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friends in regardVto this matter. /
was willing to receive Judge Douglas
into the Republican party on proba-
ton, but l was not, as these Repub-
lican friends were, willing to receive
him and place him at the head of our
ranks"
Toward the latter part of April, 1858,
a Democratic state convention met In
Illinois and besides nominating a tick
eft for state officers Endorsed Mr.. Doug
las. This placed him in the field for
reelection as an anti-Lecompton Dem
ocrat, but 1t by no means shook the
faith of his recently acquired Repub-
lican friends. They thought 1t very
natural under the circumstances that
his ways should be a little devious
and his policy somewhat dark. He
had always said he could do more for
them by seeming to remain within the
Democratic party, and they looked
upon this latest proceeding-his prac-
tical nomination by a Democratic con
v~ention-as the Foundation for an act
OF ~stupendous treason between that
time and the presidential election.
They continued to press the Republic
hi of Illinois to make no nomination
against him, to vote for him, to trust
him, to follow him, as a sincere and
manifestly a powerful antislavery
leader. These representations had the
effect Of seducing away for a brief
time Mr.. Washburne and a few 9TH
ers among the lesser politicians of the
state, but when they found the party
at large i%rrevocably opposed to the
scheme they reluctantly acquiesced in
what they could not prevent-Mr. Lin
coins nomination. But the plot made
a profound impression on Mr.. Lin
coins mind. 1t proved the existence
Of personal qualities in Mr.. Douglas
which to a simpler man were unimag-
Unable and inexplicable. A gentleman
once inquired Of Mr.. Lincoln what he
thought of Douglas chances at
Charleston. "Well," he replied, "were
1t not for certain matters that l know
TRANSFERRED, which l regarded at one
time among the impossibilities, l would
say he stood no possible chance. / re-
fer to the fact that In the Illinois con-
test with myself he had the sympathy
and support of Greeley, of Burlin-
game and of Wilson of Massachusetts
and other leading Republicans; that at
the same time he received the support
of Wise and the influence of Brecken-
ridge and other southern men; that he
took direct issue with the administra-
ton and secured against all its power
$4,000 out Of 1900 Democratic votes
cast in the state. A man that can
bring such influence to bear with his
own exertions may play the devil at
Charleston"
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CONTINUED

LNOH OG0.I
Sincerity Of Douglas Doubted.
But Mr.. Douglas great difficulty was
to produce any belief in his sincerity.
AT home In Illinois the Republicans
distrusted him almost to a man. and
at Washington among his peers in the
senate and the house 1t seemed neces-
sary for him to repeat his plans and
promises very often and to mingle
with them bitter and passionate dec
lamations against the south. At last.
however. he succeeded-partially. at
least. Senator Wilson believed him
%deyoutly. Mr.. Burlingame said his rec
ord was laid up in light" Mr.. Col
fax, Mr.. Blair and Mr.. Covode were
convinced, and gentlemen of the press
began industriously to prepare the way
ror MS entrance into the Republican
party. Mr.. Greeley was thoroughly
possessed by the new idea and went
about propagating and enforcing 1t
with all his might. Among all the
grave counselors employed in further
ing Mr.. Douglas detection it is sin
gular that only one man of note stead
lily resisted his admission to a place
of leadership in the Republican ranks.
Judge Trumbull could not be persuad-
ed. He had no faith In the man who
proposed to desert and had some ad.
monitions to deliver based Upon the
history of recent events. He was
willing enough to take him ION pro-
bation," but wholly opposed to giving
him any power. Covode was employ
ed to mollify Judge Trumbull. but he
met with no success and went away
without 81 much as delivering the
message with which Mr.. Douglas had
charged him. The message was a
simple proposition of alliance with the
home Republicans to the effect that If
they agreed to return him to the SEN
ate In 1858 he would fight their presi-
dental battle in 1860. Judge Trum-
bull did not even hear 1t, but he was
well assured that Mr.. Douglas was 'an
applicant for admission into the Re-
publican party" at was reported to
me at that time" said he, that such
was the fact, and such appeared to be
the universal understanding among the
Republicans at Washington. / will
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Thomas Jefferson's Politeness.

