Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-12
Hon. John Early.

The Nebraska State Register publishes
this story Of very prominent man in Hi
nOis. We clip it from the Chicago Times:
1t seems that the Hon. John, in addition
to his function as Lieutenant Governor
and President of the Senate of the State
of Illinois, enjoys the further distinction of
being a prominent member of a religious
denomination, and of being as powerful in
the prayer-meeting as in the political con-
yention. Not content with these varied
distinctions, the Hon. Brother John Early,
President of the Senate, Lieutenant Gov
ernor, etc, occupied the important position
of General Agent of the New England
Life Insurance Company, with headquar-
tiers at Chicago. But it is mainly in the
latter capacity that the Hon. Brother John
and his visit to Lincoln interests the pres
ent chroicler. Among his other business
in our city was the payment to a
widow here of a sum of money
due upon policy of insurance on the life
of her husband, recently deceased, who was
insured in the Company of which the Hon.
Brother John is the agent Brother Early,
having duly prepared the mind Of the widow
for the good fortune in store for her by
stating that it was probably unexpected
and having inspired her with a fitting sense
| of her own unworthiness by delicately in
| forming her that he, the bearer, was no less
a parsonage than the Honorable Lieuten-
ant Governor and President of the Senate
of the State of Illinois. He gently init
mated that the cost of jomneying so far
was considerable, and that he should eX-
pect her to bear the expenses of his trip
amounting to S55. This the Hon. Brother
John proceeded to deduct from the widows
money, and departed, leaving her the bal
| ance and his blessing.
Now the Honorable Brother John Early,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate of the State of Illinois, insurance
| agent, etc, knows, as does everyone having
| the slightest familiarity with insurance
matters, that he had no right or shadow OF
an excuse for taking one cent from this
woman for any pretense whatever; that ii
is the duty of all reputable insurance COM
panies to pay moneys due on policies to
| policy-holders, wherever the latter may re-
side; that the money in question could have
been sent from Chicago by express OF
through bank with perfect safety and sat
isfactiOn, at an Insignificant cost to any
body; that if he, the Honorable Brother
John Early, could retain fifty-five dollars
of this woman's money for his personal
use, he could retain five hundred
and fifty-fiye just as well. And
we would suggest to the Hon, Brother Ear
" that there are people in Lincoln wicked
and irreverent enough to assume that the
honorable brother, in his capacity of Lieu
tenant Governor and Senator from Illinois
travels on a free pass Overthe railroads; anC
that the fifty-five dollars filched by hin
from the widow was in reality appropriated
to defiaying the travelling expenses Of MIS-
Hon. Brother John Early, who accompanied
him upon his arduous expedition. Further
We venture to assert that this illustriou
public fupctionary and heightened insur
ance agent, will probably yet have reason t.
recall his visit to Lincoln with anythin;
but feelings Of pleasure, as the friends o
the widow are preparing to ego for him il
! an effective and comprehensive manner,