There was no mistaking his temper as he announced:-- "The chair announces that the next business in order is the call of the roll of counties for nominations for the office of secretary of state.
What is the pleasure of the convention ?" Colonel Ramsay had repaired to the gallery to enjoy the proceedings with Mrs.Bassett's party.

In spite of his support of the Palmer and Buckner ticket (how long ago that seems!), the Colonel had never lost touch with the main body of his party, and he carried several Indiana counties in his pocket.

His relations with Bassett had never been in the least intimate, though always outwardly cordial, and there were those who looked to him to eliminate the Fraser County chief from politics.

He was quite as rich as Bassett, and a successful lawyer, who had become a colonel by grace of a staff appointment in the Spanish War.

He had a weakness for the poets, and his speeches were informed with that grace and sentiment which, we are fond of saying, is peculiar to Southern oratory.