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flee and I told Mr. Greeley I wanted him, but he 

 shook his head, saying: 



"Make it New Brunswick and I'll help you, 

 and I'll go to your dinner, but Elizabeth's too 

 Democratic." 



The press of New Jersey took the proposition 

 seriously and some of the papers stood on their 

 heads with excitement. The dinner must have 

 been a success for before it was half over half the 

 guests had joined in a pledge: "We won't go 

 home till morning," and they didn't — many of 

 them. A New York editor objected to moving 

 the Legislature of New Jersey so near the me- 

 tropolis on grounds of morality. 



"Are not the morals of New York all right?'' 

 sarcastically inquired a local journalist. 



"They are now!" was the caustic reply. 



I think the report to the Senate was in favor 

 of the removal, but it never went farther, for 

 I took no other steps in the matter, having 

 counted the whole thing a joke until those op- 

 posed made me think I was in earnest. 



I was in the saddle again, but not out of the 



