An' ye'd be afther helpin' us big, for the district likes yez." "But, Dennis, I can't vote without knowing something about the way things are.

I shouldn't know whether I was voting rightly." "Why, a man votes right when he votes for his friends!" "No; a man votes right when he votes for his convictions." "Convictions, is it ?" "Yes.

That is, he votes as he thinks is best for the country." "That, maybe, is the way yez do it where yez come from," said Dennis, "but it's no good it would be here.

Convictions, whatever they be, are never nominated here.

It's real things we're afther votin' for in New York." Peter laughed.