about nine
o'clock at night before
rose above the clamor . Upon the benches piled up along the wall , to leave the middle space free , groups of the less demonstrative citizens of both parties sat discussing the chances of the different candidates . Bradley was not there , but young Mason and Milton were considered his representatives , and were surrounded by a constant crowd of sympathizers . It was about nine o'clock at night before the decisive returns began to come in . Occasionally the sound of furious pounding was heard , and a momentary lull was enforced while the clerk read some telegraphic message or report of a neighboring town . While he stood upon the Judge 's bench , at about nine o'clock , the crowd , aware in some mysterious way of the arrival of decisive news , made a wild surge toward the clerk , and shouted for silence , while he announced in a high nasal key : `` Rock River gives a hundred and ninety-one for Kimball , two hundred and twenty-five for Talcott . '' At this a wild cheer broke forth , led by Milton and young Mason .