THE OMAHA DAILY BEEs Sr&DAY , AITOTST 23 , 1800. LINCOLN'S ' MONEY METHODS Ridiculously Low Fees Charged for His Services at Court. SCOLDED BY THE CIRCUIT JUDGES IlliiNlrnlliiK Lincoln * * Imllf- ( eri-nri * In Money MnttrrN III * AllMI * H ( (111L'flC < > ( Mom1 } In ( CnpyrlRlit. W , \ > y 8. 8 McClme Cu.l The making nnil keeping of money was comcthlng which Abraham Lincoln's contemporaries - temporaries alwnys declared lie did not un derstand Ills Idea of tlio value of lilt ser vice In the law was so niodeit us sometimes to be ridiculous , while his scale of etpemll- turci was encompassed by the simple formu la spend no more than jou earn. In the day when he began the piactlco nt law fcts In Illinois were naturally much smaller than now , nnr did they nlways come In cash The fee book of Stuart and Lin coln show more than one entry of merchan dise. Nor dining the first 11 years of Lin coln's praUIco Old his fees matcilally In- crcas3 In 1817 he and lilt partner had only about Jl.KOO entered on tlielr hooks. 'Ihe largest Tee they received Unit jear was one of $100 $50 arc- not rare , but theie arc moro of $2U , more still of $10 , most of alt of $5 nnd even a few of } 3. But Lincoln's fees were us n rule smaller than his clients expected or his fellow law yers approved of. Mr. Abraham Bioltavv of Dloomlngton , 111. , tells the following story Illustrating Lincoln's Idiu of n pioper fee Ono of Mi1 Urokaw's neighbors had bor- lowcd about | 500 from him and Riven his note. When It became duo the man refused to pay. Action was In ought , and the sheriff levied on the properly of the dcbtoi and finally collected the entire debt ; but at about that time the HherllT was In need ot fund and used the money collected. When llrokaw demanded It from him he was un- nblo to pay It nnd was found to be Insol vent. Thereupon Broltaw employed Stephen A. Douglas to sue the sureties on the of ficial bond of the sheriff. Douglas brought the suit and soon collected the claim Hut Douglas WBH at that time In the midst of Ills campaign as a candidate for congress und the funds were used by him with the expectation of being able to pay llioltaw later. However , he neglected the mutter nnd went to Washington without making any settlement with Urokaw. llrokaw , al though a lifelong and aident democrat and a great admirer of Douglas , was a thrift ! ) German and did not piopose to lose sight of his money. After fruitlessly demandIng - Ing the money from Douglas IJroknw went to David Da\ls , then In general practice nt llloomlngton , told him the circumstances and asked him to undertake the collection of the money from Douglas. Davis protested that ho could not do It , that Douglas was a personal friend and a brother lavvjer and democrat and It would be very disagreeable for him to have an > thing to do with the matter. He finally said to Hrokaw , "You r/alt until the next term of court and Lin coin will bo here. He would like nothing liotter than to have this claim for collection I will Intioduce you to him and I have no doubt ho will undertake It. " Shortly after , Urokaw was presented to Lincoln , stated his case and engaged his services. Lincoln promptly wrote Douglas , still at Washington , that he had the claim for collection and must Insist upon prompt payment. Douglas , very Indignant , wrote directly to Drokaw that he thought the placing of the claim In Lincoln's hands n gross outrage , that he and Drokaw were old friends and democrats and that Drokaw ought not to place any such weapon In the hands of such an Aboli tionist opponent as Lincoln and If he could not wait' ' until Douglas returned lie should at least have placed the claim for collection In the hands of a democrat. Drokan's thrift again controlltd and he sent Douglas' lettei to Lincoln. Thereupon Lincoln placed the claim In the hands of "Long" John Wentworth -worth , then a democratic member of ion- Kress from Chicago. "Wcntworth called upon Douglas and Insisted upon payment , which shortly after was made , and Drokaw at last received his money. "And what do jou sup pose Lincoln charged me ? " Drokaw says In telling the story. After hearing a few jjuesses ho answers : "Ho charged mo ex actly $3 SO for collecting the nearly $ GOO ' Such charges were felt by the lawyers of the Klghth circuit with some reason , to be purely quixotic. They protested and argued , but Lincoln went on serenely charging what lie thought his services worth. Ward Lamon \vlio was one of Lincoln's numerous circuit partners , snys that he and Lincoln fre quently fell out on the matter of fees. On one occasion Lamon was particularly In censed , lie had charged and received a good sized fee for a case which the two had tried together and won. When Lamon of fered Lincoln his share he refused It. The fee was too laigc , ho said , part of It must be refunded and ho would not accept a cent until part of It had been refunded Judge Davis heard of this transaction. He was himself n shrewd money maker , never hesi tating to take all he could legally get and lie felt a natural disgust at the disinterested attitude of Lincoln on money. Calling Lin coln to him the judge scolded roundly. "You are pauperizing this court , Mr. Lincoln ; you are ruining > our fellows , Unless ) ou quit this ridiculous policy wo shall all have to KO to farming " Hut not oven the Ire of the bench moved Lincoln. Ho continued to try cases and accept Insignificant fees , even frc quently to refuse fees when his clients wert needy. Although so constantly engaged In politics he used little money for campaign purposes and frequently after election returned to the donois almost the full amount he hat received All of his expenses had been pro vided for In others ways he would say. flu heaviest drafts upon him for politics came Irj the yeais between 1850 and 1SCO , when lit was engaged In fighting Douglas nnd tin repeal of the Missouri compromise. Ho was so active In the campaigns , giving nearly nil his tlmo and force to politics thnt ha could not , of course , attend closely to Ills profession , The result was that ho was seriously cramped most of the time. In Kovember of 1808 , Just after the close of the sonatoilal canvass against Douglas , lie wrote the chairman of the state republican committee , who evidently wanted to ho helped out : "I am willing to pay according to my ability , but I am the poorest hand living to got others to pay. I have been on ex penses so long without earning nn ) thing that I am absolutely without money non for even household purposes Still , It jou can put In $250 for mo toward discharging the debt of the committee I will allow It when jnu and I settle the private matter between us. This , with what I have al ready paid , and with an outstanding note of mine , will exceed my subscription of $500 This , lee , Is exclusho of my ordinary ex ponsrs during the campaign , all of which being added to my loss of tlmo and business , lieara pretty heavily upon ono no better off In ( this ) world's goods tlinn I ; hut as I had thn post of honor It Is not for me to Lu over nice. " This stringency In money matters con tinued until his election to the presidency. When jam willing to make htm piesi'lmt , If ho put up a big enough num. 