been in the past.
The contest in the Senate has been one of such detail, changing every day
and frequently every hour in such strange manner, that it is impossible for to
recite it to you with anything like fidelity here. Suffice it to say that it has been
such a peculiar situation that we have never been able to leave the ground. Colonel
and I have remained here since November and devoted ourselves entirely to an
alert, vigilant, constant watchfulness of the situation, ready to detect danger at
the first moment or to utilize an advantage at every opportunity. We have had to
enter into nearly every contest unknown to the public to serve this or that friend or
to gain the friendship of this or that element. We have built up our work as a stone-
mason a wall, stone by stone, laying our hopes in solid mortar and rearing a solid
structure on which we felt, despite of the opinion of nearly everybody else and in-
deed of all the experienced men in Congress, that we should win at last. We have had
in Senators and and in other Senators in less degree, constant
watchfulness and service. On the Democratic side Senators and have been
supreme in help. It has taken the wisdom of many men to win this difficult fight.
Among others I should mention that Mr. , whom I have already mentioned,
member of the National Committee from , has come on and spent weeks of his
time in our service. He is a friend to remember, for he has been both useful and
faithful. ^I wish I might give you too the names of all our faithful friends.^ Indeed, you can take the Republican roll call, and I may say of
it that two thirds of the names represent loyal and active friends and the other
third men who have been borought to friendship through influence and conscience. The
same may be said of the mass of the Democratic Senators, who when the situation had
to be faced faced it on the side of manliness and justice and voted on the right side
despite of their party's interest and their own secret party desire to keep the out because it was Republican.
There is another and more delicate matter, which I have confided to General
, who has been here with us and whose counsel and vigilance have been in the
highest degree valuable, and whose courage and cheerfulness have furnished strength
and confidence to both of us; and he will confide it to you. These means, used for
been in the past.
The contest in the Senate has been one of such detail, changing every day
and frequently every hour in such strange manner, that it is impossible for to
recite it to you with anything like fidelity here. Suffice it to say that it has been
such a peculiar situation that we have never been able to leave the ground. Colonel
and I have remained here since November and devoted ourselves entirely to an
alert, vigilant, constant watchfulness of the situation, ready to detect danger at
the first moment or to utilize an advantage at every opportunity. We have had to
enter into nearly every contest unknown to the public to serve this or that friend or
to gain the friendship of this or that element. We have built up our work as a stonemason a wall, stone by stone, laying our hopes in solid mortar and rearing a solid
structure on which we felt, despite of the opinion of nearly everybody else and indeed of all the experienced men in Congress, that we should win at last. We have had
in Senators and and in other Senators in less degree, constant
watchfulness and service. On the Democratic side Senators and have been
supreme in help. It has taken the wisdom of many men to win this difficult fight.
Among others I should mention that Mr. , whom I have already mentioned,
member of the National Committee from , has come on and spent weeks of his
time in our service. He is a friend to remember, for he has been both useful and
faithful. I wish I might give you too the names of all our faithful friends. Indeed, you can take the Republican roll call, and I may say of
it that two thirds of the names represent loyal and active friends and the other
third men who have been brought to friendship through influence and conscience. The
same may be said of the mass of the Democratic Senators, who when the situation had
to be faced faced it on the side of manliness and justice and voted on the right side
despite of their party's interest and their own secret party desire to keep the out because it was Republican.
There is another and more delicate matter, which I have confided to General
, who has been here with us and whose counsel and vigilance have been in the
highest degree valuable, and whose courage and cheerfulness have furnished strength
and confidence to both of us; and he will confide it to you. These means, used for