James Barclay is elected to the office of governor on the machine ticket. Sylvia Marlowe, a lawyer whom Barclay has loved for years, refuses to marry him because she fears that Barclay's ambition is causing him to disregard ethics and justice. When he is persuaded by the political boss to veto a child labor measure, Sylvia determines to run for the office of lieutenant governor and is elected.
Wilfred Lucas
James Barclay
Hedda Hopper
Sylvia Marlowe
Joseph Kilgour
Joe Keller
Regan Hughston
Governor's Secretary
Walter Walker
Capitalist
Edith Speare
Lieutenant Governor's Secretary
Albert Perry
Reform Senator
