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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1910 Original Publisher: The Macmillan company Subjects: Drama / General Drama / American Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Drama / Continental European Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: ACT I Scene. In Senator Chalmers' home. It is four o'clock in the afternoon, in a modern living room with appropriate furnishings. In particular, in front, on left, a table prepared for the serving of tea, all excepting the tea urn itself. At rear, right of center, is main entrance to the room. Also, doorways at sides, on left and right. Curtain discloses Chalmers and Hubbard seated loungingly at the right front. Hubbard (After an apparent pause for cogitation.) I can't understand why an old wheel-horse like Elsworth should kick over the traces that way. Chalmers Disgruntled. Thinks he didn't get his fair share of plums out of the Tariff Committee. Besides, it's his last term. He's announced that he's going to retire. Hubbard (Snorting contemptuously, mimicking an old man's pompous enunciation.) A Resolution to Investigate the High Cost of Living! -- old Senator Elsworth introducing a measure like that! The old buck! How are you going to handle it? Chalmers It's already handled. Hubbard Yes? Chalmers (Pulling his mustache.) Turned it over to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. Hubbard (Grinning his appreciation.) And you're chairman. Poor old Elsworth. This way to the lethal chamber, and the bill's on its way. Chalmers Elsworth will be retired before it's ever reported. In the meantime, say after a decent interval, Senator Hodge will introduce another resolution to investigate the high cos...

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