ten o'clock
He did not once refer to the United States Senatorship . It was appropriate , perhaps , that many of us dined on the evening of election day at the Boyne Club . There was early evidence of a Republican land-slide . And when , at ten o'clock , it was announced that Mr. Trulease was re-elected by a majority which exceeded Mr. Grunewald 's most hopeful estimate , that the legislature was `` safe , '' that Theodore Watling would be the next United States Senator , a scene of jubilation ensued within those hallowed walls which was unprecedented . Chairs were pushed back , rugs taken up , Gene Hollister played the piano and a Virginia reel started ; in a burst of enthusiasm Leonard Dickinson ordered champagne for every member present . The country was returning to its senses . Theodore Watling had preferred , on this eventful night , to remain quietly at home .