"Wait a minute, Goldberg. I was in the store the other day and you sold a fellow a suit of clothes. When he asked you if it were a new suit you told him it was. Now, I happen to know that that suit was sold to you by a fellow that was hard up and it was a second-hand suit." "It would not have been goot bezness to tell it vas second-hand. It vas shust as goot as new." "Neither would it be good business for me to tell the public that the Klan is getting strong. There are always a lot of people who want to go with the crowd." The Jew laughed and slapped the editor on the back. "I see you vas a bezness man," he said. "Come, boys, let's get to business," said Stover. "What about the 'niggers'?" Thompson asked. "I'll handle the 'niggers'--just leave that to me. You never want to take a 'nigger' into your conferences. You don't want him to get the idea that he is of much importance. Decide what you want him to do and then tell him to do it. If necessary, bring pressure enough to bear on him to make him do it." "The question is, whom shall we put up for mayor? We want a man that there is nothing against but one who is not radical on anything," Springer remarked. "How would Bill Frazier be?" Thompson asked. "He would run well but he is pretty 'bull-headed.' We might have trouble with him after he was elected," Springer answered. "Fred Clark is a good, clean fellow, at any rate, no one has 'got anything on him,'" said Thompson. "Fine! He is good timber. He seldom expresses an opinion on anything," said Stover. "But do you know we can handle him?" McBryan asked. "Sure. He will be all right. He owes the bank seven thousand dollars--he couldn't afford to turn us down." It was agreed that Clark should be the candidate for mayor. McBryan was to run again for commissioner. A Jew was selected for a place on the ticket. When men had been selected for all the offices, Goldberg and Stover were appointed as the committee to get their consent. "Before you say anything to these men," McBryan advised, "I had better take the list to Father Rossini for his approval." This suggestion was well received by the others, and they agreed to meet the following night to hear McBryan's report from the priest. When they met the next evening McBryan reported that the priest was favorable to all of the selections except one, whom he knew to have expressed anti-Catholic sentiment. The name of this man was dropped and another substituted. During the following three weeks Springer announced the names of these men as candidates. It would not do to announce them all at once as the public might suspect a secret caucus.