'ordered their services ho always plead poverty "I could not raise $10000 If It would save mu from the fate of Johu Drawn , " ho \vroto \ ono man. "Nor have my friends , 10 far as I know , yet reached the point of staking any money on my dunces of suc cess. " To another friend he wrote In regard to Mftcrs of assistance If a proper sum was put up. "Allow mo to say I cannot enter the rliiR on the money bails first because In tbo main. It Is wrong : and secondly , I have not and cannot get the money , 1 say In tie main the use of money Is wrong ; hut for certain objects In a political con test the use of some Is both right and In- dispensable. With me , as with > oursel ( , this long struggle has been ono of great pecu niary loss. I now distinctly say this. If you ulinll bo appointed a delegate to Chicago I will ftirntsh | | 00 to bear the expenses of the trip. " No man was moro generous with money when ho had it than Lincoln. It meant nothing to him sine aa a means with which io ulve pleasure and to accomplish ends am ! It flowed from his pocket ns freely ns good will did from hit kindly heart. His father's family was ono of the first to profit all their lives by his generosity. In fact It was dus to him that Thomas Lincoln kept htu little homo In Coles county , Illinois , until his death , and that his stepmother not or knew want He could , however , bo very stern with those of his relatives whom ho fell were shiftless and shirking. No moro sensible letters were ever written to a lazy and discontented man than those Lincoln wrote to his stepbrother John John ston , a ne'er-do-well whom ho had often assisted. "Your request for $ SO , " he wrote Johnston , who as usual wax broke and wanting help , "I do not think It best to comply with now At the various times when 1 have helped } ou a little you have said to me. 'We can get nlong very well now ; ' but In a very short time 1 find jou In the same difficulty again. Now , this can only happen by some defect In your conduct. What that defect Is I think I know. You are not lazy , and Mill you are an Idllcr. I doubt whether , since I saw you , jou have done n good whole daj's work In any one day. Yoji do not very much dislike to work , and still * " ' > L - - - J SX SOME OF LINCOLN'S CHECKS. jou do not work much , merely becaiibc1 It j docs not seem to you that jou could get much of It. This bablt of uselessly wastIng - | Ing time is the whole difficulty ; it i' , vastly ) Important to jou , and still more so to jour children , that jou should break the habit. It Is more Impoitant to them , because they have longer to live , and can keep out of an Idle habit , before they are in it , easier than they can get out after they are In "You are in need of some money ; and what I propose is that you shall go to woik , 1 'tooth and nail , ' for bomebodj who will give j-ou money for It. Let fathei and jour boys tnko charge of jour things nt home , prcpaie for a crop and make the crop , and jou go to work for the best money wages , or In discharge of any debt you owe , that you can get ; and , to secure jou a fair re ward for jour labor , I now piomibo jou that for every dollar jou will , between this and the first of May , get for your own labor , cither In money or as > jcur own in debtedness , I will then give jou ono other dollar. Hy this. If jou hhe jourselt at ? 10 a month , from me jou will get $10 more , making $20 a month for youi work. In this I do not mean jcu shall go off to St. Louis , or the lead mines , or the sold mines In Cali fornia , but I mean for jou to go nt It fo ; the best wages you can get close to homo In Coirs count } ' . Now , It jou will do this , jou will be &oon out of debt , and , what Is better , jou will have a habit that will keep jou from get ting In debt again. Hut , If I should now clear jou out of debt , next j'ear you would bo just as deep In ns over. You say jou would almost give jour place In heaven for $70 or $ SO. Then j-ou value jour place in heaven verj- cheap , for I am sure jou can , with the offer I make , get the $70 or JSO for four or five months' v/ork You gay If I will furnish jou the money j'ou will deed mo th" land , and If jou don't pay the money back jou will deliver possession Nonsense ! If jou can't now live with the land , how will you then llvo without If You have alwajs been kind to me and I do not mean to bo unkind to jou. On the contrary. If jou will but follow my advice , j'ou will find It worth more than eighty times SSO to jou ' Again ho wrote Johnston : "I learned that jou aio anxious to sell the land where jou live and move to Missouri I have been thinking of this over since and cannot but think such a notion Is utterly foolish What can jou do In Missouri better than here * Is the land any richer ? Can jou there nuj moro than here ralso corn nnd wheit ami oats without work' Will anjboily there , any more than hero , do jour work for jou" If jou Intend to RO to woik theio Is no bettei place than right where jou are ; If j-ou do not Intend to go to work jou cannot get along anywhere "Squirming and crawling about fiom place to place can do no geol You have raised no crops this jear ; and what jou really want Is to sell iho land got the money and spend It. Part with the land jou have and , my life upon It , you will never after own n spot big enough to limy you In. Half you will get for the land you will spend in moving to Mis Hourl , and the other half you will eat , drink and wear out , and no foot of land will be bought Now , I feel It my duty to Ime no Imnd In Btich a plt-co of foolery I feel that It U so even on jour own account and particularly