Now, I don't intend that Ed Thatcher shall buy a seat in the United States Senate if our party in Indiana has one to dispose of.

I'm not so good myself, but when I found that Thatcher had begun to build up a little machine for himself, I resolved to show him that I can't be used by any man so long as he thinks he needs me and then kicked out when I'm in the way.

And I've got some state pride, too, and with all the scandals going around in other states over the sale of seats at Washington I'm not going to have my party in the state where I was born and where I have lived all my life lend itself to the ambitions of an Ed Thatcher.

I think you share that feeling ?" "The people of the whole state will commend that," replied Dan warmly.
"And if you want to go to the Senate--" "I don't want anything from my party that it doesn't want me to have," interrupted Bassett.
He rose and paced the floor.

An unusual color had come into his face, but otherwise he betrayed no agitation.