THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: Till DAY, EE BR U A BY 15, 1901.
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HOPKINS' MOOD ANGERS THEM
Betis LatUrs Curing Guiiom Hour Dbate
That Embarrisi Democrats.
FIRES A CENTER SHOT AT RICHARDSON
Frndncrn an Olil RplMlr (ram Hip
Tfnni-Mrr I.rndrr Tlint .Hhnirs
Hepburn' Letter to llnvc
Had a Precedent.
WASHINGTON', Feb. H.-The events In
connection with tho sale of the otd New
York custom house to tho National City
bank, which heretofore him been tho sub
ject of much comment, occupied the center
of the stage during tho debate on the sun
dry civil appropriation bill In thn house to
day. Much excitement attended the de
bate. Mr. McllaA of Arkansas made a mo
tion to strike out the appropriation of
371.0? for rent of tho custom hojse, and
with this motion as a basis, Mr. Jones of
Virginia launched a flerco attack Upon 'the
manner and circumstances of tho sale and
the vast profits which ho claimed the bank
made out of tho transaction.
Secretary (Jnge wan sharply criticised and
several references were mado to the letter
written by Mr. Hepburn to Secretary Gago
apropos of tils 'political claims of the bank.
Mr. Hopkins of Illinois declared that
every act of tho secretury of the treasury
.was not only In exact accordance with law,
nut also' based on sound business principles.
Neither had the bank escaped any of Its
taxation by reason of tho contract, for
while, the building was not raxed, tho
money paid for it was taxed.
Tuoi'ii In it llonilifthell.
Ho threw a bombshell Into the discus
sion by producing copies of letters which
he Bald hid been written by prominent
democratic leaders under a democratic ad
ministration, asking that certain banks be
made Government depositories becauio of
the political associations of their man
agers. Mr. Hopkins said tho Hepburn letter
to Secretary Qage was not tho only one
of that kind. He read copies of several
letters from Scnntor Jones and Representa
tive Dreckenrldge of Arkansas, and others.
One of. theso asked that the German Na
tional bank of Llttln flock, Ark., "bo made
a government depository," adding, "It Is
conclusively democratic In its manage
ment." "But does It Bay they contributed to a
campaign fund?" asked Mr. WcbardsGn.
Mr. Hopkins read another letter, referring
to tho bank authorities seeking govern
mental deposits, which said: "They are
all reliable democrats," and was signed
by Senator Derr of Arkansas. To this
was affixed, "I concur. J. K. Jones."
"But does tho letter speak of contribu
tions to a campaign fund?" persisted Mr.
Richardson. "I have read the letter," re
sponded Mr. Hopkins, who next read a
letter signed by S. M. Peel, member of
congress nt tho time, objecting to a gov
ernment depository because "tho owners of
that bank are open and notorious repub
licans." and adding that "from a political
standpoint I nm opposed to them."
I Hubs It In.
Mr. Hopkins continued to read other let
ters written by prominent democrats to
Secretary Manning', Including some from
Illinois and Pennsylvania democrats.
"Do riny of these letters sny 'In consid
eration of contributions' that they are en-,
titled to Iho deposits, etc.," asked Mr.
RlrhardBon.
"Be "patient," observed Mr. Hopkins. "I
have one here."
He then read a liter( to.. Senator Brice
from a Toledo (0.7 lcmocrat,' commending
a banker .who had. been '.'a liberal contributor."-
'This phrase evoked much laughter
on the republican side.
"Did any of these gentlemen buy property
of the government?" cried Mr. Richardson.
To this ejaculation Mr. Hopkins replied by
producing a. letter written by Mr. Richard
son himself under tho Cleveland adminis
tration endorsing "for good nud satisfac
tory reasons" an application for tho trans
fer of tho government deposit from the
First to tho Third National bank of
Murphresboro. Tcnn. This brought a round
of applause from tho republican side.
Mr. Richardson Jumped to his feet. "That
bank s 150 mile, from my district," h
cried. "It never contributed to my cam
paign." (Republican Jeers.)
FoIIottpiI Democratic Precedent.
Aa a parting shot Mr. Hopkins declared
that he had rend tho letters to show that
Mr.' Hepburn of tho National City bnnk
who wns comptroller of tho currency un.
der tho Harrison administration, lu writ
ing the letter to Secretary Gngo had all
thee democratic precedents before him.
