The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-16

Abraham Lincoln in that way, and
that 1t was George Alfred Townsend
who accompanied Mr.. Lincoln from
Springfield to Washington in Febru-
AIRY. 1861. as correspondent of the
the term Of "Fathsr Abraham" in a
newspaper. And it was President
Lincoln. after Andrew Johnson had
made n of his last Union speeches
In the United States senate, in Febru-
AIRY. 1859 who called the great Ten
nessean who was afterward generally
known as "old Andy" or just plain
ANDY Johnson"
nicknames. John Quincy Adams was
known as the Great Commoner."
Monroe will always be remembered
by the Doctrine" that is connected
with his nj William Henry Har-
rison was 'Tippecanoe.' on account
of his splendid Indian victories in In
diana in the late 3O's. And Benjamin
Harrison was widely cartooned and
referred to by Democrats as My
Zachariah Taylor earned the soubri-
quet Of Rough and Ready during
known as old Buck" and as Jim
my Buchanan" Andrew Johnson mas
often referred to by his enemies as
Ills Accidcncy." Grant armed his
nicknamcs during the war. the hest of
them being Unconditional Surrender
Grant" Dana. of the Sun. called
err amc none Of which followed the
president to his grave. Another was
often prince Arthur" Mckinley was
either Major" or Pill Mckinley"
Cleveland was just Grover" Roose-
Welt. Teddy" and Taft. "Eill."
Away back many Years & S. D.
Goodrich was Peter Farley" his son
doiph was John Randolph of Roam
oke." Clay was the Mill Boy Of the
Slashcs." Benton was old Bullion"
Webster was the Sage Of M%arshfcld"
and Houston was Sam Houston
Later. stephen a. Douglas became
known as the Little Giant" Fremont
as the pathfinder" and Gwin was
Duke Gwin." And. still later. Sam
uel S. Con was known as Sunset
scripti"n of a sunset: Matt Carpenter
was the Rufus Choate Of the West
Tom Fitch was known as the Silver
Tongued." &c highly ornamental and
so scintillant were his orations.
Schurz was "Snarleyow." Sharon. Fair
ana Jones We're called the "Silver
Senator's" and Ingalls, the "Irascible
Ssintoi. HIuTeW ~ MASSACHUSETTS,.
Curtin of Pennsylvania. Spraguc of
Rhode Island. Yates Of Illinois and
Morton of Indiana. We're particularly
known III the War Governors all
though there were Others quite as ac-
tive. noble and patriotic. Butler was
always old Ben Butler" and Mont
gomery Blair was slippery Blair"
Congressman Kelley Of Pennsylvania
was often referred to as Pig Iron
kalInNF " nnl SnNa ~ e~ sGIC-,v1,~.n
Kelley" the latter OF account of his
tremendous voice. Rouligny Of
Louisiana. the last southern member
of the lower house to leave his seat
in 1851. was the ""Creole Congress-
man." he was thoroughly union. but
Joined the Confederate army and was
killed at Antietam. Wentworth Of IL
linois was Long John Wentworth"
George Washington Julian was the
the vice presidential candidate on the
Free Soil ticket. headed by John p.
Hale. in 1852. and later (after the
wary was a Democratic congressman.
John Morrissey was the Prize Fight
er congressman from New York" ST.
mon Cameron was Thumbs Up" and
his son was Don Cameron" Hiram
Rhodes Revels was the "Nigger Sen
%'ator." at least SO called by many
newspapers. and Congressman Horace
MAYNARD was the East Tennessee In
dian" on account of his swarthly
complexion and long black hair.
Many of u distinguished military
men have been favorably or unfavor-
ably known by their nicknames. thus:
Sherman was Tecumsch Sherman:
Thomas was Pop Thomas and the
Rock of Chickamauga. the latter be-
cause he saved the army of the Cum
berland from q. crushing defeat in
September, 1863. in Georgia: Rose
Grams was beloved by his soldiers as
Old Rosey: Sheridan was always Little
Phil: Hooker was fighting Joe Hook
er; Howard was the Christian gener-
al: Colonel Moody was the Fighting
Parson; William II: Lytle. the author
OF =! Am Dying. Egypt. Dying" was
the Poet General and was killed at
Chickamauga while leading a brigade,
mounted n with his hat in his hand,
leading the troops: General jim
Stcadman was Sure and Steady; Cor
don Granger was Fighting Granger:
sweeney was One-Armed Sweeney:
Rousseau was Handsome Rousseau:
Crittenden was Lovely Tom Critten-
den: Hancock was the Superb: Nc
Clellan was Little Mac; sprague was
the Fighting Governor. and had two
horses killed under him at the. first
battle of Manassas (Bull RUM:
HeintZleman was Old Hetinze, called
so first by President Lincoln: Logan
vas Black Jack. and the McCooks
were the McCooks always: General
Thos. Jefferson Wood was Familiarity
spokn of as Tom Wood-he had been
In the Mexican war and was looked
upon by Thomas AS one of the safest
division commanders: Sill was the
Dashing General and was killed in
the battle of Stone River on the first
day of h fight. Wednesday,, Decem-
Der 81, 1862: Turchin was the Little
Russian General, and could outswear
any officer in the army of the Elan
ders: OGilvie was Safe M Steady and
always had a chip on his shoulder"
Don Carlos Buell. was for at least a
year known as the Traitor Buell., al
though he saved Grant at Shiloh,
crossing the Tennessee River with two
divisions at midnight OH Sunday, April
s. 1862. when Grants army had been
beaten by Albert Sidney Johnston and
B~eauregard and Law on the banks OF
the river at Pittshurg Landing: the
greatest OF the Smiths was Badly
Smith. and jeff G Davis was the Born
Fighter: Mitchell. who died at Hunts
Vile In 1852. was Geography Mitchell:
Custer. who graduated after the Civil
war a commenced, was a dashing
cavalry officer and was called Hand.
some Custer: the same may be said
Of Merritt. and, as everybody knows.
Colonel w. q. Cody Is Buffalo Bill.
There were a few obnoxious nick
names. hut cannot offend by present.
ing them.
OF Confederate commanders. stone
wall Jackson was the best and most
afecttonately known. I once made
trips in Egypt, Morocco and the HOLY
Land. and saw dozens of donkevs