, 1880-05-16
WILLIAM A. JAMES.

J N NASG AAAN foh S6uAAN Shoes
Col William 4. James was Speaker of the
House Of Representatives in the last Assembly
he lives in Highland Park, and he has au ambf-
! ton to be Lleutenant- Governor. The way he
came to secure first his election to the House
and then his election to the Speakership, will
! Show the style Of man he is, and reveal what
claims he ha@ to further political honors.
In the fall Of 1878 be was candidate for the
Legislature from Highland Park He was q
little afra1d OF the competition of connection
| or Mr. W. W. Hoyinglon, and he therefore went
| to Nr. Boyington to get assurances OF his assist
ance- He also went to the Hon. Charles 8. Far
we'll and solicited big aid in getting Mr. Boy1ng-
ton to keep opposition Off the truck. Col. james
Mas " catechised as to hs Senatorial preferences
.vt heen G y9qr9 m oeor ~hsa
questions put to him. he said that
HE BAD HAD ENOUGH or LOGAN;
! ne desired to see Senator oslesby reelected, and
couldn't be reelected, he should support '.tlark
horse rather than Logan, and thought Mr. Far
"en 9a wonla *S% L1Iae,is be the n nan; H.
Ton. Mr. tarWe1l, aud others gave Col. James
their support, Kept competitors out Of his way,
aud easily elected him. He then began election
ecring In various counties for the Sponkershin.
and, when he came home utter each Of these lit
t!e excursions, he told his friends ut Highland
Park thnt wherever he went great pressure was
applied TO him to get him to promise to support
Lo;aD; the speakership was assured TO him if
hut be- a toe o b bEpn9 sa
ne had nude the ca'npaign on an anti -Lognn
issue, and he was bound to stick to the pledges
he had given bis constituents.
About week before the Assembly met, Cot.
james left Highland Park for Springfield and.
1fter M Getting aboard % the train, he declared to
Mr.. Doytngton that he was on the anti Logan
track, and ne WAS going to stay there to the very
ents noticed that he wasn't doing Ihe first thing
70 bring out either 0glesby or FarwelI, or any
1ody else. They wrote him letters and sent him
dispatches reminding him of the pledges on
which he was elected; but he paid no attention
u them. When the buiiottng begun be voted
first, last, and all the time for Logun. When
HIS CONSTITUENTS DEMONSTRATED WITH Him,
be wrote home that after the session, when he
Ind plenty of time. he would make u perfectly |
satisfactory explanation of the whole matter:
bnt not one word Of explanation has he ever
snbssq1,entiy I, a,y M NJ noyipgton net Long"
Legislature convened, Col Janes tod him
positively that he was for Logan, first, last, and
= When the primaries in Lake County were held.
Coi. james tried to get set Of Grnnt Delegates /
elected in Highland Park. He soon found that
dG aa 50 he us9 5p w.
5urne ticket, and succeeded in clecting it by
representing to several newcomers enc Of
knew nothing of james betrayal of bis his con- on
'lituents ii 1873, that several citizens OF the
own were prosecuting him from purely personnl
motives. I
A few days ago. Cot. James, Mr.. Gray, d
brother Of Prof. Elisha Gray, and Mr.. Boyingtou
ook the cars at Highland Park for this city. and !
;ol. James told Mr.. Gray that, now that the
hing was atl over with his opponents in High
und Park mIght-tuslng = grossly Insulting
nd indecent phrase.) He subsequently
rHE REMARK TO MR.. Box1S0roy.
This gentleman, who promised his constitu-
nts to vote against Logan, and was at the same
!me promising bis colieagues- to vote for
, his feiiow-townsrnezi whom nc betrayed,
'ants to he elected Lieutenant-Gover1,or OF L.
,nols, as partof Grant and Logan combna-
lon, and the Highland parkers say be shan't be
fected II they can prevent it,-Times.