Mr. McRao ot Arkansas Indignantly
charged Unit tho letters wen private leN
tern and had been furnished to divert at
tention from the sale- of tho custom house.
He and Mr. Hopklnti had hut words and for
a moment It looked an If thero would be a
personnl encounter, In tho end Mr. Mc-
Rao's amendment was lost S3 to OS a
strict party vote. Another amendment
offered by Mr. IUchardson to provIdH that
th rent should not be paid .until the title
to the custom houso pnssed to the bank
failed on a tie vote.
Forty-fhreo of the 137 pages of the sundry
civil bill were comploted today.
SENATORS BECOMING UNEASY
Devote Jlneli Time tii Knot-mi 1 7- of
Appronrlntlonn nnd the. Pub
lic' Poaalhln AVriltli.
WASHINGTON. Feb. H. The senate de
voted practically the entlro day to the agri
cultural appropriation bill. Tho measure
was not completed.
.An amendment proposed by Mr, Sboup of
PEIISUSALS,
Mrs. E. P. Green has recovered from an
attack of tha grip it Canaseraga, N. V by
the use ot Dr. Miles' Pain Pills.
Among the victims of the grip epidemic
now so prevalent, F. Coyle Is now recov
ering at Canton, O., by the use of Br. Mites'
Nervlm and I'llls.
W. E. Nlhells of St. Louis, Mo., who was
down with grip, is repprted much Improved.
Ha used Dr Miles' Nervine and Pills.
Tho friends of Mrs. L. Denlson wilt be
pleasod to learn of her recovery from grip
at her noma In Bay City. Mich., through
the use of Dr. Mile' Nervine and Pills.
Everybody says that J. W. Udy Is rooking
splendid since his recovery from the grip
at his home In Des Moines, Iowa. They
all know that Dr. Miles' Nervine was what
cured him.
Prosecuting Attorney Charles L. y)e
Wuele. who has passed the three-scoro
milestone, bad it time with tho grip, but
when seen at his noma 'In Roscommon,
Mich., the other Cay he said Dr. Miles'
Nervine was what cured him.
At nearly three score and ten Mrs. Galen
Humphrey was fighting against odds when
the grip attacked, her, hut she took Dr.
Mile' Nervlna and now her neighbors in
Wareham, Mass., remark on how well shit
Is looking.
After an Illness of, Ave weeks from the
grip Mrs Harriett Jr.cksan bi again about
and looking fine. She began taking Dr.
Miles' Nervine after tha fourth week. Her
bom Is In Bowling Green, Mo,
Idaho to the army appropriation bill, look
ing to the establishment of a soldiers' home
In Idaho. Induced Mr. Hale of Maine to
rait attention to the fact that the commit
tee on appropriations was being besieged
constantly for more -,and more soldiers'
homes, although It Is nearly forty years
Inco tho close ot the civil war. The gen
eral belief was that In forty or fifty years
tho demand for these homes ought to be on
the decrease and he thought It would be
necessary to give some account to the
country of the proposed Increase.
Mr. Pettlgrew declared that the Cnlted
States was manufacturing material for
soldiers' homes every day. General Mao
Arthur's report for December showed that
there were 10,000 moro sick In the Philip
pines than could be cared for properly.
Mr. Hale acceded to this statement and
added that every man In the Philippines
would be on the pension list In five years.
"This kind of war," he said, "Is tho most
cruel and disastrous In Its ravages, All the
soldiers now lu the Philippines will want
j pensions and we will give It to them."
Mr. Sewell of New Jersey declared Mr.
Pettlgrew's statement that there were 10,
000 sick and disabled soldiers In the Philip
pines who could not be gUen proper care
was not true.
Mr. Teller of Colorado supposed Mr. Pet
tlgrew's statement and the latter declared
his belief that the number ot sick and dis
abled soldiers In the Philippines would ag
gregate 40,000 a year for years to come, or
so long as the war might last.
A resolution offered by Mr. Stewart was
agreed to, calling upon the attorney general
for all accounts of the Second Judicial dis
trict of Alaska and tho action ot the depart
ment thereon; and a list of the officers of
the Second Judicial district of Alaska and
their compensation.
Consideration of the agricultural appro
priation bill was then resumed, the pending
question being the amendment of Mr. Teller
striking out the provision for the mapping
of tho agricultural soli of the United States.
Mr. Hale Joined In the fight against this
provision.
