If a man travelled three thousand miles across the continent to say something to President Harrison, he would find himself broken in upon two minutes after the conversation began with a lecture in which the views in opposition to his were vigorously, and, sometimes roughly, set forth.
Hoar describes how President Harrison would dominate conversations even when agreeing with the speaker.
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