That leaves twenty-three wards that we Republicans always conceded to you people; but if we manage to carry thirteen of them along with the eight I'm talking about, we'll have a majority in council, and"-- flick! he snapped his fingers--"out you go--you, McKenty, Cowperwood, and all the rest.

No more franchises, no more street-paving contracts, no more gas deals.

Nothing--for two years, anyhow, and maybe longer.

If we win we'll take the jobs and the fat deals." He paused and surveyed Kerrigan cheerfully but defiantly.
"Now, I've just been all over the city," he continued, "in every ward and precinct, so I know something of what I am talking about.

I have the men and the cash to put up a fight all along the line this time.
This fall we win--me and the big fellows over there in La Salle Street, and all the Republicans or Democrats or Prohibitionists, or whoever else comes in with us--do you get me?
We're going to put up the biggest political fight Chicago has ever seen.