Warren sheaf., 1907-02-28

Of Illinois, to be beset by a multitude
OF gentlemen engaged in the exclusive
business Of .'1og rolling Chief among
the rollers We're some Of the most
"disttnguished'' members. each assist:
ed by an influential delegation from
the district, bank or sfnstitution' to be
benefited by the legislation proposed
An expert 1log roller an especially
depict the merits Of his scheme with
roseate but delusive selonuence. was
said to carry "a gourd Of possum fat
and the unhappy victim of his art was
said to be 'greased and swallowed"
It is not to be supposed that anybody
ever succeeded in amounting single
square inch of Mr. Lincoln's person
with the "fat'' that deluded, but his
torians aver that "the Long Nine" Of
whom he was the longest and clever
est, possessed "gourds' of exraordi-
nary dimensions and distributed
grease Of marvellous virtues. But of
that at another place.
In 1886 Mr.. Lincoln was again can
didate for the legislature, his col
leagues on the Whig ticket in Sanga-
mon being for representatives John
Dawson, William F. Elkin, N. W.. Ed
wards, Andrew Mccormick, Dan Stone
and r. L. Wilson and for senators A.
G. Herndon and Job Fletcher. They
We're all elected but one, and he was
beaten by John Calhoun.
Lincoln For Woman Suffrage.
Mr.. Lincoln opened the campaign by
the following manifesto: -
+. New Salem, June 13, 1886.
To the Editor Of the Journal: ~s...
In your paper Of last Saturday I see
communication over the signature Of
MANY Voters" in which the candidates
who are announced in the Journal are
called upon to SHOW their hands,"
Agreed. Here's mine. s... !
I go for all sharing the privileges Of the
government who assist In bearing its
burdens. Consequently go for admitting
all whites to the right of suffrage who
pay taxes or bear arms (by no means
excluding females). " '1s ~: ss.. 2.
If elected I shall consider the whole
people of Sangamon my constituents, as
we'll those that oppose as those that sup
port me.
While acting as their representative I
shall be governed by their will on all
subjects upon which have the means
Of knowing what their will Is, and upon
all others I shall do what my own judg
ment teaches me will best advance their
interests. Whether elected or not, I go
for distributing the proceeds Of the sales
Of the public lands to the several states
to enable our state, in common with 9TH
ers, to dig canals and construct railroads
without borrowing money and paying the
interest on it. t y
If alive on the first Monday in Novem-
Der shall vote for Hugh L. White for
president Very respectfully,
A. LINCOLN.
The elections were held on the first
Monday in August, and the campaign
began about six weeks or two months
before Popular meetings were adver-
tised in the Sangamon Journal and the
State Register, organs Of the respective
parties. Not infrequently the meet
ings were joint of both par
ties-when, as Lincoln would say, the
candidates "put in their best licks," ;"
while the audience '.rose to the height
of the great argument" with cheers,
taunts, catcalls, fights and other exer-
cises appropriate to the free and un-
trammeled enjoyment Of the freeman's
boon. .A.|.
The candidates Travelled from one
grove to another on horseback, and
when the "Long Nine' (all over six
feet in height) took the road it must
have been goodly sight to see. T.
II heard Lincoln make a speech"
says James Gourly, "in Mechanicsburg,
Sangamon county, in 1886. John Neal
had fight at the time. The roughs
got on him, and Lincoln jumped in and
saw fair play. We stayed for dinner
at Green's, close to Mechanicsburg;
drank whisky sweetened with honey.
There the questions discussed were in
ternal improvements, Whig principles.
II heard Mr.. Lincoln during the same
canvass" continues Gourly. 1T was
at the courthouse, where the state
house now stands. The Wings and
Democrats had a general quarrel then
and there. N. w. Edwards drew a
| pistol on Achilles Norris But Gour-
| ly's account Of this last scene is unsat-
isfactory, although the witness is will
ing, and we turn to Lincoln's colleague,
Mr.. Wilson, for better one: ''The Sat.
urday evening preceding the election
the candidates were addressing the
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