Plot

A young senator finds himself opposed to the methods of the boss and his particular henchmen in the matter of a certain bill which is being put through in the interest of a group of financiers. The boss tries the social bait, inviting him to his own home, introducing him to his daughter, wife and friends. He falls in love with the daughter, but even with this subtle influence, they are unable to win him to their way of thinking. As a last resort they draft a suppositious letter charging the girl's father with treachery and graft in case the bill fails to pass. The boss takes care to leave this letter where his daughter will find it, and feeling that her father's honor is at stake, she at once goes to the young senator's office to plead with him not to make his speech against the bill. She uses her womanly arts to such effect that he several times waivers in his determination, but his honor is stronger even than his love. She finally seizes his manuscript and tears it up before him. Realizing then what her object has been, he takes her in his arms, kisses her roughly and dashes out of the room to arrive at the Senate Chamber just in time to make his speech from memory. The girl is shocked and stunned for a moment and then begins to realize the kind of man she has been dealing with. When he returns he finds her still in his office, his manuscript partly put together again, and when the defeated boss comes to reckon with him and finds his daughter there he learns that she has chosen the better man of the two.—Moving Picture World synopsis