on mother's account. The erstern fortv acres I Intend to keep for mother while she lives ; If yon will not cultivate1 It , it will rent for enough to sup port her at least It will rent for something. Her dower In the other two foitles she ran lot you have and no thnnks to me. Now do not misunderstand this letter ; I dn not write It In any unklmlness. Irlto I It IP order. If possible , to get you to faoj ibr truth , which truth Is , jou are di'stltuu be cause jou have Idled away all your time. Your thousand pretenses for not getting along better nro nil nonsense ; they do- celvo nobod ) but joursclf Co to work Is the only cine for your case" Whl'o ' Lincoln provided on his swall in come fnr his family and helprd n goodly number of his relatives he never c-xcused himself because of these duties from aid ing any friend poorer than himself , IIT did he lefiMi to respond to the 'alia of the ilc' < and unfortunate , which , parti su- . larly oftJ' his election to the presidency , I were 'QrejEant. Among his papers die many evidences of his practical nympatnv I for -hnjo whu had appealed to him. Many of his rr&ponbcs were as quntnt as tlu-yj were SdnJly , for Instance , the fol'nwl'ig "lift" t'lvn In 1858 , when he was In ihe | very hilt of the Lincoln and DoiiKl'ia ' de bates ; My old friend , Henry Clew , the bearer of this , Is In a Btralt for eorae furniture to commence housekeeping. If any person will furnish him $25 worth and he does not pay for It by the first of January next I will , A. LINCOLN. September 25 , 1858. The sequel to the above is contained In tbo following : "UHBANA. Feb. 16 , 1S5D. Hon. A. Lin coln , Springfield , 111. : My Dear Friend I herewith Inclose jour order which jou gave jour friend , Henry Clew. You will please send ino a draft for the BBUIO and oblige yours. S. LITTLE. " Touching evldencci ot Lincoln' * helpful ness are found In his bank cheques. A number of those almost humorously sug gestive have been secured by collectors and we reproduce throe here through the cour tesy of their owners , Mr. 11. It. Officer ot Denver , Cole , and Mr. Trank Officer of Kranklln , Pa. One can see the picture the "one-legged colored man , " a soldier , per haps , seeking the president with his story ot woe , the great melancholy eyes growing tender and kindly as ho listened , the look of amused appreciation of the cheque ho wrote , "pay to one-legged colored man , " the grateful negro , the friendly goodby. Few men have ever left behind them so true and delicate proofs of their gentle com passion , of their sense of humor as those Abraham Lincoln left on his bank cheque. Indeed In his making and handling of money wo have the man's whole character , his modest estimate of his own services ; his obstinate refusal to accept any advantage of which his sense of Justice did not ap prove , his wholly unselfish use of what ho had , his conviction that all he had a right to spend In this world was what ho felt he had earned by a diligent practice of his profession. This Is not Ihe "successful man's" standpoint , to bo sure , but if It vve"e the general practice of the world It Is pro > - able that many of the financial problen s of society would dlsappesr. Pope Leo XIII Is the oldest bishop now living. There nro at present thlitcen Unitarian churches In Iowa , as against seven four jears ago. Archbishop Benson of Canterbury Is 07 jears of age. He has been a bishop nine teen years. The Scotchtown Prosbj-terlan church , Or ange county , N. J. , recently celebrated Its 100th annlversarj1. The queen of Sweden belongs to the Salva tion army and sometimes wears the charac teristic garb In public. The African Methodist Episcopal church requhes every preacher in the annual con ferences to subscilbe and pay for a church papci before his character can be passed. The total receipts of the Southern Picsby terlan chuich for the past jear were ? l,53o- DS3. as against $1.830.126 last jear , and $1.913DSO in 1S93 , nnd 535 churches did not contribute to any cause. On a recent Sunday in a church In Dublin the choir was strrtled duiiiu ; the singing of the psalm by the appearance of the oigan blower's head , who shouted out , "Sing like blazes ; the bellows Is bubted ! " Heniy M. 'Stanley ' Is quoted ns siyln ? "When I was at Lake Victoria eighteen jcais ago there was not a missionary there now theie aio 40,000 Christians and 200 churches The natives are enthusiastic con verts , rml spend their last penny to acquire a bible " Cardinal Vaughan , since his appointment as Cardinal Manning's successor In London IMS cmplojed a number of Roman Catholic laymen as lecturers In the public parks and open spaces. The new movement U undei the direction of the cardinal's brother. The lecturers are men of education , and are for the most part drawn from the ranks of the legal and other piofcsslons. It Is reported that the publishers of tin late Charles II. Spurgeon's seimons have re ceived from the Spin goon Mcmoiial Sermon society , which distiibutca homilies ns lorn tracts , an older for 1.000.000 discourses The weekly publication of these sermons , which has continued without a break for forty-one jears , Is truly described as ono of the amaz ing literary successes of the century. 1he > Hcv G. W. Fnmson , who dropped dead In New Yoik recently , figured In a very sensational Incident dm Ing war times Ho was then pastor of a Uaptht church on M street Washington He ojmpathizpil with the bouth , und ho cpoko his beliefs boldly So persistent was ho In declaring his opln Ions that the matter wns brought to the at tention of Secretary Stanton. The latter , desiring to offset the effect of the preacher s utterances , ordered htm to hoist flio Amer ican flag upon his church. For many years Mr. Samson < ' , as president of Columbian college - lego and pastor of the E Sticet Dapttat church He left Washington twenty yea's ago. For the past fifteen jcara ho has been president of Hutger's Female college. Mr Samson was SO jtars old at Iho time of his death. TIII : r.innii.s OK Harpers VVor'Kly. Why lull against the rndtnnt summer sun LVcuuse It In'iitH too baiHlily on Homo cluya , IU cause It brings not joy to evuiyono. Nor i.jC'HL'e , nor comfort to nil human vvnj'.s ; lii-enu o with midden potencies It beats Upon Iho city In death-burdened heats' . ' What season of the yonr has not ltd sting ? Winter H glorious , jot inaj' frocvo the heart : There IH subtle poison in