The Washington herald., 1909-05-30

was comfortably well OF. When he
came to Washington to take the oath OF
| President he had a good house in Spring
/ heid-there was a hall In the center and
double parlOrs az one side-an eighty-acre
farm in Iowa, which he had taken as q
/ fee. and some money in bank
What were his methods when he ad
dressed jury2'
In statement he was earnest and
| simple One instinctiveIy felt that he
was telling the truth Usually. he would
90 close 70 the jurymen. hover over them
with his long arms and apparently mold
them 20 his win. He was said 10 be
homely, but when the committee came
70 Springfield 70 notify him that he had
been nominated for President II seemed
70 me that he was the most impressive
man on earth. He stood towering above
George Ashmun and the other commit
teemen. his eyes beaming and kindly and
his face lighted by an expression that
was not only majestic. but handsome"
Lincoln and Douglas.
did you have any personal relations
with stephen A Douglass
y was speaker Of the legislature when
Douglas returned TO Illinois 10 make
patriotic addresses. Many men in the
State we're in sympathy with the South,
and Douglas volunteered TO arouse their
seEse OF duty. I didn't know what he
meant 10 say, but accepted the risk and
gave him the best introduction of which
L was capable. He made such a tre-
mendOUs speech for the Union that be al
most cracked the rafters I saw him of
20 Chicago, where ne took cold and
died II was in Springfield that he said
there were but two parties In this coun-
Try during times Of war-One party for
the country and one against it. I also
heard Lincoln say that the United States
could not endure if il were half slave and
half free While I had no part in coun-
selling him. / heard some of his friends
IN Springfield pleading with him to omit
that famous declaration from his speech.
heard him reply that he would not
omit il. that It needed TO be said and that
he would assume all responsibility.
You we're present when Andrew John
son took the oath as Vice President
Yes; / sat by the side Of Henry Smith
Lane, one Of Indiana's representatives in
the Senate Johnson walked back and
forth among the desks Of the clerks while
making his inaugural address He was
decidedly incoherent. I said to Senator
Lane, That man Is intoxicated Lane
went forward Immediately and spoke TO
John ". Forney, Clerk Of the Senate.
Forney wrote something on a piece OF
paper, but Johnson refused to read il.
johnson continued his rnaudlin speech
until tcld by Forney that President Lin
coin was waiting to be inaugurated He
prolonged his spree until late in the aft
ernOon at the Metropolitan Hotel. where
I also was stopping. Some parader with
a trained monkey performed for him in
his room, walters bringing glasses that
were full and taking them away empty"
Rate Bill Fsthered.
You were the author Of the first bill
passed by Congress to regulate railways"
1 said. What caused you to be inter
ested in the subject Of transportation?
While governor Of Illinois l found
that every time we attempted to enforce
q regulatory law OF our own legislature
lawyers for the railway would say that
we were interfering with interstate com
merce- II was plain to me that we
needed legislation by Congress. After I
came 70 the Senate. in 1883, investigated
the question Of railway transportation.
and then wrote and introduced my bin.
Previous 10 the enactment OF what was
known as the CullOm law there were
only two Federal statutes relating to
rallWays-one compelled the watering Of
live stock in transit and the other per
mitted railways TO be Joined together
into trunk lines. thus forming continr-
Gus routeS-as between New York and
Chicago, for instance
Wnat remains to be done in the way
Of national regulation?"
We shall iegislate right along for
years TO come, because new matters are