"Is there," said he, "tO'be no stop to the
schemes for depleting the treasury' This
will cost $100,000,000. ' It will never stop
until every county Is mapped."
Mr. Tillman of South Carolina vigorously
supported the committee amendment, as In
the Interest ot tho farmers of the country.
Mr. Proctor, In charge of the bill, said
that the amendment called tor the expendi
ture of only (91,00.
Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts said any per
son who would examine attentively the ap
propriations blng made by congress would
realize readily the dangers Into which the
government was running. It was an open
secret, he said, that the river and harbor
bill was In danger of failure because It wns
loaded down with appropriations of neither
Immedlato nor Imperative Importance. He
pointed out that government, aid bad been
given to ono or two Internnl expositions and
now expositions at government aid had be
come a recognized industry. Likewise the
selling to tho government of battlefields as
rent estate speculation bad become an In
dustry. Congress, too, was being asked con
stantly Ho erect monuments to local heroes
and to celebrate local events.
"Wo are pushing along," said Mr. Lodge,
in conclusion, "to the bllllon-dollnr mark In
our appropriations, and we have got to
draw the line. We havo reached the point
now where tho people ore becoming
alarmed. We should see to It that necessary
appropriations are made first and needless
appropriations not at all."
Mr. Dolllver at tho conclusion ot the read
ing ot the bill for committee amendments
offered an nmendment prpvtdlng for govern
ment Inspection and certification of dairy
products Intended to be exported, which,
after soma discussion, went over until to
morrow. At 5,: 15 the senate went Into executive
BCHs.lpn and fit fi-30 a'recess until S o'clock
wna uuen jn accordance, wun me special
order. '
Tho senate met .at S o'clock .tonight and at
8;43. on finishing reading of the district
code bill, adjourned.
Leave IlnfTnlo SiOO P. M. Arrive ev
York 7 inn A. JI.
via Lehigh Valley railroad "Exposition
Express," Luxurious sleeping cars.
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln nn n I. over.
Governor Rlcbard Yates ot Illinois de
livered an address on "Abraham Lincoln"
before the Klckapoo club at Peoria, In the
course ot which he made these Interesting
observations:
"Lincoln was a prince among lovers. He
was awkward and bnshful In the time when
'young men's fancies lightly turn to
thoughts of love.' Yet ho was highly re
garded by not a few noble women, and at
different' times four ot them so' treated
him that even ho felt justified In proposing
marriage. Ann Rutledgo, Mary Owens,
Sarah Richard and Mary Todd these four
we, know he loved and courted. It Is al
ways a gratification to me to know that
our greatest men have been among our
most ardent lovers. Washington was en
gaged to five different girls within ten
years. He, however, was an elegant gen
tleman, a man ot fashion, and always at
ease In women's society, and It la not in
the least surprising" that a man so con
stantly coming In contact with women
should be attracted by and to them.
Timidity, however, In polite society was
a characteristic ot Lincoln's whole life.
And vtrnng Indeed must have been his love
to enable It to overcome bis natural and
eternal shyness In woman's presence. Those
who know btro best assert that his affec
tion once evoked was Impetuous and fer
vent. Above the lonely and lowly grave In
Menard county of Ann Rutledge, his great
heart broke. To that lovoly girl he bad
told the old, old story as he escorted her
to the 'quilting bees.' Tho owner of a
quilt made In those days still retains It
to show to all-interested 'the very unoven
and Irregular stitches which Ann Rutlodge
mado as her heart and soul throbbed and
thrilled with Joy when, sitting by her side
as Bhe worked, Lincoln told that story of
man's love for woman, sweet as It la old
and old as It Is sweet."
Thn Hoy W'nm Pardoned.
Emmalena Wilson Irvine In Philadelphia
Ledger: One day while walking In tho
grounds ot tho capltol a gentleman accosted
my mother, saying, "Madam, there Is a
snaka on you," at the sarao time brushing
off her shoulder a long, ugly, green worm.
Aa she turned to thank htm for the courtesy
she replied, "I am glad It la not a copper
head," and looking up recognised President
Lincoln.
There was a broad smile on bis plain,
honest face as he carried out the play upon
the word "copperhead" with some pleasant
remark. Then lis asked her name.
They continued to walk for a short dis
tance talking on a subject dear tc her
heart sick soldiers.
