Even to his practiced hand the restoration of order was not easy; but by dint of much bawling and pounding he subdued the uproar.
Then after impressive deliberation he said:-- "A point of order has been raised against the resolution offered by the gentleman from Pulaski.

It is the ruling of the chair that the point is well taken.

The resolution is out of order." This was greeted with great applause; but the chair checked it promptly.
The ten gentlemen who had copies of the Bassett programme in their pockets were not surprised by the decision.

Thatcher stood at a side door and two of his men were pushing their way through the aisles to reach Pettit; for the Honorable Isaac Pettit was on his feet demanding recognition while Thatcher's delegates shouted to him to sit down; humiliation must go no farther, and if the Fraser County editor did not realize that his new chief was the victim of a vile trick, the gentleman from Fraser must be throttled, if necessary, to prevent a further affront to Thatcher's dignity.

Thatcher was purple with rage; it was enough to have been made the plaything of an unscrupulous enemy once, without having one's ambitions repeatedly kicked up and down a convention hall.
The chairman, fully rehearsed in his part, showed a malevolent disposition to continue toward the friends of Thatcher an attitude at once benevolent and just.