the breath of And autumn harbors an envenomed dart ; Ji.u.'h IIIIM HH charm , each feels Its own desire sire- . As every boul Ita own Imperious lire. ThehO diij'8 of summer nro so rich with bloom , So Hvve-et with perfumes of the ( lowers nnd trees , So wonderful with starlights hazed In Kloom , So full of tnj'Htety on melodious sens , So tender , dreamful , with bird-haunted noons And bongs of weft vvliula under yellow moons , That wo who llvo them with lovo-llghted souls , Gather their Hweetneus to ourselves and Brow Hej'ond the commonplace of common goals , Bejond the dull restraints that all men know , And wo nro thrilled with n divining sense Of love and It a supreme omnipotence , Now earth seems like a garden where our thought DloHsoms anew In fresh and tender gul e. Where beaut y has the power of llfo full w rough t , And youth sees far with wldo. enchanted eyes , And where the air Is scented au It flows With fragrance of the Jasmine and the rose. Tor 40 years Cook's Imperial Champagne ( Extra Dry ) has been on the market. Once used never discarded iHCT1 Personalty and MetHi'dl'of Grcnt Political T 1 ' ' 'I' OME OLD-TIME PRESIDENTIAL CONTESTS Wo mlr fill tlcti Win ) lln MitiuiKccl the I'olHIriil t'oi-niiK-H of Nti- tliunil 'Ilc'U 'l fn I4nmoim ( " 11111- of VrnrN' ( iiinu 11 } . ( Copjrkht 1 1 < ! ) WASHINGTON , Aug. 21. Campaign man agers , now so essential a feature of our pol itico , played small part In the presidential contests of forty jears ago. Indeed , the campaign manager as Wo now know him , first appeared In the two canvasses which resulted In the election of Lincoln. Doth In 1SCO and 1SG4 Edwin I ) . Morgan , later governor of and United States senator from New York , managed the republican cam paigns , Ho was a successful business man and introduced Into politics the careful and systematic methods which have since made campaigning almost an exact science. Marshall Jewell , who succeeded Morgan as chairman of Iho republican national com mittee , wns n rather puerile politician , but he was one of the most successful money gettcis of his party. Ho could squeeze n subscription , nnd n good one , too , nut of Shjlock himself. Ho had the Insinuating art to a high degree , and a knack of Im pressing on a bank account that that bank account was doing Itself the very greatest favor In the world by contilbutlng a part of itself to the committee Jewell represented Ho never bored iiujbodj- , but ho had n way of making a man feel that he would be very much ashamed of himself if ho did not give , and veiy much pleased with himself if he did. And so , when .leuell started out on one of hta little subscription trips , It was understood by the committee that he would come back with a handsome credit Hut this accomplishment of Jewell's had some drawbacks. He had n vanity about this ( nullification which would have been amusing had it not bocn i other danger ous , for he would come back to the com mittee rooms with boyish glee , and with out rccollectlnj ; that committee- room walls have very long cars , would be likely to blurt right out the story of hU successes In 1SSO , when the republicans determined to run Gnrfleld on n money basis It was regarded as absolutely essential that Jew ell should bo at the head of the committee , but the managers clipped his wings , much to his grief v , hen he found It out , by ap pointing an executive commlfieo that went on with the work at spending the moi'cj' ho and otheis had raised as oblivious of Jewell as though he was in China. August Bclmant , cliaiinian of the demo cratic national committee in the years Im mediately following the war , was a vciy dllfcicnt man from Jewell , icserved , secre tive and a diplomat by nature. Dclmont had the harder task tf the two Ills party was In a hopeless minority In the north and In a dlsorginbcd cdndltlbn In the south. Thlb made It almost Impossible for Mr. Belmont to keep Ui the semblance of an organization. The political methods which had formerly been In 'vogue would have been useless If he had adopted them , and there Is but little doubt that ,1113 , position as a financier he was a banker of International repute and his ability t& conduct a cam paign In a perfectly honorable way , but on a financial babts , did moie than anjfhlng ' else to hold the democratic ! organization together until by changes IH , public sentiment it became a powerful organization. However , Mi. Dclmont found politics a costly diver sion. There was a widespread notion th t the ilch banker could afford to contribute liberally , and so had to take as contribu tions of ethers many promises to pay which were never kept. HV'haU'tb take a great dec I cf abuse , and got' little thanks and no recognition after his party came into pox.ci. In 1S72 the late Augustus Schcll , long a leader of Tammany Hall , was at the head of the democratic national committee. He was a man of great ability and ripe cx- peilcncc , but he led a cause foiedoomcd to defeat. In the campaign of 137(1 ( two n-asters of political stiatcgy , Samuel 3 llldcn and Zachailah Chandler , were plttel against each other. Abram S. Hewitt was Mr. Tllden's peiconal representative , but M. . Illdcn himself supervised and di rected evciy Important detail of his canvass , vass. Chandler , who opposed him , wrs one of the greatest political ccneials of his time and his management of Hayes1 canvass Is ono of the most stirring chapters of American political history To a large extent he established the campaign methods of the present daj , and such leaders as QuajHi Ice , Gorman and Caiter brve merely followed In his foot steps Chandler was a native of New England , and had all the personal charac- tcilstics of the ahrevvd Yankee , combined with the experience1 Incident to a busi ness struggle In Michigan at the time when that stiito was near the frontier Hi3 buslnc-33 tact brought him much wealth nnd Influence , and these , combined with aggressiveness and an Intense party spirit , made him the dominating Influence In Illchlgan politics during war daya , Dining the period of leconatnictlon Chandler was one of the fighting senatois , and It was his pugnacity that led him to be chosen chairman of the national com mittee to run the llajes campaign. In this capacity he was at hla best. He wns a man of surprises , as the subsequent de velopments piovcd. No one had before thought of bieaking the solid boutli. In tnct no attention