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1:18:06
She's done
backslid again.

1:18:10
Do you realize that 7 5%
of the buildings in the Patch...

1:18:15
are made of pine?
1:18:18
There are no sewers,
no hydrants.

1:18:21
Nothing but filth, cesspools.
1:18:24
But worst of all,
it is a veritable firetrap.

1:18:29
Now, that sort of thing
may have been excusable when
Chicago was just beginning...

1:18:34
but that time has passed.
1:18:36
Today it's a menace
to a great city...

1:18:39
a cancer
that must be cut out.

1:18:42
Now, l propose to condemn
the whole district...

1:18:45
wipe it out
and start all over again.

1:18:47
Yes, what is it?
1:18:50
Tell him
l'll be right out.

1:18:55
Will, you gentlemen
go ahead with the discussion...

1:18:58
and excuse me
for a little while, please?

1:19:01
Yes, Mr. Mayor.
1:19:06
Well,Jack, you've won.
1:19:09
- l've won what?
- l've been a fool.

1:19:17
l wouldn't take a million
for this moment.

1:19:20
Now it's really the O'Learys
against the world.

1:19:23
Well, here's the little
lady who's responsible.

1:19:26
As if l didn't know it.
1:19:28
As the mayor of this great and noble city,
can you marry people?

1:19:33
Marry?
1:19:35
Why, sure!
1:19:39
Wait a minute.
l'm not so sure.

1:19:42
But l'll find out.
1:19:44
What a mayor.
1:19:46
ls there anything in the charter
about whether the mayor
can perform a marriage?

1:19:50
- l don't know, sir, but l'll find out.
- Hurry up and find out!

1:19:54
"Having taken these pledges
of your affection and vows of fidelity...

1:19:58
"l do, therefore, by right of
the authority in me vested...


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