Evening journal., 1915-03-15
New News Of Yesterday
How Grant Remembered
a Friend
BY Holland.

The late Gen. A. c. Chetlain, who was
captain of the Galena company OF vol
unteers which the then Capt. L. 5. Grant
drilled preparatory TO the company's de-
parture to Springfield, at the beginning
of the war, and which Capt. Grant ac-
companied from Galena to Springfield,
narrated to me some years ago many
very interesting anecdotes associated
with Grants Galena life and with his
early experiences st Springfield, ILL., be-
fore he obtained the command OF the
regiment. IL was with Capt. Chetlain
that Capt Grant roomed at the Spring
/ field Hotel while Grant was endeavoring
Nainly to secure eolOnefs commission
from Gov Richard Yates. Capt. Chet-
lain mentioned the names of some OF the
citizens of Galena with whom Grant was
I in friendly relations while he was
clerk in his fathers leather store. Ac-
cording to Capt. Chetlain, Grant was far
from the taciturn he became while in
command of the army. lie was in fact,
very talkative. He used TO have con-
versations with a lawyer named John a.
Rawlins, yho afterward served upon his
staff and whom Grant appointed MEM
Der Of his Cabinet.
Capt. Chetlain spoke particularly Of
one citizen of Galena who was mcr-
! chant, a man of about Grants age,
with whom Capt. Grant maintained
very friendly relations.
"Joe jones'" said Capt. Chetlan,
"was very able man in a certain linn
tied way. He was one of the men of
Galena who were confident that Capt.
Grant. if he had chance, would make
good record as a soldier.
"ln some way, do not remember eN-
actly how, Jones became acquainted with
Lincoln before Lincoln was nominated
for the Presidency. lie was very inlu-
ontial in Republican politics in North
western Illinois, and he was of great as
sistance to those who were undertaking
a campaign for the nomination Of Lin
coin for President
After Lincoln became President, he
appointed Jones to an important office
in Chicago and he used occasionally to
send for him so that lie could get good
information respecting political conli-
tions in Illinois. Lincoln lew that
Capt. Grant-then Gen. ant-and
Jones were old friends and they kept as
fully as possible III touch after Grant
began his career with the Union army.
zone day Jones got a confidential
communication from a friend who told
him that Lincoln was anxious to see
! him. 1t was shortly after Grants cam
paign in Eastern Tennessee Jones
81 went Immediately to Washington and
{ let Lincoln know that he was there. The
, President made an appointment and on
. time Jones was in the White House. lie
! was astonishcl at ile statement Lin
coin made to him for the President said
that since Grants yidPy in Eastern
Tennessee there had LCen . good deal of
talk about nominating Grant for Presl-
dent the fall of the following year. Lin
coin was satisfied he said. that Jones
would know whcthcc Grant mad any ann
bition for tha Presidency.
, "ln reply, Jones said that the Presi-
, dent need not have the slightest concern
r about that. for Grant had only one am
p bition and that was the early and suc-
g cessfu termination of the war Fur
| thermorc. he told the President that II
| any one ycuturcd to so to Gen. Grant
= TO suggest that lie permit his friends to
S begin campaign for his nomination for
{ the Presidency. Grant would crush that
\ effort instantly.
D "The President was much pleased
2 with this information, saying that he
felt if anybody knew what Grants dis
position was Jones was the man. From
that time on Lincoln dismissed any
thought of the possibility that Grant
s would be candidate for the Presidcn-
tial nomination in 1864 by the way
Grant did not forget Jones when he did
; boone Pre-, .ucnt in 1869. One of the
first things he did was TO nominate him
minister to Belgium"
= Copyright, 1915. by r. J. Edwards. Al
rights reserved)
s. Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell "Hov
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