The Beast

Contents

c ix d Contents Foreword by Stephen J. Leonard . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xli The Beast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I. Finding the Cat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 II. The Cat Purrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 III. The Cat Keeps on Purring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 IV. The Beast in the Democracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 V. The Beast in the County Court . . . . . . . . . . . 51 VI. The Beast and the Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 VII. The Beast, Graft and Business . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 VIII. At Work with the Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 IX. The Beast and the Ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 X. The Beast and the Ballot (continued) . . . . . . . . . 117 XI. The Beast at Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 XII. The Beast and the Supreme Court . . . . . . . . . . 139 XIII. The Beast and Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 XIV. A City Pillaged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 XV. The Beast, the Church and the Governorship . . . . . 177 XVI. Hunting the Beast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 XVII. A Victory at Last . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 XVIII. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 ...