Owingsville outlook., 1896-09-10

- TO a dap
It's entered ~. law
ofs -a-s-asssasa -iuse, at MAT o.. q, the
leaaIng attorney OF '1HpTpin court He
stu9ied hard but in .r.. 'Hsr s-' most was
deeply i-Aai ed in 10, Nc'u-s IA t.s up
sh@' = l ~ was thA - - nc the demo-
-r. L" 7alt-a.te for cI47F Jerk and was
r-H.'a ar - majority. Egars afterward
ella. -Nrs a.. aeaadill-L and was elected
i'-.-- alr-i 80 he was admitted 10 the
H. ..rl -r ekamination by Stephen A.
Doa. ,1S- o'- John Young Scammon The
night ,',cs is admission Palmer attended a
whig go d. at Springfield and heard Abra-
ham mSLSe a speech The next
day -, introdHceI TO Lincoln, and then
began a friendship that lasted all Lincoln's
life. though they werc often bitterly opposed
to each other politically In lsn Palmer mar.
ried Melinda Ann Nicely, the belle OF Macou-
pin county. In succeeding years he held
numerous political onices including that Of
probate judge and county Judge Of Macoupin
county.
Gen Palmer's military record was brilliant
and extended, ending with his resignation as
military governor Of Kentucky. February 10,
1896 Hc abandoned his law office at the first
call of troops, and entered the service as col.
onel of the nth Illiaoi% He won his major
general stars by distinguished action at Stone
river. In 1865 he was the republican candidate
for governor against mis- own protest
In 1872 ne refu- ed "A nomination He said: II
do not believe tnat President Grant should be
renominated. AMI will not say nor will l
consent to canvas the state to promote his re-
election. unless the candidate that may be
placed in the field against him Is more obiec-
tionable"
One of the leading causes OF Mr..
Palmer's opposition to Grant was
because the president had permitted Gen.
! Sheridan to use four companies OF United
| States soldiers police after the great fire
| in Chicago, thus rejecting upon the ability
of the state to maintain order And SO Mr..
| Palmer Went OF after Greeley" In 1874
when the liberal and democratic parties in
| Illinois we're fused. Gov Palmer became a
recognized democratic leader. and was at once
| the champion of hard money, urging the
| adoption rof a hard money platform In the
coming state convention On August
26 the convention met and Gov Palmer was
made chairman. and in powerful speech he
advocated his views. A model hard money
| and states rights platform was the result and
| the party went before the people. But the In
! dependent and prohibition vote of 5000 step
ped in between and gave the republicans
plurality OF S4.s0S
Since then Gen Palmer has been a demo
crat and was elected to the state senate by
| that party in 1877. In 1890 he was elected
United States senator from Illinois, which
| position he still holds
| Simon Bolivar Buckner was born In Har
county, Kentucky. In April, is.3 He was grad
uated at the West Point Military academy II
IsH and was a brave and gallant soldier IL
the Mexican war from the beginning to tn,
| end He served in the United States arm,
until March s6, 1855 when he resigned hi,
commission as first lieutenant and en-
gagged in civil affairs He wal
appointed superintendent of the erec
tion OF the Chicago custom house II
| March. 1855. In 1857 he became sdjutant gen
eral of the state OF Illinois, with the rank o
| colonel He returned to Kentucky in 1858 ant
| tu rned his attention to farming When Ken
lucky as a state refused TO secede from tn,
union. Gen. Buckner offered his services to tn,
southern confederacy and was created
brigadier general He was one of the com
| manders at Fort Donelson when IL surren
dered to the union troops, and was imprisone,
| in Fort Warren, Boston harbor. Upon his ex
change he was promoted to major general AM
placed in command OF q division Later b
| was transferred to the district Of Louisiana
with the rank of lieutenant general -.s sucl
he surrendered to Gen Candy
Since the war he has held various higl
political positions. among them governor o
Kentucky. He is a man Of large wealth an
is engaged in farming in his native county.