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Then they could join with neither party , but must stand alone as a unit , far outvoted . So the regulars disregarded them , or if they gave them any attention it was jocular . Even Marvin viewed the day as lost , but Scattergood held him to the mark with a word passed now and then . It came three o'clock of the afternoon before nominations for the high office of legislator were the order of proceeding . Jim Allen and Pazzy Cox were placed before the meeting as candidates amid the stimulated applause of their adherents . Marvin Towne 's name was received with laughter and such jeers as the New England breed of farmer and townsman has rendered his own , and at which he is a genius surpassed by none . Chairman Pilkinton arose , as befitted the moment .