Thomas Jefferson, author of the Dec
laration of independence. and his
eldest grandson were one day riding in
a carriage together. They met a slave,
who respectfully took off his hat and
bowed. The president, according to his
invariable custom, returned the salu-
tation by raising his hat. The young
mar paid no attention to the negroes
act Of civility. Mr.. Jefferson, after a
moments pause, turned a r%eproachful
eye to him and said, Thomas, do you
permit a slave to be more of a gentle
man than yourself p
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LINCOLN
AS Lawyer
ano Debater
By WARD HILL LAMON.
Lincoln's Friend and Bodyauard.
By WARD HILL LAMON,
Lincoln's Friend and Bodyauard.

berless little pieces of paper and was
only reduced to consecutive sheets and
connected form as the hour for its de-
livery drew near. 1t was to be spoken
on or about the 10th, when the Re-
publican state convention would as
semble at Springfield and. as Mr.. Lin
coin anticipated, would nominate him
for senator in congress-.
About the 18th of June Mr.. Dubois.
the state auditor, entered the Office of
Lincoln & Herndon and found Mr.. Lin
coin deeply intent upon the speech.
Hello, Lincoln! What are you writ
ing?' said the auditor. "Come, tell
me-" II shan't tell you," said Lin
coin. ut is none-of your business, Mr..
Auditor. Come, sit down, and let's be
jolly"
On the 10th the convention. number
Ing, with delegates and alternates,
about a thousand men, met and pass
ed unanimously the following resolu-
ton:
THAT Hon. Abraham Lincoln is our
first and only choice for United States
senator to fill the vacancy about to be
created by the expiration of Mr.. Doug
las term of office"
That evening Mr.. Lincoln came ear
ly 20 his office. along with Mr.. Hern-
con.. Having carefully locked the door
and put the key in his own pocket, he
pulled from his bosom the manuscript
of his speech and proceeded to read 1t
slowly and distinctly. When he had
finished the first paragraph he came
to a dead pause and turned to his as
founded auditor with the inquiry:
How do you like that? What do you
think of it," II Think returned Mr..
Herndon, ut is true, but Is it entirely
polite to read or speak it as 1t is writ
ten?" THAT makes no difference"
Mr.. Lincoln said. THAT expression is
a truth of all human e-xperience-'a
house divided against itself cannot
stand and he that runs may read
The proposition is indisputably true
and has been true for more than 5000
years, and l will deliver it as written.
i want to use some universally known
figure, expressed In simple language as
universally known, that may strike
home to the minds Of men in order to
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4A NA = CO.
which stands near the New York city
hall. Neither had any portrait of Hale
upon which to work, for none exists.
They had to be guided by the descrip-
tons of the hero which have been
handed down and by their own con-
ceptions of his appearance and express
sion.
Each statue has its W special ad-
mirers. Hale was twenty-one at the
time of his cruel death. Perhaps he
seems more boyish in the statue by
MacMonnies. Partridge has succeeded
we'll in expressing in the features of
his Hale the patriotic fervor of the
young enthusiast in the cause of the
new nation and his athletic qualities.
The hero was about six feet tall and
could put his hand on a fence as high
as his head and clear it with a bound.
The spot on the Yale campus where he
made the famous jump that marked
him as the best all around athlete of
the college was shown for years after
his time. He Is said to have possessed
only ideal proportions, but a grace
and charm which endeared him to all
he met. Yale men are enthusiastic
over the in which Mr.. Par
fridge has met their ideals in the por-
trayal of Hale.
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rdrcef May I, TI90, the nag or tns
United States be fifteen stripes, alter
nate red and white, and that the Unior
be fifteen stars, white, in a blue field
Twenty-three years later, April 4
1918, congress adopted the following
resolution:
Be 1t enacted that from and after tn,
Fourth of July next the flag of the Unit
ed States be thirteen horizontal stripes
alternate red and white. and that the
Union be twenty stars, white, In a blu
field.
And that on the admission of a new
state into the Union one star be added tc
the flag, and that such addition shall
take place on the Fourth of July mex
succeeding each admission.
Certain members of congress In theil
patriotic ardor wanted a new stripe
for each new state, but Mr.. Windoyer
one of the members from New York
arose in his place and said:
"Mr. Speaker, l am heart and soul In
favor of any proposition that will give
US a. big flag. We are going to be g
big people, and we need a correspond
ingly big flag. But it must not be SC
big as to be a burden to us. At the
rate the United States is now growing
if a stripe were added for every new
state admitted it would soon be impos
sible to find a mast or pole tall enough
on which to hoist the flag"
Mr.. Windover's speech settled tbs
matter, and the limit was drawn al
the thirteenth stripe.
The first time the stars and stripes
was displayed in battle was at Fort
Stanwix, now the city of Rome, Oneida
county. Colonel Peter Gansevoort was
in command Of the fort, and, being
surrounded by st. Leger and called
upon to surrender, the gallant old colo
mel replied as follows:
"It is my determined resolution, with
the forces under my command, to de-
fend this fort to the last extremity in
behalf of the United States, who placed
me here to fight for it against all their
enemies"
The first salute given by a foreign
power to the stars and stripes was in
Quiberon bay, on the coast of Brittany.
Paul Jones in the Ranger was cruis-
ing in those parts and, coming up with
a French admiral, saluted his flag.
The Frenchman returned the salute
gun for gun.
Before that event it had been the
usage Of Europe to salute the flag of a
republic with four guns less than were
fred in saluting the flag Of a crowned
po~tentate, but Jones claimed that Old
Glory was the peer Of any flag afioat
and that in saluting 1t must get as
many guns as 1t gives.
Glorious old fagl And Of every
American north, south, east and weGt
the prayer Is:
Long may she wave"-Rev. Thorn
as B. Gregory In New York American.
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of the party which had made him its
leader. He knew that the strange doc
trine SO strikingly enunciated voted
ALLEVIATE many well affected voters.
Was 1t his duty to cast these away or
to keep them? He was not asked to
sacrifice any principle of the party or
any opinion of his own previously ex-
pressed, but merely to forego the trial
Of al experiment, to withhold the an
nouncement of a startling theory and
to leave the creed of the party as 1t
came from the hands of its makers
without this individual supplement of
which they had never dreamed. 1t is
evident that he had not always been
insensible to the force of this reasoning.
At the Bloomington convention he had
uttered the same ideas In almost the
same words, and their novelty, their
tendency, their recognition Of a state
of incipient civil war in a country for
the most part profoundly peaceful
these and the bloody work which
might come Of their acceptance by a
great party had filed the minds OF
some of his hearers with the most
painful apprehension. The theory was
equally shocking to them, whether as
partisans Oh as patriots. Among them
was Hon. T. Lyle Dickey, who sought
Mr.. Lincoln and begged him to sup
press them in future. He indicated
his speech as he has just indicated
it in the interview with Mr.. Herndon,
but after much persuasion he prom
Used at length not to repeat 1t.
To be continued next week.
--s~@~e-
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Made Bullets of esoras III.

