"He's right, there," said Dr. Surtaine, on one side of Hal; and from the other, McGuire Ellis chirped:—
"Things are beginning to open up, all right, Mr. Editor."
Two aspirants were now vying for the floor, the winner being the political reporter for the paper.
"Would you like to hear some facts about the news we don't print?" he asked.
"Go ahead," replied Hal. "You have the floor."
"You recall a big suffrage meeting here recently, at which Mrs. Barkerly from London spoke. Well, the chairman of that meeting didn't get a line of his speech in the papers: didn't even get his name mentioned. Do you know why?"
"I can't even imagine," said Hal.
"Because he's the Socialist candidate for Governor of this State. He's blackballed from publication in every newspaper here."
"By whom?" inquired Hal.
"By the hinted wish of the Chamber of Commerce. They're so afraid of the Socialist movement that they daren't even admit it's alive."