducing the light conduct of the capital beneath his father's roof." The last words were spoken with weight and decision, like the blows of a hammer, and stern resolve sparkled in the senator's eyes.
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