About five o'clock
The day wore away . At three o'clock a vote was taken in the Senate and the so-called Downing bill was passed over the veto . Not so , in the House , for one newspaper , read by nearly all the working men , had so strongly pointed out the nature of the `` grab '' proposed by the bill , that the State House was besieged by its opponents , and the veto was sustained by a narrow margin . About five o'clock , Mr. Evans and Senator Downing were dining in a private room at a hotel . `` So , the Governor wo n't run again , '' said the Senator . `` He so informed me yesterday . He may change his mind . ''