Thomas Chalmers

He has no party to back him, though he has a following of a few independents and insurgents.

Thomas Chalmers, 45 to 50 years of age, iron-gray mustache, slightly stout, a good liver, much given to scotch and soda, with a weak heart, is liable to collapse any time.

If anything, slightly lazy or lethargic in his emotional life, one of the owned senators representing a decadent New England state, himself master of the state political machine.

Also, he is nobody's fool.

He possesses the brain and strength of character to play his part.

His most distinctive feature is his temperamental opportunism.

Master Thomas Chalmers, six years of age, sturdy and healthy despite his grandmother's belief to the contrary.

Ellery Jackson Hubbard, 38 to 40 years of age, smooth-shaven, a star journalist with a national reputation, a large, heavyset man with large head, large hands.