Since Adams was the last county to be reported, no change could thereafter be made.

When the count was finally finished in Adams it was found I had a majority of over eighteen hundred.

This gave me a majority in the district of a little over two hundred on the face of the returns.
The disappointment and chagrin on the part of the Democratic managers can better be imagined than described.

But the agreeable surprise to the Republicans was at least equal to the Democrats' disappointment.

The defeated Democratic candidate threatened to make a contest for the seat on the ground of violence and fraud; but this was so ridiculous that the managers of his own party would not allow him to carry the threat into execution..