Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27
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State. He said he would read them to Us
but would not say by whom each one was
written. i told him thought | could
locate them, and believe called the turn
every time. Every Cabinet officer except
Mr.. Smith bad contributed his opinion
and the score stood as before described,
THREE TO THREE.
After Mr.. Lincoln had finished reading
them he pulled paper out OF drawer in
the table at which he was sitting, and with
the remark: Now / will read you the
odd trick" began its reading.
10 Was Quife Evident
that the paper he was reading was q rough
draft of bis own as be would frequently
Turn the sheet around and read what WAS
written on the margin. The paper sus'
tanned the new state movement more clear
ly and coDcisely than any he had read and
before leaving We both said to him We liked
the odd trick the best. At parting / said
10 him that although he would probably
NOT receive any one on business, on New
Years Day I would like to send my cou-
stituents New Years gift and he replied:
If you will come early l will let you
know what have done with your bill"
Before ten o'clock the next morning
presented myself at the White House, but
found the doors locked. ] raised the sash.
Of one Of the lsrge windows, gained an en-
trance and went directly to the Presidents
room. When uAered in found Secreta
ries Seward and Stanton with him, but the
President went directly to his desk and
Taking Ont the West Virginia Bill,
held il so that read the signature ZAP.
PROVED, ABRAHAM LINCOLN" I thanked
him in the name of the loyal people OF the
State and hurried OFF to send home the glad
tidiDgS. i found Senator Wiley at the
National Hotel, We went to the telegraph
Office together and sent to Governor Pier.
point at Wheeling q message which, as
RENE mber il, read as follows: Have lust
come from the Presidents. He has signed
the New State Bill. Let all the people re-
joice
Taking over Mr.. Lincoln's characssri5-
tics, noted in frequent interviews Judge
Bair remarked that to the patience and ap-
parent slowness the President owed his
fortunate management OF pubic policy.
He never moved until he was
sure He Had Found The Right Way
and when success was reasonably sure to
follow. He never refused to listen, bat
when reply = was expected he would run his
hand through his hair until IL stuck oft
like porcupine quilts and say nothing Tie
seemed sstonished at times thst other
were unwilling to move as slowly. Il r.
member said the Judge, going 10 see him
about the attitude Of the border States on
his compensatory emancipation plan, and
his telling me how he was being crowded
by his advisers to make emancipation CON,
plete and instantaneous. These people
have no idea of time he said, 1T is not
the thunderbolt but the rain that brings
the harvest
His stories which with quaint compari-
sons were part of his every conversation,
seemed to relieve the strain under which
be rested. They were not all Of the most
delicate order, but there was no effort 10
log them in for the sake of telling them.
They were invariably used to illustrate
some point, and as q rule did it complete
ly. Story telling and theatre going were
his only relaxation. They failed to divert
his cares sufficiently to keep
Fhe Look of Fatigue and Depression
from his face. When last saw him at the
close of the war, his expression reminded
me of the over driven cattle that hauled
legs through the winter in the section
where ! was reared, and that were turned
out in the spring gsunt, hollow eyed,
broken down. He might have rallied, but
/ hardly think il likely. Perhaps the
asssssin's bullet was to him = blessing in
disguise. Ian.