The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-01-18
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY Is. 1888.
LINcoLNs ELECTION.
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szret History cf The fo-zzztioa of Izn-
1olnis CahiDet We qsoss tie 0g,ezing
paragraphs
There is Distinguished azshsg7tv for
the statement that TIE work 4 frmins
/ the new czl,iDst wss mainly performed
{ on the evening q Tie Prs=5den1:zl elec-
tion- After the E,ozls we're cle,=ez - the
ith q November - Mr. Lincoln related
a ye1r CT 4ve Izse1i- the suTerin.enaaHl
r the Telegraph Al >I.rinS6eld invited
him - came AID remain IN his effice
aa1 read the Dispatches Is they shls1i5
c0as IA he accepted The e15er znd-
reporting Himself ID de tine 4 the tale
grsY.li Office, fron which al other xisst-
ass were ezclGded Al 8 o'clock. awaited
15e -essli Ct sbe eveutful day- Soan the
telegrzias c4ne th-ick and 1asz- srsz from
tie osi-htsorIrle p-ecine1s and eouufies,
taen ffznn the greai Western cilies. Ctli-
ca-a, ~ Loais, C1acinnasi, zad finally
from the capitais q fhs aoabtfzi S.afes.
Indiana, ohlo, Rennsylrania. and the
Empire Stale of SeW YORK Herr Iathss
little RON, n The company II fEo ar
three silent oE,erz1ors moving about Their
rHFster5asix clicking 5nstrulssuts AID
rec9rllns Wi1h ilapeTtE-isslfie gravity fi5e
sVif1-thn8bi,l1g messages fr8m near and
fzr- Mr. Lincoln read The Tes,sr.s As
they ezule IN frs1 IN F2yue AID frasmen-
tary dTibiets, ana later u the rising and
swelling stream of chsering news There
w2s
EETEE MGR or CZ.1sER CA1lcTL17oz
of political Isro5,a1 liities THAI hiuself
he WIS snF,safieallv II bone among
election sgures. All his politirz. life be
had scanned tables q retr-rls W5fb a.
much czre and accuracy n he anzlrzs,l
and scrgtirsize5 1nExi-ns q government
or Platforms of E,lriies- NoE, as E9rmeF-
y, BE W4s Eraiiar With 81 the tzrala-
E.oiats IN c8zlfas.sl cezn1ias and close
districts and kneE ~ hsars 1isa valse q
each and every local los ca gam AID
iis ralGtion 70 the grand result. IN
past wears, al the dose q Ilaay hot
campaign he had searche5 OBJ TIE caul-
forts Il victory from a dlscour2-inr and
adVerse-lookinr column q figures. or car-
ree;Jy Rad the fatal omen of defeat II
some fragTnenla-r announcement FROM
precinct ~ county ssse-tlF, Is fhev were
fs1n~cIlbs,a, the aparatars handed hin
he messages whieh ha lajd On his knee
wlale he adjusted his spsczaeis.s. aaa
thea read and re-resld sexeral tines with
deiiberzfion- tie had not long 10 wait
far inaic4tions- From a scattered be-
ginning made up of encogr1gTns local
fragments. the bopeSal Dews ro=e 20 a.
most Unintsrruptea i5dines q victory
son shower of eon-rafHlatery tele-
grams iell from the wires, and wlIls his
Fzr1isans and fr5elads frsaa al paris q
the cozu1-y were thRs
ssr1AEINe HkST's WITH HLN .Hs IIeHTxIxe
ever the result, be could hear the shouts
and s;eecbes q his Springfield followers.
gathered IN the -rea, Han Cd the >tz1e
Heusa acrnss the streei- and fairiy max
inr ias4i building shake with their re
5oicinrs-7
~of course his FIRST emotions were
those q . kinalins pleasure and pride At
the sweeping ooaIsefeness ef his sucrzs-
But this was Only lnoaaeutary sleE-
he vas indeed PresideIt-elsci t.lit Eifil
thai Consciousness there fell u3on li,n
The sl'Tallin- shadow q his mighty task
and responsibility L seeased Is L he
suldenlv bore the Nbole world upa1 his
shoulders and cozld nlf stake i Of
and sitting there n the yet early E2icf-
. uf The night. he real the s-5ll-ruruinc
1sieg-zI.ss " = sa-1 II fatsseIsf-Ininlie2. me-
eilanical routine. while has inner man
took Up the crushing burden q hiseou1-
fry's treui3es- and traced ouf the labor
Gus path Il coming dudes When
finally hade my friends good ni-ls1 GDd
left that roon,7 s@id Lineuin, had sab
stzn1iaIly oompis-s5 tie framsE0-k q
my Cabinet Hs L -soE exists
II the grouping and combining ef III,
nsE Presidents iHfslstled eounriIers se-
czr-el q tins fi-ne, i l. no les 1r5e that
ss-De q fhszn Esre selected Al : uach
ezrlier dz1s- In TIE meantime 10 e18e
was inf.s-nei & ms intentions n tins re
-ard Flr , fal month af1er tae alec-
tiua he gave nc intima1ioa UhalsFer q
his pzrpose.=