After Votes
Lincoln had become the readiest of public speakers by his long experience. So it was matter for surprise that he, famed for rapid repartee, should have refrained from taking any notice of an interrupter whose shout could have been turned on him; so thought a friend on the platform.
“Why don’t you answer him?”
“I am after votes and that man’s is as good as any other man’s!” replied Mr. Lincoln.
(The Honorable Mr. Palmer says of above: “Mr. Lincoln told me this.”)