When the Declaration Of Independ-
ence was read by an aid to Washing
tons army in New York on July 8,
'1776, Joyful citizens overthrow a statue
Of George III. and ordered the lead of
which it was composed made into bull
let's to fight the British.
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up and discussed before the people
than to be victorious without It,"
1t may be questioned whether Mr..
Lincoln had a clear right to indulge in
such a venture as a representative par
ty man in a close contest. He had
other interests than his W in charge.
He was bound to respect the opin-
ions and If possible secure the success
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A Capital Fire Balloon.

A fire balloon should be flown as a
kite is flown, with string attachment,
so that the owner and his friends may
enjoy it and not the next county. Much
skill can be shown in keeping it close
hauled and then giving it slack and
finally twitching it so wildly that it
burns itself up, thus adding a spectacu-
lar climax to its career.
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CHAPTER XVI.
The Famous House Divided" Speech
Delivered.

~ROM about the 7th to the 10th
of June 1858. Mr.. Lincoln was
busily engaged in writing a
speech. He wrote 1t In scraps
"a sentence now and another again.
1t was originally scattered over num-
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NATHAN HALE, YALE'S HERO.
University Plans to Erect a Monu-
ment of Him on It's Campus.

A short time ago a committee of
Yale alumni assembled in the studio
of William Ordway Partridge in New
York to see the newly completed statue
of Nathan Hale by that sculptor which
the alumni of the institution propose
to offer for the campus of the uniyer-
sity. The patriot spy is the chief hero
of the famous institution of learning
st New Haven, and Yale men have
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OUR FLAG.
Its Origin and History Related by Rev
Thomas 3. Gregory.

