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| | David Graham Phillips : The Conflict : Chapter VIII |
 | | You would have felt, as you looked at Davy and listened to him, that it was little short of marvelous that a man could be so self- sacrificing as to consent to run the gauntlet of low mudslingers for no reward but an office with a salary of three thousand a year. |
| | But Victor and his associates--on the platform, in the paper, in posters and dodgers and leaflets-- continued to press home the ugly questions--and continued to call attention to the fact that, while there had been ample opportunity, none of the candidates had answered any of the questions. |
| | First, that while Harbinger, the League candidate for Mayor, had actually polled 5,280 votes at least, and David Hull had polled less than 3,950, the election had been so manipulated that in the official count 4,827 votes were given to Hull and 3,980 votes to Harbinger. |
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