“No, there is none such here.

“Then there should not be a voter here who will cast a ballot to put in power men who seek in public office only their personal ends.  The Plutocratic ticket has not a man on it who is not an agent of the Trusts.  Do not take this assertion on my authority.  Investigate the ticket for yourselves.”

Here the assembly cheer wildly.

“I want you to roll up a majority in the city of Chicago which shall demonstrate to the world that the citizens of the Star of the West are among the staunchest patriots in the Union.”

With the whistling and shrieking of the crowd in his ears, Trueman steps from the platform and makes his way to the train.  The trip East is unique.  It differs from the ordinary Presidential campaign tour in so much as there is no attempt to have reception committees meet the trains on which the candidate travels; there is no speaking from the rear platform of the trains.  The depots are owned by the Plutocrats and no crowds are permitted to congregate to hail Trueman.

At Toledo, Columbus, Philadelphia and Newark, Trueman changes trains and goes to a public square where he addresses the populace.  As he nears New York the enthusiasm of the crowds abates.  In Newark the Plutocratic missionaries have spread the seeds of falsehood and have made such telling use of coercive threats that the people are actually hostile to Trueman and his party, deeming them Anarchists.  The protection of the police is needed to prevent the most violent of the men from attacking the speakers.  In the attempt to suppress supposed law-breakers, these misguided citizens become lawless themselves.

At Jersey City there is a great crowd blocking the passageways of the terminal.  Trueman is forced to mount one of the mail cars and make a speech.  No sooner has he finished, then he is surrounded by the reporters of the New York papers.

“Mr. Trueman, are you aware that the Plutocrats have arranged for a torchlight parade for to-night, as a counter demonstration to your meeting?” one of the reporters asks.

“Yes, I received a telegram at Philadelphia informing me to that effect.”

“The line of march is from the Battery north on Broadway to Cortlandt street; west on Cortlandt to Harrison street, and north on that street to Spring,” explains another reporter.

“This means that they will run the parade parallel with the river front and one block from West street.  It will be timed so as to pass just as you are making your address,” he adds.

“You may inform the managers of the parade that I will be delighted to have them send their army of intimidated workmen down to West street, and I may be able to entertain them.

“Those who come within reach of my voice will, I think, hear news that will hold them, as against a brass band and fireworks.  If not, then they would be better off in the wake of the procession,” exclaims Trueman icily.