Note 294 — Chapter XI · RAYMOND CHAMPIONS THE PRESIDENT 1866
Reading edition
Augustus Maverick, Life of Henry J. Raymond, p. 225.
Apropos of Raymond's fickleness Stevens remarked, when the former appealed to his friends on the floor to furnish him a pair, that he saw no reason for it, since he had observed that the gentleman from New York found no difficulty in pairing with himself.—William M. Stewart, Reminiscences, pp. 205-206.
At another time when an excited member declared that Stevens commands us to "go it blind," Hale of New York, with an innocent expression, asked the meaning of the phrase. Instantly Stevens retorted: "It means following Raymond." The hit was doubly happy since Hale had followed Raymond in his support of Johnson.—Boutwell, Reminiscences, Vol. 2, p. 11.