wns being paid to the south , as it was supposed to be nurely dunociatlc. The whole country was watch ing the doubtful states New Yoik , New Jcissy , Indiana and Connecticut. On elec tion night one after another of thesf doubtful states swung Into line for Tlldcn. . The no , with the solid south , elected Tlldun , so that nt midnight people went to bed and considered the tlglit over. Dut nn bom later Chandler gave the picas associations tbo following signed dlfapatch , v/hlch has become historic1 "Hutherfoul 1) ) Hayes has iccclved 1S5 electoral votes and la elected. " No details were glvpu. Chandler simply imulo the broad claim of votes enough to elect , nnd left to conjecture where they were to come from. It soon developed that while- everybody had been watching the doubtful states , Chandler had kept his eye on Florida , South Carolina and Louisiana. Then fame , the memorable stiugglo over these states Without go ing Into Its merits'It is'sufficient to show Chandler's foresights toi'ttato ' that In the end Hayes received ) 1 $ $ electoral votes , exactly the number Cha/ullei / had claimed on the night of tlio U/ectlon. / when 'Ill- den's success Bccmei curtain. William E Chandler of New Hampshire , as secretary of the republican national committee , was also a leading' actor In the events v/hlch led up to the sontlng of Hayes. Don Cameron BJiccflpded the eldei Chandler as chairman of the icpublican national committee'Ahd'As ' such called to gether the conveiitlcvii which nominated Gaifleld , Ho did not .spne as campaign manager , however , liut' tinned OUT his work to Senator Fafiltl of Minnesota Senator Sabln was lamlnethodlcal worker , but his management vjas not marked by any conspicuous brllllanty. Indeed , the ablest of the republican managers in 1SSO was Senator Dorsey , , of Arkansas , Dor- sey managed the campaign In Indiana , which was thrn an October state. Garfield - field was a member of the Campbelllle sect , and that church was adroitly used by Dorsey to Insure republican success In Indiana. Where a Camphelltte church that represented a largo number of voters was found In debt the debt was promptj ! paid , and where a community was found with a good number of Campbelllto voters without a church , liberal contribution * were made toward building one , especially If the voters were democrats. Hy these and other means Dorsey mada the lonely way of the Campbelllto and there were about 5.000 of them In the state so pleasant that Indiana , both at the October ind November elections , gave handsome ma- orltles for the republican candidates. His work In the state and city of Now York wan lot less effective. When ho returned from the west , four weeks before the election. both seemed lost to his party. Hut by the use of the methods which he had Introduced so successfully In Indiana a new face was speedily placed on affairs , nd New York Kavo a majority of 25,000 for Garfleld It has often been paid that Dorscy changed the probable result In that state by a secret understanding with John Kelly , then the loader of Tammany Hall , but the former stoutly atllrms that there Is not a grain of truth In this charsc. As a matter of fact , those who knew Kelly know thai ho never made a trade or deal In his llfo that he did not make In open convention. Pitted against Dorscy In the campaign of 1S80 was William 11 Darnum ot Connecticut. Darnum had helped to manage the Tlldcn campaign , but It wns not until Hancock was nominated that he took supreme com mand. Already ho wns popularly known as "Mules" Darnum , from the dispatch as cribed to him at a critical juncture of the campaign , suggesting "Day more mules. " Darnum was n born fighter. He not only set forth the gooj qualities of his own can didate , but he adopted the tactics of per sonal warfare on the opposition Ills cam paign book In ISbO was ono of the most vitriolic publications of Its kind over Issued. It gave such questions as the tariff jnnd finance onlj1 passing mention , the bulk of the book being given up to a bitter arraignment of Garfield In connection with the Credit Moblller , "Sal ary Grab , " Pacific Mall contracts , "Doss" Shepherd and the pav Ing ring of Wash ington. These tactics , however , did not lead to success and have been emplojed In but one subsequent campaign. In 1SS1 Ilenjamln F. Jones was the nomi nal leader of the republican foices , with melancholy personal consequences , for nt the end of the campaign he had to make good committee debts amounting to more than $100,000. However , the real leaders of the Dlalne canvass were Stephen D. Elklns nnd Joseph It. Mauley. They put up n splendid fight , and It was not their fault that Dlalne was beaten. At this tlmo GariM A Hobait pushed to the front aa a campaign manager. In the cam paign ot 1SS4 Darnum was again at the head oi1 the democratic national committee , and , with Senator Aithui P Gorman as his chief lieutenant , continued his policy of bitter peiional attacks on the enemy It was a campaign memorable for the airing of the Mulligan letters , and other un- sivoiy chapters of pcisonal history The Durchard Incident seivcd ns a climax to that hot campaign' and though unexpected , served as one of the most effective features of the cam ass Dlalne hlnihclt declared that the Din chard Incident caused his de feat. ' nut It would probably be nearer the truth to say that this event was due In chief measure to the ability and energy of William C. Whitney , who , though not a member of the national democratic com mittee , was Cleveland's personal represent ative in the campaign. What a stor > Whitney , if ho were so Inclined , could tell of those eventful months' ' On two separate occasions liarnum and Gorman threatened to close the committee looma and go home. Doth felt that the battle was lost It seemed certain that Cleveland was defeated. There was no money to be had They absolutely did not have fundJ enough to pay their stenographers , their telegraphers and their stationery bills. In both ot these cilscs Whitney was appealed to , and with success. His personal contri butions to the campaign funds amounted to many thousands of dollars. When desiring- to ralso money he led the list with a handsome sum and then called upon others to follow his example. And he had his reward in the election of his chief. Whit ney's appointment a little later as secre tary of the navy was a burprlso to the general public , but