But they can't expect to
do much, even with you bright boys as counsel, if they have this law
against them. You know that all the money there is in law is in
corporation business. I don't see what you're fighting for."
I explained, as well as I could, that we were fighting for the bill
because we thought it was right--that it was needed. He did not seem
to believe me; he objected that this sort of talk was not "practical."
"Well," I ended, "we've made up our minds to put it through. And we're
going to try."
"You'll find you're making a mistake, boy," he warned me. "You'll find
you're making a mistake."
We laughed over it together--Gardener and I. It was another proof to
us that we had our opponents on their knees. We thought we understood
Graham's position in the matter; he had made no disguise of the fact
that he was intimate and friendly with Mr. William G. Evans--the great
"Bill" Evans--head of the tramway company and an acknowledged power in
politics. And it was natural to us that Graham should do what he could
to induce us to spare his friends. That was all very well, but we had
made no pledges; we were under no obligations to any one except the
public whom we served.
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