eleven in the
morning
Nothing could give the President and General Attorney so much satisfaction as the elevation of Senator Hanway to the White House . They were a unit with Mr. Gwynn ; they believed that not alone the future of the Anaconda but the prosperity of the nation , not to say the round advantage of the world at large , would be subserved thereby . They would confer with Senator Hanway as Mr. Gwynn suggested . So hot were they that the President and General Attorney , with Richard , at once sought Senator Hanway ; since it was no later than eleven in the morning they caught that great statesman before he started for the Senate . He greeted them with dignified warmth , and , aided by Richard , who conversationally went ahead to break the ice , the trio quickly came to an understanding . Senator Hanway talked with a freedom that was of itself a compliment , when one remembers how it had ever been his common strategy in this business of President-catching to appear both ignorant and indifferent . Senator Hanway explained that the thing just then was the nomination .