not to those familiar with the inner history of the campaign I have been dcscilblnc. In I8S8 Senator Matthew S Quay , as chairman of the republican national and executive committees , ( list gave proof in other than n local field ot his abilities as a political strategist. A keen , able , method ical man , who has made politics his life studj- . Quay does not believe In a speaking campaign , or In meetings to listen to speeches. His methods are "practical , " and when ho essajed the election of Harri son ho found the weapons of warfare al- icrdy foiged for his use. His ready em ployment of them was evidenced when the well-remembered Foster "frjlng-thc- " "blocks-of-flve" letters fat" and the Dudley - - became public The fat frying letter , which \\aa sent to large conceins which enjojed the benefits of proteclion , has become his toric among politicians , and a few months ago Senator Chandlci referred to It in con nection with his analgnment of Mark Hanna , and the methods adopted in be half of McKinley. It was eclipsed in In terest , however , by the lottcr which came out a short tlmo after , signed by Colonel Dudley , ticaaurcrof the national committee which had been sent to the political work ers of Indiana , This was known ns the "blocks-of-fivo" letter. Quay's chief aide In the campaign was James S. ClarKson of Iowa. The peisonul representative of Can didate Harrison was Colonel John C. Now of Indiana , an editor and a politician of long experience. Later Harrison gave him the ilpcst plum at his disposal , the consul generalship at London , but Quay and Dud ley were left out In the cold , and Clarkson failed to get what ho wanted a place in the cabinet. Candidates , like republics , arc sometimes ungrateful. In the campaign of 1888 Calvin S. Drico of Ohio also came to the fiont as a cam paign manager , Darnum continued to be chairman of the democratic national com mittee , but Drlce wat made chaliman of the campaign committee , and , as such , did the moro active woik. Eaily In the can- vrsa ho called together at Chicago the chad men of the several state committees of the west and organUed a plan of west ern campaign. It was the first time that organl/atlon had been attempted outside of Now York. Dilce , however , niado his head quarters in New York , and brought to the campaign woik all the energy und audacltj which has mrdo him a prince of the rail- load fraternity. Diico's methods failed to elect his can didate but they were as costly as they were brilliant and when the battle wan over ho mpdo good from his own pocket committee debts amounting to something like $500,000 Other membois of the donibcratlc campaign committee In 1888 were Aithur Sowall of Maine , Arthur P , Gormnii of Maryland , John S Daibo-ir uf Virginia and William L Scott , The last mined was Hrlco's chief lleuten- rnt , and ponied out his money like water for what pioved to bo a losing cause , In 1SSS AVhltney was again active In Cleve land's behalf , and I have It from good au thority that ho contiUnited fiom his own funds no less a uum than $250,000 for the campaign , which icsulted , as the French say , "as a stroke of a sword In the water. " The campaign of 1802 brought to the front a new net of men , haidly known be- jond the borders of their own states Wil liam F. Harrlly , who bo ably managed Cleveland's canvaBH , waa , until chosen chairman of the democratic national com mittee , a Pcnnsjlvanla politician of strictj ) local repute , and Thomas II Carter , who brought to Harrison's campaign a coocl deal of western dash and hiowdncss , had had no experience as a picsldeiit maker before ho was made chairman ot the icpubllcan national committee , after at least a dozen men had de-dined the place. Thin year Mr. Hanlty is "out of polities. " IIIH i.ovnit i M > iiivrooi ) . 1llKsl\i > from a VnIII | Who Cmililn'l AVrllccJ 'cl 3 > i > lii < 'i-iir < tl > r , A Lancashire lady has been relating a lather pretty story about a factory girl's way of answering a marriage proposal made to her , sajs Pearson's Weekly. " 'Iho joung woman could not write or rood writing , and ono day the hi ought F. letter to me to read to her. It contained an offer of marriage. "I happened to know that the writer was a deserving joung artisan , so I said to her 'Now , you must consider this matter very cerlouslj' , and If jou llko to coma to mo when you have made up jour mind 1 will w rlto n reply for you ' "A day or two afterward I met the girl again and asked her If she wanted mo to answer the letter for her 'Oh , that Is all right , ' eald she , looking radiant and pleased 'I've ( settled U. I answered It myself' ' "Why , how did you do U ? ' I asked , "And then she told mo that tlio could make a capital 'I , ' and that ahe stuck on the paper a piece of wool after it for ' ' ' ' " 'wull' 'I wool. Theories of cure may be rtuscussed at length by physicians ) , but the sufferers want quick relief ; and Ono Minute Cough Cure will give U to them A safe euro for chil dren. It U "the only harmless remedy that produces Immediate results. " [ LEADING MEN OF THE LAW Distinguished Jurists nt the Mooting of tbo American BUT Association. NOTABLE VISITORS FROM BEYOND THE SEA The HNIory , Aim * mill 1'rroiiniirl f \KinoliilliinA Mliilit } I'imrr In .simiiliiK I lie lclHlalluii | of ( lie Coutitr ) . SAUATOOA , N. Y. , Aug. 21. ( Coucspond- ence of The lice ) Meetings of technical and professional societies , though national In scope , do , not , as n rule , command wide at tention outside the paitlculnr crafts which they are supposed to repicsetit. The con vention habit has become ( o thorough ! ) a pnit of our American cixlll : itlon , every trade , calling or Intcirst having now Its peculiar guild , that the assemblage of one of these Is looked upon as a matter of course , and designed only to Intelest Us membership ' caslonally , however , some Incident out of the ordinary maiks the otherwise prosy dellbeialloni of ono of these meetings , and gives It the chaiactcr of a national event. The session of the American liar association , which has just come to a close nt Saiatoga , has acquired some such Impoitanco through the presence and paitlcipatlon In its pro ceedings of Lord Chief Justice Hussell of England. Iholsit to our shores of one so distinguished would at anj time nt- tiact great attention. Just nt this pcilod when out icliitloni with Hiigland nro bo much inoio trained than usual It bus