He said it was given to him by a rival camp, Governor Tarry's.
The rival camp was sending out a beautiful woman to try to maneuver Big Jim into a compromising position.
The rival camps then joined after the 14th ballot to vote to have no endorsement.
Nonetheless, rival camps of experts continue to build detailed scenarios explaining the catastrophe.
The result was that government and colony were soon divided into two rival camps, each affecting to suspect the worst of the other.
Democrats in rival camps today rejoiced over his departure.
He is, even some people in rival camps grudgingly admit, getting notice as the wonk of the campaign.
I don't suppose you're overjoyed that I've got a friend in the rival camp.
Officials of his campaign did not return telephone calls requesting figures, but rival camps estimated that he had spent $500,000 over the last three weeks.
But it serves as a barometer of international support for the rival camps.