Seyeral months afterward a young sol
dier was sentenced to be shot for deser
tion they were very strict those days.
.He was so homesick to see bis mother
that ho took a chance to go to her, but
only remaining a few hours, On his way
bade returning to his regiment ho was ar
rested, then tried and sentenced to be shot.
My mother became Interested in the case
and offered to see the president and Inter
cede for him.
On. reaching the White House she was
ushered Into a room crowded with anx
ious people waiting for a chance to see
the bead of tho nation. There seemed little
prospect for her oase, but hoping that her
namo might recall the Incident at the
capltol grounds she sent In her card.
Shortly word came to admit her. The
CAN BE NO FIGHT TONIGHT
Judg Holliiter'i Permanent Injunction
Mikes Big Contett Impossible,
FUTURE COURSE NOT YET DECIDED UPON
Promoter to Meet t-'rldnr Afternoon
nnd Determine Whether Apprnl
"linll Hp TnUrn Point
of tlip Decision.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 14. There will be no
contest between Jeffries nnd Ruhlln or
anyone else In Saengerfest hall In this
city tomorrow night, and no other date
has been fixed for the event. Neither will
there be any mobilization ot troops out
side of the hall or anywhere else tomorrow
night or any other time In this city to
keep Jeffries and Ruhlln from meeting
there.
The permanent Injunction Issued by Judge
Holllster today against the proposed cham
pionship contest tomorrow night or at any
other time has caused the Indefinite post
ponement of tho arrangements of the state
and county attorneys, as well as ot the
promoters of the contest. Those who have
been apposing the fight are very Jubilant
and the promoters are correspondingly de
pressed over the developments of today.
Somo ot tho visiting sporting editors left
tonight, white others enjoyed a social ses
sion with Brady, Cook, Jeffries, Delauey
and others from the Jeffries training quar
ters, who came Into the city to meet them.
Others met Madden, Ruhlln, Martin and
their companions at the Country club.
Jeffries and Ruhlln still maintain their
quarters, but they are not doing much
training and both expect to leave for their
respective engagements next Saturday
night and to keep their dates on the road
next week. After appearing at Columbus
next Saturday night Jeffries will be hero
next week with his theatrical company
and afterward proceed with It on the road.
I'omtpoiirineitt Ik Imleilnlte,
When the Joint conference adjourned to
night It was announced that nothing bad
been done, except an Indeflnlto postpone
ment ot the contest that had been sched
uled for tomorrow night. It was announced
thero would be another meeting tomorrow
afternoon, when It would be decided
whether the defendants would carry the
case to the circuit t and supreme courts
and tho contest be postponed to such a.
date, ns would allow time for counsel to
take such action.
Among those who were at the conference
of the directors of the Saengerfest Athletic
association and their counsel were Jeffries,
Brady, Madden, Cook, Egan and Delancy.
There was very little sale of tickets today,
although tho Saengerfest people announced
thnt all money received for tickets would
be refunded It the fight does not como off.
It is reported that the question ot the
J5.000 forfeit was under consideration this
afternoon and that this was tho principal
cause for the adjournment until tomorrow
afternoon without definite action, or at least
without any specific announcement ot tho
event being postponed to any given dato
or declared off.
.Mny Drop Othrr Cnnen.
The cases against Jeffries and Ruhlln,
charged with training for a prize fight, were
to havo been heard this afternoon. Prose
cuting Attorney Hoffhelmer says he wilt
drop them If tho defendants abide by the
Injunction without appeal and this an
nouncement Is said to have been under con
sideration during tho afternoon conference.
At any rate theso cases were postponed, on
the open docket, so that tho prosecutor can
call them. at any time.
JudKo Holllster left the appeal bond to
counsel on both sides, with tho understand
ing that It would not carry with It any stay
of the Injunction Issued today. Attorneys
on both sides agreed on a nominal bond of
$2,500 for the appeal.
Whllo no such definite confirmation was
received from the promoters tonight as ex
pected, yet It Is believed to be due to some
president recognized her Immediately, and
asked what he could do for her.
She told the 6tory of the homesick sol
dier boy; how, as soon as he had seen
his dear mother, he was willing to return
to his regiment. There was no thought of
deserting: that on his way back he wed
arrested and, after a trial, sentenced to
be shot. The boy was young; she knew
,he would never do It again.
