The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-01-29

, reign OF King Edward come and GO
anu the accession OF King George the
F1tth. Charles the Fifth ruled in
France. Francis the First in Austria.
Frederick William the Third in Prus-
STA, Nicholas the First in Russia,
while Leo the Twelfth governed the
papal states. the Kingdom Of Italy not
yet having come into existence. The
united Kingdom OF Great Britain and
ireland had not yet a population OF
%4,oOO.OOo all told. No man who had
not served his country in some capaci-
" in the Revolutionary War had been
elevated To the Presidency of the
until 1913"
Lived Through Stirring Events.
Times and events in HIS own coun-
Try were no less stirring. and his part
In them was n marked one Kentucky
was a slave state at his birth. the con-
troVersy which was to hatch into a
great civil war was I'm the process of
incubation. I'm fact the CulIoms moved
10 Illinois TO be in a free state and
| OhlcdgO then was "A small village. The
elder Cullom was then a friend OF
l.incoln's recommending the struggling
backwoods lawyer to prospective eli
ents. Young Cullom's first recollec-
! ton Of the future war President was
under such circumstances. Scrapping
together the rudiments OF an educa-
ton gained by toiling over rough pri-
meval roads, he became successfully
a student at Mount Morris academy,
a country school teacher and law
yer. being admitted TO the bar at
Springfield in 1888.
Continuous Service Record.
When he became city attorney OF
Springfield he launched upon a polit-
/ ical career which. for a record OF un-
broken service. is unchalleEged as ex-
ceeding that Of any other American.
| Among hts first political experiences
was the novelty of being elected and
defeated at the same election. He was
/ elected to the legislature and defeatd
as an elector on the Fillmore ticket.
/ Then came the historic Lincoln and
Douglas debates and Cullom's inti-
/ mate association with Lincoln, whom
he followed into the ranks of the Re
publican party. He presided over the
] session Of the Illinois house at which,
! after Fort Sumter had been fred
upon, Stephen a. Douglas appeared
and made his dramatic plea for the
preservation OF the union. During the
] first part OF President Lincoln's sec
I ond term Mr.. Cullom came 10 the ma
| ttOnal house OF representatives and
/ began work which was practically
] interrupted only when he served two
terms as governor OF Illinois. Lincoln
was assassinated soon after Cullom
| entered Washington life and the
young legislator was a member OF the
committee that demaEdsd the return
OF the presidents body TO Springfield
] Then when the country began to re-
! cover from what seemed a final blow
and the reconstruction set IN with the
] IIhirty-ninth congress, Cullom began
/ his service with the Illinois delega-
I tion, and with such colleagues I'm con
! gress as Logan. Wentworth, Blaine.
/ Cnnkling and Hayes and Garfield,
/ both OF whom attained the presidency.
Nominated Grant.
After six years in the House. during
| which he had seen the impeachment
OF Andrew Johnson and taken part in
/ the making of a most critical period
OF American history, he returned TO
| Illinois vowing never again 70 take
/ office. only TO become speaker OF the
| legislature and later governor. Al
the Philadelphia convention he placed
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