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lieutenant-governor and the speaker of the House were both opposed to
Warner, and the joint committee had on it the names of no Consolidated men.
The idea of such a committee had originated with Ridgway, and had been
merely a bluff to show that he at least was willing that the world should
know the whole story of the election. Nor had this committee held even
formal meetings before word reached Eaton through Yesler that if it would
appoint a conference in some very private place, evidence would be
submitted implicating agents of the Warner forces in attempts at bribery.
It was close to eleven o'clock when Sam Yesler stepped quietly from a side
door of his hotel and slipped into the street. He understood perfectly that
in following the course he did, he was taking his life in his hands. The
exposure of the bribery traffic would blast forever the reputations of many
men who had hitherto held a high place in the community, and he knew the
temper of some of them well enough to be aware that an explosion was
probable. Spies had been dogging him ever since the legislature convened.
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