He took the name, and, looking up, kindly
said: "Bring back all the homesick sol
dier boys you can, Mrs. Wilson. No sol
dier ot mine shnll bo shot who Is eager to
return; but discipline must be exercised,
you know."
The boy waB pardoned.
The seme woman was the mother of the
young surgeon, I). C. A. Lcale, now of
Madison avenue, New York City, who was
the first to enter the box at Ford's theater
when our president was so cruelly shot.
He examined the wound, staunched the
blood, then had the body conveyed across
the street to more comfortable quarters, and
remained with the other sad ones until
the president breathed his last.
Lincoln' l.lfr In the '30s.
Paul Selby In St. Louts Globe-Democrat:
My first opportunity for a personal ac
quaintance with Mr. Lincoln occurred In
1854, I being then In the third year of ray
experience as editor of a paper at Jack
sonville, 111., a college town less than
thirty-five miles distant from Mr. Lincoln's
home at Springfield. Even then he was
widely known through all that region by
the sobriquet of "Honest Abe," a title
accorded to him by virtue of the reputa
tion he had already acquired for personal
probity. Two years later the iBsuea grow
Ing out of tho repeal of the Missouri com
promise and the steps leading up to the
organization of the republican party brought
us Into closer contact, and I became a
frequent caller at the office ot Lincoln &
Herndon on my occasional visits to tho
state capital.
On February 22, 1S36, Mr. Lincoln met
with a little coterie of a dozen Illinois
editors opposed to the principles of the
Kansas-Nebraska act, who had come to
gether tor the purpose ot devising a line
of policy In opposition to the further ex
tension of slavery, and by hla advice and
co-operation aided In the enunciation of a
set of principles which became the founda
tion principles of the republican party. It
was this meeting which appointed the
Dloomtngton convention of May 29 fol
lowing, at which the republican party In
Illinois was formally organized and at
which Mr. Lincoln made ono ot the most
remarkable speeches ot bis life, .At a
banquet given to tho editors la the even
ing, after the conference at Decatur, In
reply to a suggestion ot bis name aa a
candidate for governor at the succeeding
election, Mr. Lincoln evinced his charac- -torlstlc
unselfishness and sagacity by de
clining the honor, declaring that, as an
old-line whig, he could only hope fo se
cure the votes of the anti-Nebraska whlgs,
while In the person of Colonel William
H. Dlssell, an anti-Nebraska democrat,
there was a man who could secure the votes
ot all opposed to the Nebraska act and who
could be elected. Colonel Dlssell was nom
inated at Bloomlngton and Mr. Lincoln's
Judgment was vindicated by the election of
the entire ticket In November.
Another historical occasion on which the
writer had the opportunity of seeing Mr
controversy over the forfeit and not to any
j question regarding the Injunction. The pro
j moters announced that they would nblde by
' tho decree of the court absolutely,
j IJfTppt of the Ileelnn.
Mayor Klelschmann, who granted a per
mit for the contest, was in communication
with the governor during the afternoon and
afterward he stated to the press that he
would offer the whole police forre of Cin
cinnati to the sheriff as tho officer of the
court If there was any attempt whatever to
disregard the Injunction. ' There Is noth
ing In the situation Justifying the presence
of troops," said he, "and there Is no pos
sible reason for their coming. Tho action
of the court practically revokes my license
for a boxing contest. The mou who were
Interested In the affair are all law-abiding
citizens nnd will not attempt to glvo the
contest In violation of the Injunction. In
the face of this decreo there Is not the pos
slbllty of the fight taking place. So far as
revoking the license Is concerned nothing
that I could do would be" more effe'ctlve than
the action of the court. Tho Injunction Is a
practical revocation of tho license. It will
be unnecessary for mo to act The law will
be obeyed and there will be no need for
troops here."
City rrr (tnletpr.
The city never was more quiet than to
night and the only Interest that remains Is
In regard to the manner In which the clos
ing up of the whole affair may be completed.
There Is much disappointment among n
largo number of citizens, notably among the
Turners and the German singing societies
that took great Interest In the old Saenger
fest organization and Its unfortunate finan
cial experience.
Tho court reviewed thecontrncts hetween
Brady and the Saengerfest Athletic associa
tion and between Brady and Madden and
others. The contract between Brady and
Madden provided that their men were to
fight under tho rules of the marquis of
Queensbury. The court rfad these rules nnd
held thnt a contest under them for the
championship of tho world waft ccrtnlnlv a
prize fight under tho Ohio law nnd In fact.
