The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-13


How lhe late President Lincoln Re
eeAVed me news Of MS EOmaaafiOu
n as6O---A0 Interesting Remints-
ICorrespondeneo Of the Missouri DemoorstI 5
On the second day Of the Chicago Oon-
vention, Mr.. Lincoln came into the edito-
rial room Of the Illinois State Journal at
sbon nine o'clock, A n. Before ten o'clock
ii was uncomfortsbly filed with members Of
OF the Republican party, among whom Was
the late Presidents brJther-in-law, DIR.
Wallace, now PsymAster of the United
States Army. Between ten and eleven an
Attache Of the Journal who, in the tempOr-
A5y absence Of the editor, represented the
eoltorlAt room, went To- the telegraph office,
and returned in less than ten minutes with
the result OF the first ballot. The telegram,
which wss addressed to the .Jo,f-,,aL Wa
Immediately placed in the hands of Mr..
Lneoln by the party who brought il from
the telegraph Office, and Mr.. Lincoln. sfer
scrutinizing it closely, read it aloud by re-
quest.
One Of his most enthusiastic friends i'm
medistely said: "Why, Lincoln, that's q
great deal better than we had any right to
expect. Mr.. Lincoln replied, not address,
ing himself 10 any one in particular, Il
don't like the looks of it t; imagine that
about forty Of these votes were cast for ma
By men who supposed they were bound to
give me an empty compliment on the first
ballot. They were cast, according to my
figuring, by friends of Wade and Bates.
If lose them on the next ballot, the nom
ination will also te lest; for in Conventions
as IN everyday life, everybody IS more or
less anxious to help man who is travel
ling down hill" These remarks rather
dsmPened the spirits of the crowd, which
had become 80 large that every foot OF the
floor was occupied. The bearer Of the
first message, however, managed to get out
of the editorial room, and upon entering
the telegraph Office was pleased to be sd-
dressed by the operator in these words
"COme inside the railing and get good
news"
He went inside and received telegram
for the Journal, giving the result of the
second ballot, which showed that Lincoln
was only three votes behind Seward. This
dispatch was taken to the Office in 9 hurry,
and, like its predecessor, was placed in Mr..
Lineoln's hands without comment It Wss
read at first silently by Mr.. Lincoln, and
then afterwards aloud; and then some one
said, ~ like the way things are going.n
Mr.. Lincoln replied, aI have no fault to
find; I think the Convention will nomi-
nate me on the next ballot" The same
gentleman who had taken the two tele-
grams from the telegraph Office, and hand
ed them to Mr.. Lincoln, went 8 third time
and, after waiting about five minutes, re-
esived from the operator dispatch in these
words;
CHICAGO, May 16, ls60-To A. Lincoln:
You are nominated.
J.J. S. WILSON,
Supt. Ill s. Miss. Telegraph Line"
The bearer of this important message,
while on his way to the Journal office,
thought he would perpetrate joke on the
excited crowd assembled therein; 30 he
walked up the stairs very slowly, and edg-
ing his way TO the window st which Mr..
Lincoln was sitting, said, in quite solemn
manner, Well, there has been q nominal
ton, and Seward is the"
Here was 8 pause the messenger Wss
coughing violently, and Mr..
LincOln's friends showed in their counte-
nances that they had nothing further to
hope for All this time the messenger held
The dispatch in his hand, and soon repeated
-HAs / said moment ago, q nomination
has been made, and Sewsrd-is-the-sec-
0nd man on the list" Jumping upon tha
editorial table, and fourishing the dispatch
IN his right hand, he said, aGsntlemen, I
propose three rousing cheers for Abraham
Lincoln, the next President of the United
5tstes.n
The call was honored immediately and
Ooisterously; and then the despatch was
handed TO Mr.. Lincoln, who read it and
received the congratulations of all who
we're in the room. After the shaking Of
hands was over, Mr.. Lincoln put the dis
patch in his vest pocket and remarked to
his friends generally that there was lady
living on Eighth street who would
probably be glad to hear the news. He
~ '75'T''9s Ofii71i accompanied by two
u three Of his most intimate friends, went
Immediately home, and did not make his
appearance on the streets of Springfield
until the next morning.