"And I shall call a special meeting of the Common Council to rescind your permit."
"Do so. I shall tear it down, nevertheless. I shall do what I please with what is my own." Bennington balanced on his heels.
"The law is there."
"I shall break it, if need says must," urbanely.
Donnelly surveyed the end of his dead cigar.
"The men will become violent."
"Their violence will in no wise hinder me, so long as they confine it to the shops. Even then I shall call upon you for police protection."
"And if I should not give it?"
"Just now I am sure you will. For the mayor of Herculaneum to refuse me my rights would be a nice morsel for the Republican party."
Donnelly passed over this.