an added rlgnlllcanco. In spite of disputes over llshci les and boundarle , of bellicose dip lomatic messages and hostile pi ess mani festoes , the relations between the bar of England and that of Amcilca have remalnc 1 most coidlal. Last je.u Sir Kiederlck 1'ollock , the most eminent living KIIK- llsh law wtltct , was the piin- clpal speaker at an anniversary of the Harvard Law school. In ISfcJ Lord Chief Justice Coleildrjo. the piedeecssor of Lord Hussell , traveled extensively In America nnd between the two dates labt mimed , Mr. James llrjcc , who , though best known as a historian , Is , nevertheless , a juilst of high lank , was a ficqilcnt visitor to our bhoies while collecting material for that epoch-making woik on the "Ameil- can Commonwealth " The icciptlon ac corded these men by their professional biethrcn In America has demonstrated that the luwjers of the two countilcs , as the Interpreters of a common system of juris- pindence , iccogulze in that fact a stiong bond of union. The iccent Saratoga meet ing has done much to biing this sentiment to the attention of the general public. Moreover , the peisonalltj of Lord Hussell is such as would naturally attiact wide attention Probabl > the most eminent piactltloncr In England , his prominence In such spectacular causes as Iho I'arncll trial sccuied him a fame which was baldly heightened by his recent piomolion to the chief jiibtlco's seat. The fact , also , that ho Is not an Englishman bv birth , but a x-itlvo of Ireland , and a Italian Catholic the first of that faith hince the reformation and of that race ut any tlmo , to hold his high onice , lends an added Interest to his career , anil so It hns happened that the presence of this distinguished guest has drawn popular attention to the session during Iho past week at Saratoga , and more laymen than ever before have probably been led to inquire what the American liar Asso ciation is and why It exists ITS PERSONNEL The Ameilcan Bar association Is not a body composed of all the lawyers of the United States , or even a considerable fiac- tion of them. Its nominal membership has never exceeded 1,100 out of a total of per haps 30,000 American lawyers , and its ac- tlvo membership Is much smaller. But what it has lacked in members It has made up in quality. Ever since the asso ciation was formed , Its membership has Included the Ilower of the Ameilcan bar Among Its presidents have been the most eminent of the bench and bar of this generation , such for example as Thomas M Cooley , David Dudley Field , John K Dillon and James C. Carter with others whose icp- utatlon have been professional rather than popular. Its leading spirits have always been men who , though distinguished foi success at the bar , have nevertheless be Moved that their calling was not a meic money-getting trade ; that law bus Its sclcn tide and altruistic as well as its practical side ; that in the adminlstiatlon of justice there arc evils to be remedied and re forms to be undertaken which are best known to the lawyer ; and that upon the bar as a great social Institution , endowed with unusual privileges , rests the obligation of rendering society some service In return. Of late years and since the formation of the "flection of legal education , " the profes sors In the leading law schools of the coun try have constituted an Important element in the membership and their presence has tended constantly to make the absoclatlon moro scientific in character. Papers have been presented befoio recent meetings of the abbociatlon by such men as Profs. Thajcr of Harvard and Wigmore of Chicago , which would do credit to a society of European savants. There hab also been added lately a section of patent law. The qualifications for admission to the association include five jcarfa' membership , In good standing , of the bar of borne state. ITS IIISTOHY. The association was organized In 1S7S. Numerous local and state bar associations woio in existence at the tlmo In dlffeicnt pails of the country and were effective enough in their own bpheies. The new as sociation was formed not as a rival of these , but to co-operate with and supplement them , Tim initial meeting was held at Saratoga and for the next ten jears the association contlnmd to meet there. Since then It has alternated between Saratoga and some laiger city. In 18S9 , going west for the first tlmo , It met nt Chicago , In 1S91 at Doston , during the World's fair at Milwaukee , and last year at Detroit. Kffoits have been made to abandon the plan of alternately meeting at Saiutoga , but the attractions of that place at the season when the association meets , together with Its nearness to New York City , where BO many of the incmbein reside , have liei.ii sufficient thus far to continue the cus tom. In 188S u rival was formed In the "Na tional liar association , " which was a repre sentative body composed of delegates from Htuto and local societies. Hut this was only short-lived nnd the American Bar associa tion occupies the entire field todaj excepting pobblbly thu organl/atlon which met In Omaha last month and which was foimcd for quite distinct purposes. Such Is a hi let outline of the personnel and history of the American Dar association. It may be Inteiestlng now to consider what It has accomplished In the eighteen yeais of its existence. Its constitution de clares the objects of the absoclatlon to be "To advance the science of jurisprudence promote the administration of justice and uniformity of legislation throughout thu union ; uphold the honor of the profession til the law , and encourage cordial Intercourse among the members of the American liar" A brief consideration will show that sub- Htatitlal progress has been madu toward the accomplishment of these Important ends In the Ilrst place , the association lias done much to raise the standard of legal learning in the United States. The mil ) , jecls discussed at Us meetings range be- voml merely technical lines and Include such topics as Roman Law , Comparative Jurisprudence , History of Law , etc. The papers read before the association are usu ally of a high grade and Its eighteen vol umes of published reports are a repository of judicial knowledge , not always oUewhero accessible Ono of the notable features of every meeting Is the president1 ! ! resume of the jear's legislation In the different states and In congress. In the hands of a president like Judge