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The old adage that " drowning men will catch at straws" never had a better illustration than the opposition to this bill given in the Senate. The fact was, they had got the idea that if they could only insert the slightest amendment, so as to cause it to be sent back to the House, we would defeat it. For myself I never took this view of the subject—on the contrary I always believed that with our thorough organization we had ample strength to handle the question to the last day of the session, in spite of a few possible deserters. Still we deemed it most prudent not to have it come back. We saw no good that could result from fighting the battle over, and we therefore enjoined it upon our Senatorial friends to pass the bill as they received it, without the dotting of an "i" or the crossing of a "t."
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