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He said very little, but that little was sound, good sense,
and, if he did not talk, he made others do so; and, after the men had
argued over something, they often looked at Peter, rather than at their
opponents, to see if he seemed to approve of their opinions.
"It's a fine way he has wid the b'ys," Dennis told his mother. "He makes
them feel that he's just the likes av them, an' that he wants their
minds an' opinions to help him. Shure, they'd rather smoke one pipe av
his tobaccy than drink ten times at Gallagher's expense."
After Peter had listened carefully and lengthily, he wrote to "The
Honorable Lemuel Porter, Hudson, N.Y.," asking him if he could give him
an hour's talk some day. The reply was prompt, and told Peter that
Porter would be glad to see him any time that should suit his
convenience. So Peter took a day off and ran up to Hudson.
"I am trying to find out for whom I should vote," he explained to
Porter. "I'm a new man at this sort of thing, and, not having met any of
the men talked of, I preferred to see them before going to the
convention.


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