Hu reviewed tho three kinds of contest re
ferred to by Brady. Mndden and others In
their evidence, first, prize fights unlimited
In the time or number of rounds; second,
contests limited In the time of rounds and
intermission, but not In the number of
rounds; third, contests limited In time and
number of rounds and derisions rendered
therein on points.
TIip Pour Enneiitliil Point.
Tho court held that a fatal knockout
could como under any of theso classes and
that any contest foe a prise was n prize
fight In which resort to brutality might
take place at any time. Tho court cited
cases at great length In deciding the fol
lowing points:
Flrst-Thnt thn proposed conte.U wan to
??. pJir" !'ht In fact anil Huch :ik m pro
hlblted under the Ohio statute, ami that
the contention of the defendant. that thv
proposed to give a boxing contest had not
been maintained.
Second That tho proposed fight would
constitute a public nuisance iucli a courts
of equity are bound to restrain
Third Thnt as .1 court .if equity ho had
the powi't to enjoin th tight, although
nit-re win ieKiii rcnu-ny airer iih occurrence
Fourth That In view nt nit thn ,.ir.-,.,r,.
stances he was bound to grunt a permanent
injunction njralnsru publk nuUnneo as wus
contemplated in tne proposeJ prize tight.
The Judge stated llmt ho found a prize
fight rather than a. boxing contest to be
contemplated, not only by the evidence of
the state, but also by that of witnesses for
the defense.
After quoting from various decisions on
tho contention of counsel as to the differ
ences between private, nnd public nuisances,
Judge Holllster said" ''
"The difference-between public and pri
vate nuisances Is thai a private nulsancu
Involves prlvata propry and a public nuis
ance Involves al thelnfl'restH of mankind."
The court stated rKSl a city's fafr name,
uuu un rrpuiiiuon as a taw?uiamg commun
ity Is a property right sufficient to enjoin a
prize fight.
"My heart was badly affected by an at
tack of grip and I suffered Intense agony
until I began taking Dr. Miles' Heart Cur:.
It made me a well man." S. D. Holman,
Irashurg. Vt.
Some New Stories of
Him Told Tuesday.
Lincoln was the republican state conven
tion held at Springfield, June 1C, ISr.S, at
which he wns formally put In nomination
aa the republican candidate for United
States senator in opposition to Senator
Douglas, It was In the evening after the
convention bad finished Its labors. In tha
hall ot representatives in tho old state
capltol, that Mr Lincoln delivered
his celebrated "bouse-dlvlded-agalnst-ltself
speech," giving utterance to views
and predictions in rcfcrcnco to the mo
mentous issues of the day which startled
the nation, but which, were verified by
actual events In the next seven years, with
their author aa the most Influential factor
In bringing them about. This was tbu pre
cursor of the memorable series of debates
with Douglas a fow months, later which,
with tho Cooper Institute speech In tho
early part of I860, arrested the attention
of the wholo nation and mado him tho log
ical candidate of a party opposed to tho
extension of slavery Into free territory, and
which afterward, under the leadership of
Mr. Lincoln, became the chief factor in thn
preservation of tha union and In wiping
slavery from American soil.
Llncoln'a Snunrlty.
From the chapter entitled "Lincoln's
Characteristics," ' in Colonel A. K. Mc
Clure's book, "Lincoln and Men of War
Times," Is extracted the following sketch
In broad lines of the great American:
"Of all public iij nn I havo met ho was
tho most difficult to analyze.
"He was a stranger to deceit, incapable
of dissembling; seemed to be the frankest
and freest of conversationalists, and yet
fow understood hlin even reasonably well,
and none but Llncpln even thoroughly un
derstood Lincoln.
"Mr. Lincoln gave his confidence to no
living man without reservation.
"He trusted many, but he trusted only
within the carefully-studied limitations of
their usefulness.
"Ho was certainly ono of tho most Kin
cere men I have ever met. and he was
also ono of the most sagscious men that
this or any other country has produred.
"I regard him aa one who believes that
the truth was not always to bo spoken,
but who firmly believed also that ' only the
truth should be spoken when it was neces
sary to speak at all.
"Neither by word nor expression could
anyone form the remotest Idea of his pur
pose, and when ho did act. In many cases, ho
surprised both frlendu and foes.
