The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-21

prominent citizens one who was clossly
identified with stirring national events.
The bar OF Illinois Is also robbed OF n OF
its ablest members and brightest ornaments.
MI. SWEET had bsen ailing Tor . couple
Of years past. but not until within q month
or two bad his health
given serious &kss
for anxiety. He was
out driving on Thurs.
day last, and went for
. short walk Friday II AN
sftsrnoon. Early SNz~
remained partially
unconscious until his
death. Just before "WNW<A
his last conscious in-%
terval his son, Leon /"
ard Herbert SWEET, LEONARD SWEET.
arrived home from Cornell university and
was recognized by his father. Drs.
Lyman, .Johnson. Davies and Westcott
were In attendance during tho last hours
but their services were ~unavailing.
Leonard SWEET was born In Oxford
county, Maine, in 1925, his father being .
farmer. He was educated at North Var
mouth academy and Watervifle college.
He studied law with Howard & Shipley,
Portland, Me-, and went South, intending
to practice. The Mexican war was then
raging. Young SWEET enlisted in the
Nfty-sevsnth Indiana regiment as a private
and went to Mexico. He was taken i'll at
Vera Cruz, and was brought to New Or
leans On q vessel filed with sick soldiers.
After much suffering and deprivation he
started for his home in Maine, but was
ouAin n lSon m NJ poorfO M HE ShvSf.
clan advised him to go back from the
river. In July, lS48, he arrived
at Bloomington, iii, which WA his home
thereafter until his removal to Chicago.
He began to practice law in Blooming
ton in 1S40. and was on the same circuit
with Abraham Lincoln, Stephen I. Logan,
and other prominent lawyers. He also
took an active part in politics, and joined
in the formation Of the Republican party.
History will probably accord to Mi. SWEET
the major share in the combination Of pc.
litical influences which led to the nomina-
ton Of Abraham Lincoln for the Presi-
dency, He was a guiding hand in the con.
vention that made the nomination. After
Lincoln's election Mr.. SWEET went to WASH
ington to urge the nomination Of Judge
David Davis to the Supreme court bench.
He was in Washington during most Of the
war, and held intimate and confidential
relations with the President Mr.. SWEET
held no Office under the Government, al
though valuable foreign missions were
offered to him. He accepted however,
several delicate and important missions in
this country Of a confidential nature.
In ISIS Mr.. SWEET removed to Chicago,
having formed a law partnership with
Judge Van II. Higgins and Col. David
Quigg, and soon assumed a leadership at
the local bar. Among the prominent cases
with which Mr.. SWEET was identified were
the Sullivan murder trial, the Joe Mackin
case, the celebrated insurance conspiracy
cases, and many noted civil suits. He be-
came identified with the defense Of the
Anarchists after their ease was carried to
the United States Supreme court.
Mr.. SWEET was married twice. His first
wife was Miss Laura R. Quigg, a sister Of
his former law partner. She died in 1886,
aud in 1887 Mr.. SWEET married Miss Marie
Decker, who vas his confidential secretary
for MANY vAara