That at least was clear.

"We want no more men in control of the stamp of Alderman Gorfinkel and Alderman Schwefeldampf," so said practically every paper in the city.

"The public sense revolts at these men.

They are vultures who have feasted too long on the prostrate corpses of our citizens." And so on.

The only trouble was to discover who or what had ever supported Alderman Gorfinkel and Alderman Schwefeldampf.