Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10

MIN 70 write those lew thousand words,
the Emancipator probably weighed every
one on a musical scale He employed
them as full notes and half notes. He
would pronounce each word separately
and feel convinced of its necessity both
as to thought and style. BY the time
he finished sentence it would harbor
no contradictory thought or coarse note
The words were riveted together, so
that to strike out an adjective or syl-
liable would upset the thought and leave
a gaping hole in the sentence.
just before he left for Washington
he had the address set in plea type and
o few copies struck of. These he
guarded very carefully lest they fall into
the hands Of some INSCRIPTIONS person
and receive premature publication. In
formally, he was known to speak on the
issues he would discuss.
A plot to assassinate the President
elect a few days before the Inaugural
ton was frustrated by his friends. The
Emancipator could hardly believe there
were persons with evil designs on his
person and he felt extremely loath to
take precautions.
On the morning of February % tele-
graphic reports over the country told
how the PreSident-elect had made a
secret entrance into the Capital. It was
coup d'etat, executed on swift night
flight from Harrisburg, Pa. Baltimore
was considered dangerous territory for
the Emancipator. Gangs Of rufdans
there had announced their purpose of
putting an end to the prince OF Rails. :"
Numerous threats of counterplots,
secessions and revolutions caused terror
among his friends. Among those con-
cerned was S. NJ FELTON,, president Of
kt.a Tl,tfa r3aI,&faio ~ M iii
more Railway, who felt personal re-
sponsibility for getting Lincoln to the
Capital. Assisted by Allan Pinkerton,
the famous Chicago detective, FELTON,
stationed guards and Secret Service
correspondents along the right OF way.
The SleuthS uncovered undoubted evil
dence of plot to aSsassinate the
President-elect In Philadelphia, on the
night Of February 81, the party con-
vened In a hotel and notified the Chief
Executive of their fears.
"Your safety requires that you leave
Philadelphia tonight on the IL o'clock
follow the course suggested, you will
necessarily be subjected to the SCOTS
and sneers Of your enemies and dis
approval of your friends who cannot be
made to believe In a plot"
Rising from his seat, Lincoln an
swered: ST cannot 60 tonight. I have
promised to raise the flag over Inde-
pendence Hall tomorrow morning and
visit the Legislature at Harris5. Be-
yond that I hays - engagements. !"
with this fortitude he dismissed the
argument and cast his life in the har1s
of his friends-and unknown assassins.
" X \ y
FTER he left the conference, the
"a party went into an all-night session
and completed plans for a swift secret
Journey from Harrisburg to the Capital.
They adjourned at sunrise, agreed on
the following plan: That after the
Harrisburg reception, special train
consisting of baggage car and passenger
car should carry the President elect
back to Philadelphia, where Pinkerton
was to meet him with a private
carriage and convey him across the
city from one station to another.
Boarding sleeping car, the party
would roll out Of the city about mid
night. Telegraphic connections all
along the route we're severed until the
party passed; thus plotters found no
means of warning their fellows in adj
vance of the Presidents approach.
It was anything but triumphal entry
;; to the Capital. This secret journey did
not befit the man who wore the
laurels of resounding victory on his
brow. But from all possible angles IT
was the only way he could cross up
heaved soil in the free State of Mary
land. His friends regretted the neces-
sity for 1t, while his many enemies
made merry cracks and rejoiced.
BY Sunday morning, February "a, the
family was reunited in Washington.
They occupied second-aoor suite in
| the Willard Hotel, overlooking the
Pennsylvania avenue entrance. From
| his window the Emancipator could
| look out on the seething populace that
| thronged the thoroughfare anticipating
a glimpse of the famed railsplitter.
| Mrs. Lincoln's household was upset, she
had moved about so much, and she ex-
pressed her hopes for quick settlement
| in the Capital.
That same morning, the President
elect walked with his friend Seward to
DR.. Pyne's Episcopal Church. The
pastor read the usual prayers for the
President of the United States and
made an earnest petition for the in
coming administration. After service
Seward introduced Lincoln to some
| church friends and others on their
way back to the hotel, where they had
left Mrs. Lincoln.
| The incoming President handed
Seward copy Of his proposed inau-