Its Origin and History Related by Rev.
Thomas 3. Gregory.
The stars and stripes became the flag
of the United States on June ii, 1777.
On that day 1t was resolved by congress
that the flag of the thirteen Unit
ed States be thirteen stripes, alternate
red and white. and that the Union be
thirteen stars. white, in a blue field,
representing a new constellation"
The congressional enactment creating
Old Glory said nothing concerning the
particular form in which the stars
should be grouped, and as the circle is
the simplest of all figures the circular
form naturally became the one in
WHICH the stars were arranged.
1tie national flag continued with thir-
teen stripes and thirteen stars unit!
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Bayless, bargain broker, 1875 Wild
wood avenue.
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ter, hence the
M 0 V e ment re-
sulting in the
execution of this
work.
Mr.. Partridge
has studied the
subject for ten
years and has
written q book
about the char
acter of Hale
and the story
of his great sac
rifce for coun-
try. His statue
presents an In
t~eresting o n
trast to that of
e derrick W.
NJ n NJ -f4n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-23
OBITUARY.
Thomas Grant FeIIs,

Thomas Grant Fells, a veteran of
the civil war and a member of John
Buford post, G. A r., of this city, died
suddenly last evening at the home of
his son, Alonzo c. Fells, in Milan The
old gentleman was about to retire, be-
ing seated in a chair at the time the
fatal attack overcame him, and his
death followed in a few minutes. Cor
oner Eckhart held an inquest this
morning, the verdict being that apo
pleXy was the cause of death. Mr..
Fells IVES so years of age June 3. He
was a native of New York, and for a
time in recent years resided in this
city, removing with his son to Milan
four years ago. He served in the civil
war with Company H of the 23rd Wis
consin infantry. Two years ago Mr.
Fells injured his hip in a fall and had
been crippled since. He had been I'M
der the care of a physician for two
weeks, but was about town yesterday
apparently in his usual health Besides
the son, one daughter, Mrs. Lillian
Finn. who has been travelling, and
whose present address is unknown.
survive. The funeral will be held at
2 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon from the
home of the son in Milan, John Buford
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-23
FINAL LECTURE TO
BE ILLUSTRATED
Speak on "ln His Steps" at the
Christian Church.

Rev Marion Stevenson of st. Louis,
who has been conducting a very sue
cessful bible institute at the Memorial
Crllstian church this week, will this
evening give a closing lecture III the
church on the subject, In His Steps,
TIL. lecture will be illustrated wit:
steIeopticon views, IS beautifully co..
ored plates being used. Mr.. Steven
son is thorough student, ready
taiker and an entertaining and in
strrctive speaker. Much interest has
been manifested by Sunday school
workers in his series of lectures and
his lecture this evening will be a fit
tinS close to the week. Mrs. F. ".
Reimers will sing The Holy City
and the song will be illustrated with
colcred views. No admission fee will
be charged, but a silver Offering will
be taken to defray necessary expenses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-23
SEE A fine PLANT
New Buildings Of National Neck Yoke
Company Are Inspected by the
Industrial Commission.
COUNCIL MAKES THE TRIP, TOO
Aldermen Make Use of Opportunity
and Examine Site of Tool Com
pany Also.

Members of the Rock Island Indus
trial commission, the Rock Island Club,
the Booster club, and the board of
trustees and the city council spent
yesterday afternoon in looking over
the new building occupied by the Ma
tional Neck Yoke company. whose new
plant was made possible by the Indus
trial commission. President s. Pear
son of the company met the visitors
and showed them over the entire plant
and explained the workings of the diff
ferent departments. The company at
present uses two buildings, one for
the polishing and storing of the wood
en- yokes and the other for the finish
ing of them by the addition of the
metal parts.
Is Fine Plant.
The plant is working only at about
one-fourth of its capacity, which is
500 neck yokes day, but the bust
ness is constantly increasing and be-
fore long the full capacity of the plant
will probably be required. The main
building of the plant. where the work
in the metal is done, is remarkably
well lighted and ventilated A special
heating plant keeps the whole shop
warm by means of hot air The floors
are partly of wood and partly of ce
ment. the latter being used where the
grinding and blacksmithing work is
done. The plant represents consider
able expenditure and is valuable adj
dition to the city. 1t is very well pro-
tected from fire, as there is little in
fiammable material in the building.
At Tool Company Site.
After looking over the building of
the neck yoke company, the mayor and
the members of the city council who
were present decided to go farther out
and take a look at the new buildings
which the Rock Island Tool company is
constructing. The work on these has
not progressed very far, but the build
ings will be large and we'll lighted, and
they seem to be well located. The
trip presented chance for the alder
men to visit some of the places over
which troublesome questions have
arisen lately Among them were the
project of putting in four-inch water
main for the Penn Oil company in
place of the two-inch one they now
have. All the aldermen present favor
ed the idea.
The afternoon trip proved of con-
siderable value to the city officials,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-23
MOLINE BANKER IS
ROBBED, LOSING $3.50
Tin Box Containing the Cash Was
Taken From Apartments Over
His Place of Business.

