Later on, the men as a further token of their good will clubbed together and gave me a gold watch.

This gave me greater joy, no doubt, than Napoleon felt when, with his own hand, he placed a gold crown upon his head.
When it came time to qualify and be sworn into office I found trouble.
The Republican boss was disgruntled because only one Republican was elected while the Democrats got everything else.

He wanted me to give up the office.

"Let the tail go with the hide," he said.

"Let 'em have it all." His idea was to give the Democrats a closed family circle, so that when temptation came along, they would feel safe in falling for it.