"I know why you are not the recipient of the full support of the men of Pennsylvania. They cannot conceive of a man changing his views so thoroughly as you have. But this lack of perception they will overcome.
"I want you to assure me that you will become the leader of the Independence Party. If you do this I, in turn, will assure you of the nomination for the Presidency.
"That I am not speaking of impossibilities you will be able to understand when I show you the proof of the power I hold to elect the man I decide upon.
"If I am not mistaken, you are opposed to violence as a means of rectifying the social conditions of the people of this country."
"It has been my purpose to defeat every proposition that advised force," comes the quick response. "I am too vividly acquainted with the horrid results that follow an appeal to force.
"My hope is that the people will regain their rights by the proper exercise of the ballot.
"If they discard their all-powerful weapon to take up the sword or the torch, the end must be the destruction of popular government."
"Were you in the position of the chief executive you would follow this view? You would be as determined in suppressing violence as you were in preventing crime of any other sort? Your gratitude to the people for electing you would not blind you to your duty in preventing them from instituting a reign of anarchy? I am correct in this supposition?"
Nevins looks Trueman in the eyes with a glance that seems intent on reading his inmost thoughts.
"I should do my full duty under the constitution," Trueman declares emphatically.