Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-16

tomorrow morning All this time / had
said nothing. I was thinking Of the effect
rather than upon myself as banker.
was very ambitious and did not want to
appear before the people in the future as
the ex-president OF a burst bank. I got
up and said: Gentlemen: am, I think,
the youngest bank president here. My
bank has no more capital than the others.
l probably know less about banking than
any OF you. but l say here and now taa I
rather than close my bank while I have !,
copper cent to pay out I would put my
hand and arm i'll a red hot stove This
speech changed the sense of the meeting.
1t restored confidence to the others. We
decided not to close and we passed through
the next day without trouble. We have not
had failure since that time. and my
speech saved us. What the country needs
today Is more backbone and nerve. A large
part Of the panic Is due to fright and what
We need Is confidence in ourselves
President Lincoln a. q Financier.
"You knew President Lincoln quite well.
Senator. What kind Of a fnanciur was
he?
theoretically and on political econopli-
cal grounds he was great. Practically he
knew little about money and took no care
or 1t. He kept no books to speak of. and I
have been In his law Office when he had re-
turned from riding the circuit He practic-
ed at the courts of all the counties about
Springfield. After trying a case he would
take a piece OF paper and wrap up the fee
that he received from his clients, and write
on the back OF the paper the name OF the
case. He would put the money thus wrap
ped away in his pocket. The next fee
would be wrapped up in like manner and
stored away In another pocket, and when
ne came home he would take out the fees
from the different pockets one at q time,
and divide them with his partner
As Lawyer.
WAS Abraham Lincoln a great lawyer"
YES replied Senator Culom, 81 think
there is no doubt Of that. My father knew
him very well, and when asked to advise as
to lawyer for any person, he would say:'Get
Judge Logan If you can, but II you can't,
there Is a young man in his office by the
name OF Lincoln who will do just as WE'LL
Lincoln was very strong with both court
ana Jury: he had great deal Of personal
magnetism. and his honest. common. plain
way captured the jurors. He would lean
over them, gesturing with his long arms,
and would hold them by his homely elo-
Quence."
n =, o.. President Lincoln decide things
No: he never jumped at conclusions. He
nrst viewed all sides Of a subject and then
acted. He judged for himself and followed
out mis- own judgments. He was a great
all-around man and had he lived he would
have maintained his greatness"
How LincOln's Grave Wa. Robbed.
Were you in Springfield at the time that
the robbery Of his grave was attempted?'
yes replied Senator Cullom. TT was
In 1876. the night of the election. 1 remem-
Der 1t very we'll. for 1 was elected governor
OF Illinois at that time. A set of whelps
had conspired together to steal the body of
Lincoln and hold it for ransom. Their
plans were carefully laid and they would
have succeeded had they not been BETRAYED
oy one OF their own number. The monu-
ment was built over a great PEDESTAL In
when Were two rooms. One Of these was
SORT OF memorial ROOM 1t contained rel
les or President Lincoln and other things
memorial of him. The other room held the
BODY OF Lincoln. 1t was laid away in a zinc
casket inside of a marble sarcophagus Sc
curely sealed. AS soon as the Conspiracy
was known preparations were made to pre-
vent Its being carried out. That night a
party or the citizens Of Springfield hid
themselves in the memorial room and W aited
Tor the attempted raid They did not wait
IN vain. At midnight the ghouls came and
broke their way into the vault They broke
open the marble casket at one end and had
hauled the zinc casket one third of the way
out when the party In the memorial room
started to catch them. They succeeded.
however, In escaping. though two OF them
prison. ~
How are the remains kept today? Are
they guarded?"
No. there is no guard over them" replied
senator ,s Cullom; but they are SO buried that
they Will never be disturbed After the at
tempt or stealing the body. q tomb was exca-
waited In the solid masonry directly under the
obelisk: In this the body was placed and
.ne whole was embedded in hydraulic
cement. Lincolns remains are now SO
placed that they will never be touched"
Scene at the White House.
DO you remember your first meeting with
President Lincoln at Washington. SENATOR,
said 1.
Yes" replied Senator Cullom land
remember. too. a very embarrassing meet.
ing that l had there. 1t was lust after
was elected to Congress. but before / had
taken my seat. / knew Lincoln's private
secretaries very well. Both Hay and Mic
oiay came from Springfield, and l was ac.
t tnsn' i, TO go to the White House to see
them without ceremony. At this time I
came up TO the door and passed right
through to Mr. Nicolay's room. / opened ~
without knocking and went in only TO find
myself In the presence Of President Lincoln
and members of his cabinet sswerd
stanton and Chase were present. and "a I
saw them colored to the roots OF INV hair
begged pardon for the intrusion and started
to go out. President Lincoln rose from, The
head Of the table and called me nv nave
ne came over to me- got hold of NV hand
ana pulled me into the group of cabinet
ministers. As he did so he said to Secretary
Seward: Seward, / want you TO know thia
boy. You remember the old Coneressman
from springfield. named Stewart / want TO
introduce you to the boy that beat him
This is the boy He thereupon presented
me to the different minister's much to INV
embarrassment. / shook hands with them
and backed my way out Just as soon "a I
could. This was back in 1864 and II was
the next year that I took my seat In Com
gress for the first time"
DO you think. Senator, that the Congress
OF today contains as many great men as
did those following the war;"
Il think not" replied Senator Culloro
I'VE had giants In the House and Senate
then. We have some good men. now. hut
there are not as many pre-eminently great
Carter After CuIlom.
The conversation here turned to the next
Senator from Illinois, and asked Senator
Cullom as to the democratic candidate He
replied that there were a number, and that
the Senatorial bee was buzzing around the
heads of Altgeld, Carter Harrison and
others. Said he: II saw Carter Harrison at
Chicago not long ago. and we had a word
together as we passed. He said: .Ah
Cullom. 1 am after you am after YOU
l replied: Yes. you are not the first one
who has been after me- There have bean
a number who have tramped upon INV heels
in the past and who have not caught me
and IT may be the same with you'''
FRANK G. CARPENTER
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