"
"Nonsense," cried Number One.
"How do you figure that?" asked another.
"In these panic times, the nomination of such a man as Maguire, with his
truckling to the lowest passions and his socialistic speeches, will
frighten conservative men enough to make them break party lines, and
unite on the most certain candidate. That will be ours."
"But why risk it, when, with Maguire, it's certain?"
Peter wanted to say: "Maguire shall not be endorsed, and that ends it."
Instead, he said: "We can win with our own man, and don't need to trade
with or endorse the Labor party. We can elect Maguire by the aid of the
worst votes in this city, or we can elect our own man by the aid of the
best. The one weakens our party in the future; the other strengthens
it."
"You think that possible?" asked the man who had sought information as
to what they "were here for."
"Yes. The Labor party makes a stir, but it wouldn't give us the oyster
and be content with the shells if it really felt strong.
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