Dillon , or Mr. Carter , this becomes - comes at olico an exhaustive rovlow and a masterly criticism of current American legal history , and there Is probably no better source for ascertaining the character of the enactments of a particular year The association has a number of standing committees through which Its various ob jects are promoted and these are expected to Uo their work during the jear and report at the annual meeting. Among these la a committee on "jurisprudent and law ro- fonn , " and another ou "Ict'ul education and ' admission to the liar" Thn latter , In conjunction with the ' srcllon of legal edit * cntlon , ' hns already dona tmirlt to Impiovo ! the methods of Instruction In law schools And both hove contributed largely to the movement for raising the simulants nt ad mission to the b.ir In which our o\\n Mslo has been among the latest to join , Thcro Is also a stftiidlni ; commltlce on "law report- Ing" which Is at work on plans to unify and Improve the methods tif publishing de cisions of thn courts of IAS ! resort , and there Is a special committee on the "classification of the law , " to which Is committed the task of reducing to a moro oidorlj and convenient arrangement , \vlut has been called "The lawless science of our law , The codrlcss mjrlad of precedent. " SHAPING LKfilSLATION So much for what ma > be termed the acftil- mile work of the American llai association. Hut It has also exerted an Influence In shap ing leglblatlon which , considering Its Inlet existence nnd the difficulties attending such a task has be'eii far from Inconsequential Ono of tl.e n oat notnblo Ur.ls ntlve change i In our recent legal hlstorj was the act of conKrcss of 1S91. which ctcntctl the federal courts of appeals Prior to this act the su- pi erne coutt , which was then the only court of ultimate appeal In the federal judiciary was lloodod w lth appeals , often of n dilatory natuic , fimu every stale and terrltoiy Ita docket was ars behind , nnd the delay re sulting thercfiom frequently amounted to it dental of justice. This was a situation which wns , of course , most famlllni to law- 5crs , though they WCHI fni fiom bolng the chief siifiereis The general public knew lit tle of thr rnnd \ \ had It been nhllgod to wait until there was n popular demand for lefoim , the remedy might have been dp- la > od for a generation Iho Ameilcan liar association hero found an opportunity for its special work. As early ns 18S2 meas- uies for the relief of Iho BUprrme court were dlsiusscd at Its meetings , and n hill pro viding for Intermediate courts wns finally agreed upon and recommended to congress. This was Intioduci'd by Seimtoi Evorts , an active member of Iho association , nnd became - came a law In practically the same form as recommended And toduj , thanks to the inembeia of this assoelntoln. It Is possible for n litigant in the fe'deinl supreme court to have his CIEO submitted nnd decided at the s.imo term , while In each of the nlno circuits into which the country Is divided there exists n special Mint of nppealH In which cruises may be brought not lota speedily to u teiinitiation. UNIFOK.M STATE LAWS. Another Held In which the association has beeir nt work for s > ome tlmo nnd In which , despite many obstacles. It is slcnly achiev ing MICCCSS , Is that of bringing about greater uniformity In the laws of the dlllerent states pertaining to matters of every day business , such as the presentment and protest of negotiable paper , the formal execution of deeds und also In the granting of divorces. In respect to these mattcis our country Is too much lllo-j pro-revolutionary Franco where every petty province had its Inde pendent Ic-gal s > stem Our Nobiaska laws , for example , requite two witnesses for a will and only one for a deed , but we might cioss the Missouri river and Und the icquiie- mcnls reversed , and this too on a vital point. No business man Is safe In acting , and no lawjci In advising In such matters In reliance upon his knowledge of the laws of his own state. Yet there Is no reason why merelj foimal rcquliements of this Kind should not he identical In every state so that a business man from Maine , knowing something of Its laws would be &afo In exe cuting a deed in Texas. But these are matters which do not fall within the legis lative powers of congress and lie who would change them must peisuado not ono legis lature , but forty-eight. To this task the American Dar association is now committed. One of Its permanent committees has drafted a uniform statute covering subjects Ilka those above enumerated , and already In the eastern states , great progress has been made toward Its adop'ion , nnd whllo a reform of this character Is subject to enormous dltn- ultlcs and is necessarily slow of accomplish ment , still the association may fairly bo said to have Inaugurated a great legal re form , which had it been left for tbo agita tor and the platform-maker , would liavo been ono of the dreams of the tndcllnlto fu ture. ture.Much Much more might be written of the past achievements of the American Dar associa tion. Perhaps enough lias been said to Indi cate Its real position as a factor In Ameilcan civilisation. Llko Its fellows and co-la- boiers , the American Economic association and the Ameilcan Social Science association , It is helping to bring to the .solution of tha great piohlcms of society and government , the best thought of our tlmo. Such an organisation can hardly be devoid of Inter est to an > one , howc\er far removed from law and lawjcrs , who is interested in thu ever-changing jet over-repeated story of civic projirebs. This much for the general chaiacter and alms of the Ameilcan liar association. I shall attempt In another aitlcle to give moro of the details of the iccent Saratoga meet ing , at whose proceedings I wns an interested attendant. CHAHLES S. LOHINGIEIl. a Don't tilde away tlmo when you have cholera morbiis or diarrhoea , right them In Iho beginning with DeWltt's Colic and Chol- eia Cure. You don't have to wait for ic- sults , they are instantaneous , and It leavci the bowels In a healthy condition. The fact that eight hours IB a day's work In most of the building trades probably saved the lives of thousands of workmen dur ing the St Louis tornado , which occured bo- twccn S and C o'clock In the afternoon , just after the men had left their work. 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