The Great Game (1913) Online

The Great Game (1913) Online

Austin Cluett has just been elected Mayor. At the same time, Harvey Pelham, railroad king, in company of the railroad trust, is trying to get a new franchise from the city, for the purpose of allowing them to run their tracks into the center of the city. To assist in their operations, Jim Hennessy, a politician, to whom Cluett largely owes his office, is called in and offered a bribe of $10,000 if he can induce Cluett to sign the franchise. If necessary, Hennessy is to offer the mayor a bribe of $100,000 for his signature. When approached by Hennessy with the franchise, which he has seen before, the mayor turns the proposition down, once and for all, saying that he is not a machine man. Pelham, at a loss which way to turn, resorts to personal ingenuity, and turns to his son Jack for help. Jack, a clever young man, and a broker of some note, tells his father that before election to office, Cluett dabbled heavily in stocks. This opens a new train of thought in Pelham' s mind, and he ...