"Tested by the standard of many other
great men, Lincoln was not great, hut
tested by the only true standard of his
own achievements, he may Justly appear In
history as one of tho greatest of American
statesmen,
"We have had men who could take a
higher Intellectual grasp of any abstruse
problem of statesmanship, but few have
even equaled, and none excelled, Lincoln
In the practical common senso and suc
cessful solution of the gravest problems
ever, presented In American history.
"This success was duo chiefly to one
single quality of the man the wjll of tho
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NOVEL BEARING ON THE RACE PROBLEM
Volume of rr by n I. over of ntnrr
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Readers of these columns will remember
a revlow of 'A Kent Squire." by Frederick
W. Hayes, which appeared Inst season and
was well received by tho reading public. It
was a historical novel containing a recital
of the ndventures of Ambrose Owynettc,
esquire, of Thornhaugh. The great interest
taken In tho tale has Induced the author to
continue tho stry of bis hrro lu a new
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It Is a historical romance of unusual Inter
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between the death of Louis XIV and that
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his romances much real Information ns to
the character of the times and people, at
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undoubtedly meet with special favor at the
hands of those who read and enjoyed "A
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Opposition to tho lynching of colored
men, which has provoked the publication
ot many strong protests in tho daily press,
as well ns In various periodical publica
tions, has at last found expression in the
form ot n novel. Mrs. Abblo Oliver Wilson
of Davenport, la.. Is the author nnd her ro
mance Is . entitled "Tho White Mnn's
Chance." Tho author exploits the rela
tions which In her opinion might and should
exist hetween tho whites and blacks. By
putting her Ideas In the form of a story
the author Has been ablo to--f each many
wholesome truths with a better chance . of
their being carofully read and remembered
than would be the caso If sho bad written
nn essay on the race question. She has
told the story of a young womau of good
family, who wns so aroused by thu reports
of cruel lynchlngs of negroes that she de
termined to go south and live among the
blacks, with the hope thnt she might be the
means of doing something to Improvo their
condition. The various experiences Inci
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portrayed and the author makes out a very
good case for her side of tho controversy.
Tho Abbey Press, New York.
"Survivals" Is the rnthcr unique title of a
little olume of verse by Lewis V. F. Ran-j
dolpb. The greater part of the poems have
to do with outdoor life, the forests, moun
tains, rivers and valleys, and thero is a
breadth of fresh nlr and life running
through them. There Is also a deep re
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Oh. who can e'er compute its height.
Or toll how der p nnd brond,
Tim peace that tills with pure delight
The soul that trusts In God!
Tha present collection of verso furnishes
Indisputable proof that poeta do not always
agree. Mr. Randolph's ode to "Tho Man
with a Hoe" Is very different In sentiment
from Mr. Markham's celebrated effort, as
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Who least require thn pity of Ills kind
Who least dcslrPH your condescending aid?
He who with plow and hoe lias conquered
earth.
Piled high her treasures gathered by hla
toll;
Then sent them fnr to nil bis fellow man
With cheer nnd strength In every walk of
life.
Tho volume is embellished by a very
largo number of artistic sketches by Bryson
Burroughs. G. P. Putnam's Sons, Net.
York.
A little volume bearing the Imprint ot an
Omaha publishing house Is entitled. "Carvo
Your Own Way," by Elizabeth HIckey It
1b the story of the lite of a little orphan
lad who early In llfo fell Into the handi of
n cruel farmer and was most shamefully
treated. Later on, through tho Inttrfercnco
ot well disposed neighbors th-i cruel farmer
was run out of Jho country nnd tho orphan
was sent to Chicago, where he was well
brought up by a kindly disposed and af
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tinguishtd himself In school and finally en
tered a medical college, hut was eo unfor
tunate as to fall In love with the daughter
of a Chicago millionaire. Tho young lady
returned his affection with Interest, but tho
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young lady died ot a broken heart. It Is all
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In "Outlines of Roman History." by Wil
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Florence Finch Kelly's striking story.
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viewers.' They all express gratefulness for
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becoming a "once was."
The Century company recently received a
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i March by Charles Scribner's Sons. It will
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with n friend, wax captured nt Mnlolnn nnd
for elevpn months wan kept a prisoner In
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forthcoming volumes nre Justice David J.
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William Schuyler and an advisory council
composed of well known American and
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least onr feature In the "Essnys" which tin
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