Mr.Harley and Senator Gruff, being nearest to Senator Hanway, were jubilant; they complimented and extolled the acumen that substituted Canal for Finance as a popular shout.
"You've got it," ejaculated Senator Gruff, slapping Senator Hanway on the shoulder with a freedom cherished by statesmen among themselves; "the ticket is as good as made, with Hanway at the head.

Put Frost on for Vice President, and it will be all over but the fireworks." Senator Hanway was of one mind with Senator Gruff; he could discover no gap in his fences through which defeat might crowd.
"It's as it should be, John," observed Senator Hanway, when one evening he and Mr.Harley were alone in his study.

Richard had just left, bearing an elaborate interview with Senator Hanway in which the Georgian Bay-Ontario Canal was displayed as the question paramount and precedental to all others, the interview being intended for the next issue of the _Daily Tory_.

"It would be hard, indeed," continued Senator Hanway, "to be wiped out in politics just as we were wiped out in stocks.

I can look on present pauperism calmly enough, if it is to be followed by the White House for four years.