I got it straight that he would approve the bill, too.
Can't you guess what I did then?
Like any sane man who had my information, I went in and got options on a lot of the property around the gashouses.

Well, the bill went through the Senate and the Assembly all right and the mayor signed it, but Odell backslided at the last minute and the whole game fell through.

If it had succeeded, I guess I would have been accused of graftin'.

What I want to know is, what do you call it when I got left and lost a pot of money?
I not only lost money, but I was abused for votin' for the bill.

Wasn't that outrageous?
They said I was in with the Consolidated Gas Company and all other kinds of rot, when I was really only workin' for my district and tryin' to turn an honest penny on the side.