“Afther the enrollment, it’s to vote for delegates.”
“Oh! Then it’s just a struggle over who shall be elected?”
“That’s it. But a fine, big fight it will be. The whole district’s so excited, sir, that it’s twice Oi’ve had to pound the b’ys a bit in my saloon to keep the peace.”
“What do you want of me?”
“Shure, every vote counts on a night like this. 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.”