, 1881-04-24
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Some Interesting "Reminiscences Of E5fs
Lc::i,1attvo Career by tile IGoIl. i. j.
Galloway.
To the Editor Of The Chicago 7ribune
CHICAGO, April :N-In Elancilg over the
various headings of the articles in The TKlE-
ENE Of Saturday, my eye caught the ia1ie
of Llncolt,-a il;1lle l neyer see or hear
without q feeling Of profound interest Tho
article proved to be Pic.iett's "reminiscences,
giving lis recollcctions Of events connected
with the laine Of Lincoln, together with tile
history of several personal interviews held
with him at different times and places.
Judge Of my surprise, upon reading the
first paragraph, to find that all old journalist
a,lu intimate friend of Mr.. Lincoln should
have 50 completely forgotten his dates, and
so imperfcctly remembered his facts. III
1910, Alr. Lincoln and Gen. John J. Hardin
were botll members Of the House Of l,cprc-
sentatives in tile General Assembly Of. the
State Of Illinois, neither of them hay-
ins been candidates for a Congress
Saneamun and Aofs;iu Counties in
ING middle district. but both then
belonged to the Northern District,-a district
which HOW contains hearty tr quite three
quarters OF the total population of the State.
Ex-tiov. John Reynolds. THE old r;iilger.''
then represcnteu the Southwestern or Bell
vile District, atlI the Rev. and Hon. Xallok
Casey the Southeastern Or Wabash District,
and John !. Stewart, OF Springfield. who had
defeated Stephen \. douglas, Of Jackson
vile, for Congress il, lS3S, WAS, l think, re-
elected i'll August, 1910.
The writer, having spent the entire win
ter II Springfield from the beginning If the
called session III November until the close Of
the regular session III March, 1911, caniint
forget either tllf: 1,cfSontct Or Tie acts Of
that remarkable Legislature. n, friend, cx-
Congressman Snyder, Ut st. Clair, WAS the
leader Of lis party in the Senate; strongly
supported BY y t;ateTood. of tsailatil,, Hacker;
Of illiol, Richardson, Of Adams. ind ''oltt
Peter Warren OF S!,elly,-lhe last {, 1ll;tl
almost destitute 1T education. but pnssessed
Ut soUd common sense and great ellergy-a
lT'1e specimen Of the 'rntgl. da!nol,d.''
Eaker, of Sa'lgaIilnll, and Little, OF Hancock
were the leaders of the minority in
the Senate, brtll fluent speakers and
the latter i very superior n,lH, who Was aft
tIW1EuS Killed ny Il runaway team ii his car
riaSe, after saving his children by lifting
them out before the team had acquired Il
fatal speed.
The louise contained 4 very large number
OF able nc,l. aiming whom were Lincoln,
Edwards. and Calhoun, OF Sanga:non, Hardin
and Thomas of Morgan, Peel: of Cook, Muir
ply vi Lake, Henderson If Stark father of
The present Congressman uf that ualuci.
Cyrus Edwards, and 10 =" Gillespie OF N:.,ti-
SON, Irun'bnll OF ST. Clair, BisseIl of Alon-
iult NA"iEe "a ltlAtttlt* -AlctIcT VI l1iaFkE,
t:en. ": l.. y. Ewing Ut Fayet.e, Webb OF
White, NcClcrilal'a Of Galatln, .Douserty of
Union. Loss OF Fulton. and kitci,cl| Of
Montgomery.
How well 1 remember the familiar WAYS
and slight form Of Stephen \. douglas ut
that time, wl.cn lie sat dawn upon l,iy knee
~ talk about the delegation frotn the cou1-
ties upon the Wabash. and how they felt il,
regard to the contest between Judges Nc
Roberts and DrecSe for the United States
Senate. llew:ls appointed Secretary Of State
early i'll the session, any elected BY joint bal
lot to lite Supreme Bench near its close.
after tie passase of the bill rcnrsa,lizin. the
Supreme Court by increasiu. the number Ut
Judges frDn! tour II nine and assigning to
each The duties OF !, Circuit Judge i'lle law
creating Circuit Courts besng repealed by Tie
saine act, the Circuit Judges were cousr-
lt.cntly repeated out Uf office
DR. Logan, father OF tie,l. John 4. Logan,
represented jackson County, !. quiet srntlc-
man, but said III be IL good disqualification If
The phrase StturittT iia inutl0. furtitur IN re-
Hardin was the most frequent ta1I1er in the
House, but less polished than Cyrus Ed |
wards or Ebeilexer Peck, both of whom were
able ttebaters. But 10 man in either brancll
OF The Legislature commanded such universal |