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 that your wife has seen clearly in this instance. But'—here he took a turn or two up and down the floor—'I don't think it would invalidate my promoting your candidacy before the Legislature in January. It seems to me now to be the best thing for both of us. The fight with Sanders has got to come, and the sooner the better, so that the field can be cleared for my own fight a year and a half from now. Yes, it is decidedly best. You may recall I indicated last spring that I would support your senatorial aspirations in certain contingencies. These contingencies have come to pass. I doubt if we can save the State to the party without joining forces now.'

"Then I told him that I owed money, and could hardly support the position of a Senator here with the salary, less what I was obliged to pay in interest."

"'Nonsense,' he said; 'turn your salary over to your wife; she is a woman of uncommonly sound sense, a good manager—that I saw in her house. Of course you can't go into society on less than your salary, but you can live comfortably and respectably. And let me tell you, this town is full