The Reporter's Scoop
1913 28m
Senator Dunn is ambitions regarding his daughter's future and looks with disfavor upon the suit of Bob Norton, a reporter, who aspires to the hand of Alice. The young people do not agree with the Senator's expressed doctrine that "love is not everything," and continue to indulge in the dreams of youth. Henry Marshall, a wealthy middle-aged railroad president, is another suitor favored by the Senator, but refused by Alice. Misfortune blights the dreams of the young people when adversity overtakes the Senator and he accepts financial aid from Marshall. The day for payment arrives and the Senator's affairs are in no better shape. Marshall tells Dunn that he wants Alice, and offers to cancel the obligation if Dunn will induce Alice to become his wife. With ruin and disgrace staring him in the face, the Senator agrees. He tells Alice of his difficulties, and in order to save her father from ruin, she promises to marry Marshall. Bob learns of the match and in a stormy scene with the Senator, accuses him of pretending, "that love is not everything," and yet he is relying on his daughter's love to save him from ruin. Bob is ordered from the house. In the meantime, the government has ordered an investigation of the charges of rebating that have been preferred against Marshall's road, and Bob is assigned by his paper to get an interview from Marshall on the subject. Bob, calling at Marshall's office for the interview, overhears the Senator tell Marshall that he has reconsidered his proposal and that he has come to a realization of what he, as a father, should do and that he cannot sacrifice his daughter's happiness save himself. Marshall swears she will ruin Dunn. A little later, Bob is an unseen witness of a transaction involving the influencing of the verdict of the Senate Investigating Committee by bribery, attempted by Marshall and aided by one of the Senators. Bob confronts them and forces them to forego their attempted bribery, and also secures an extension of time for Senator Dunn to pay his indebtedness. In return, he sacrifices his "scoop" on a good story, but a little later lands another, but different kind of "scoop." when the Senator unexpectedly gives Alice into his keeping.
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