And when that
was done Jobbins actually had a majority of eighteen. So John's beaten,
and Jobbins will be senator anyhow, and you must just make the best you
can out of it."
"But I thought you said when the House and the Senate did not agree, the
General Court met next day and elected a senator?" asked Ronald again;
"and in that case Mr. Harrington is not really beaten yet."
"Well, theoretically he's not," said Sam, "because of course Jobbins is
not actually senator until he has been elected by the General Court, but
the majority for him in the House was so surprisingly large, and the
majority for John so small in the Senate, and the House is so much larger
than the Senate, that the vote to-morrow is a dead sure thing, and Jobbins
is just as much senator as if he were sitting in Washington."
"I suppose you will expect me to have Mr. Jobbins to dinner, now. I think
the whole business is perfectly mean!"
"Don't blame me, my dear," said Sam calmly. "I did not create the
Massachusetts Legislature, and I did not found the State House, nor
discover America, nor any of these things.
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