 Jefferson warns Nick that he will face a strong opponent in the coming election from Sam Gaddis.Nick replies that the people don't really want him to do his job, that they enjoy petty crimes such as gambling, public drunkenness, and prostitution and that if he started to arrest people for such crimes he would have to arrest the whole town.Jefferson is adamant that Nick needs to stop being so lazy and cowardly because Gaddis is everything that Nick is not.