From the day
Perspective: The Future Historian · Sight
The morning sun glints off the high, starched collars and dark wool sack suits of the gentlemen crowding the newsstand, their silhouettes sharp against the soot-stained brick. I watch a man flick a nickel for a loaf of bread, his eyes widening as he snaps open the paper to see **MISSOURI DEAD-LOCK HOLDS.; Big Jump to Warner, but Senatorship Is Not Yet Settled.** splashed across the front page. It is a bully sight to witness the political machinery grinding so publicly under the smoggy sky. Even as the first horseless carriages rattle past, the stubborn breath of the old legislative guard still hangs heavy in the air.