Daily Gazette & Comet [Baton Rouge, LA], August 14, 1860
Two Legislators were recently conversing upon the subject of voting, when one of them inquired:
“Well, now, but what is a man to do when he don’t know anything about a matter?”
“Well,” replied the other, “I have got two rules about that; when anything comes up, I keep my eyes open, and vote as somebody else does whom I believe to be honest, or else I vote against it. I believe, as a general thing, the safest way is to vote against everything.”