Two nights before the election I decided that I had small chance of winning.

I was on the Republican ticket, and the Republicans had been in office four years and their administration had proved unfortunate.

There had been rich pickings for contractors in that new and overgrown city, and the people blamed the Republicans and were determined on a change.
I was passing the office of the opposition editor late at night after canvassing for votes all day.

I thought of the nasty slurs he had written about me and my whole ancestry.

I had fought hard to educate myself and had been helpful to others.