Hopkins has cut our majority down to nothing, and it will be a hard struggle to carry our ticket through to success.

This is the more discouraging because Mr.Forbes has spent so much money, while Hopkins's expenses have been very little." "I do not mind that," said Kenneth, quietly.

"It was my desire that the voters should fully understand the issues of the campaign.

Then, if they vote against me, it is because they are not worthy of honest representation in the Legislature, and I shall in the future leave them to their own devices." The committee adjourned a little before two o'clock with rather grave faces, and prepared to attend the debate at the Opera House.

Mr.
Cunningham feared this debate would prove a mistake, as it would give Hopkins a chance to ridicule and brow-beat his opponent in public, and his greatest talent as a speaker lay in that direction.
As Kenneth and his supporters approached the Opera House they heard loud cheering, and from a band-wagon covered with bunting and banners, in which he had driven to the meeting, descended the Honorable Erastus.