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`` I do not mind that , '' said Kenneth , quietly . `` It was my desire that the voters should fully understand the issues of the campaign . Then , if they vote against me , it is because they are not worthy of honest representation in the Legislature , and I shall in the future leave them to their own devices . '' The committee adjourned a little before two o'clock with rather grave faces , and prepared to attend the debate at the Opera House . Mr. Cunningham feared this debate would prove a mistake , as it would give Hopkins a chance to ridicule and brow-beat his opponent in public , and his greatest talent as a speaker lay in that direction . As Kenneth and his supporters approached the Opera House they heard loud cheering , and from a band-wagon covered with bunting and banners , in which he had driven to the meeting , descended the Honorable Erastus . He met Kenneth face to face , and the latter said pleasantly : `` Good afternoon , Mr. Hopkins . ''