Iri-city police, it has just been
learned, are at work trying to solve
mysterious theft in Moline Tuesday
morning. c. B. Gundberg, who con-
ducts bakery on Fourth avenue near
Fifth street, Moline, was the victim,
and a tin box containing $3.50 was
taken from room in his apartments
'ebove the bakery, between and Z
O'Clock in the morning. The box con-
tanned $175 in silver. $50 in gold. some
PAPER money and two checks. one for
Sic and another for S3.62. No trace
of the burglar has been secured
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-23
COMMITTEE TO
WELCOME LEWIS
Final Arrangements for Big Rally to
be Held Tomorrow Evening
Are Completed.
BAND TO GIVE A COUcERT
Music Will Precede Program-R. r.
Reynolds and M. J. McEniry Are
to Make Short Addresses.

Final arrangements were made to-
day for the big democratic rally to be
held at the rink on Sixteenth street
tomorrow evening. and the entertain
ment Of Colonel J. Hamilton Lewis
of Chicago, who is to be the main
speaker of the evening. Colonel Lewis
viii arrive over the Rock Island from
Peoria at 5:55 tomorrow afternoon
He will be met by reception com.
mittee, composed of Hon. E. w. Hurst,
Hon. T. ]. Medill. Hon. William Nc
Entry, H. P. Simpson and w. C.
Maucker, at the depot and will be es-
corted by the committee to the Harper
mouse. At 7:15 there will be a band
a. the Harper TO serenade the speaker,
and he will be escorted to the rink.
The band will give short concert in
front of the rink preceding the pro-
gram of the evening.
Candidates to Speak.
County Chairman C. J. Smith will
preside as chairman of the meeting.
Preceding the address by Colonel
Lewis, there will be brief talks, linn
tied to five minutes each. by R. r
Reynolds, the democratic candidate
TO- states attorney, and NJ. J. Nc
Entry. democratic candidate for con.
gresham.
An Entertaining Speaker.
Colonel Lewis is one of the most in.
teresting characters in politics today.
He delivers the goods" He has a wide
reputation for eloquence, and is re-
garded as a highly entertaining
speaker. The meeting promises to be
one of the most important in the DEM
ocratic campaign. and will differ from
some political meetings in that it will
Prove entertaining as well as instruct
i've, and will afford real treat to
those who attend.
Speaks at Pillow Shop.
Robert r. Reynolds, without adver-
Using the fact that he intended to do
so, spoke at the Moline Pillow company's
factory at noon today and drew and
held the attention of a flatteringly
large audience. The voters of Moline,
as well as those of other parts of the
county, are anxious TO hear what the
democratic nominee for states attor-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-23
CAMPAIGN CHAT
Register next Tuesday.


Hear Colonel ]. Hamilton Lewis of
Chicago at the Rock Island rink to-
morrow night. You will miss treat
if you miss hearing Colonel Lewis.
Eddie Schoede and others made
speeches in Rock Island last evening.
The others were Congressman James
Mckinney. ex-senator William Payne
Representative Thopas Campbell
Judge r. W. Olmsted, F. G. Allen, L.
NJ. Magill, eft al
The sentiment in favor of R. r. Rey.
nolds for the Office of states attorney
is gaining daily. Mr.. Reynolds has not
the handicap of having been condemn.
ed by his own party papers in advance
as an unsafe and inexperienced man
for the office.
Wonder when County Chairman Jo-
seph DeSilva is going to give C. J.
Searle, the acknowledged original Taft
man in Rock Island, chance to say
word in behalf of the republican
presidential candidate?
DR.. NJ ]. O'Hern is well fitted fol
the office of coroner The people will
gain by electing physician to the
office.
NJ j. McEniry has resided in Rock
Island county all his life AS a citizen
he has been actiye-in public works fol
the betterment of commercial advan
'tages of the Mississippi valley. AS :
congressman he would be able to dc
still more for the locality in which hc
has spent his life,
Henry l.. Wheelan possesses the
right qualifications for member of ths
general assembly from the Thirty
third district, and it is to the Interest
of Rock Island that he be elected, a.
he will be.