He eyed me warily for a short time to see if I was likely in this respect to follow in my predecessor's footsteps.

Finding that I did not, he and all my other friends and supporters assumed toward me the very pleasantest attitude that it was possible to assume.

They did not ask me for a thing.

They accepted as a matter of course the view that I was absolutely straight and was trying to do the best I could in the Legislature.

They desired nothing except that I should make a success, and they supported me with hearty enthusiasm.