Horse Cavalry in its Westward Charge?
“Now I understand,” said the hand-made gentleman; “Bulger was acting under orders when he came here to-day.”
“Do you mean to tell me that Vanderbilt controls the Republican party?” I asked.
“He wants honest and progressive men in the legislature, and has a hand in many a caucus,” said McCarthy. “He's got to do it or have a lot of pirates to reckon with when he goes up to Albany for the legislation he needs. Any man likely to block the wheels of progress is killed in the conventions, if not before. He's paving the way for a new era.”
CHAPTER II.—IN WHICH PEARL'S OLD MARE BEGINS TO HURRY US ALONG
