EI2SSS2S3 THE PITTSBMtTTISFIT iQwFW! PAGE&9T0 20! SECOND PART. PJJTTSBUKG SUNDAY NOVEMBEE 15, 1891 T'T I QUARREL BREWING Over the Old Burning Clues- tion of Local Government for Ireland. TROUBLE FOE THE TOBIES. Broken Hedges Sure to Mate Liberal Unionists Revolt. AWFUL SCENES DURING STORMS. The r-iHcnltj of Aiding the Famlne- Stricken of Russia. TZREIBLE TALES KOT IET IIALF TOLD riST CAEX.E TO THE DISFATCII. 1cht02.-, Nor. 14. A pretty quarrel seems to be brewing in the Tory part, arising out of the old burning question of government for Ireland. The Toriei are pledged to the chin to bring in an Irish local government bill next session, and if the pledge should be broken many Liberal Unionists would in all probability revolt aga'nst the Government. On the other hnd, there is loud talk of mutiny in the Tory rank should the bill be brought in, and for the moment, at any rate, the Gov erdment is between satan and the deep sea. Members of the Irish Tory party led by the swash-buckling Colonel Saundcrson, haTe never disguised their antipathy to the propped legislation, and most of them openly declare they would rather hate home rule and take chances in a Dublin Parlia ment than he in the min :ritv in the numer ous county councils which will be established if the ne k system of local Government in England e applied to Ireland. Acts of Gross Oppression Too asj. This feelinjr is perfectly understandable. In a bom: rule Parliament the Tories and Protestants generally would be represented by a compact body of members who would exercise great if not paramount influence, because it is assumed the Nationalists would be split into several pirties or factions on most questions save the supreme one of con serving legislative independence, and there would be the additional great advantage to the minority of the inevitable publicity of Parliamentary proceedings. But in nine tenths of the county councils the Protest tans, it is argued, would be at the mercy of their local hereditary opponents, who could and would perpetrate acts of gross oppres sion without fear of attracting more than local atteiiion, and undeterred by the danger or incurring national or international reprobation. Colonel Saundcrson and his men will therefore fiht the local government bill, and, in view of this determination, it is im portant to note that it is approved by a bedy of British Tories powerful enough to command the support of the Standard, the most influential of conservative newspapers. Enjlish Tired of trie Irish Question. Tcsterday the Stcmdard g3ve the place of honor to an editorial calling on the Gover ned to abandon the idea of introducing a local Government bill for Ireland, not so much out of regard for the interests of the Protectant minority, but on account of the dissatisfaction which would be caused among Bntish electors by the spectacle of another session given up to Irish affairs while there are so many English grievances wanting to be redressed. The Standard does not worry its editorial conscience about such things as bioken pledges. "Surely," it says, "the declaration that a certain course was contemplated in the fifth year of a Parliament cannot be construed as a pledge which binds the Cabinet to fulfill it without the slightest regard to other cir cumstances in the following session, which must be the last. There is nothing in the condition of Ireland to make the extension of local self-government urgent, but there is much to make its introduction inoppor tune." The Light to Be Turned On Soon. Bead between the lines the Standard"! editorial amounts to an appeal to the Gov ernment to devote the last session of this Parliament to labor legislation designed to catch votes, and the whole action of this semi-official army organ proves either that the menaced mutiny is more formidable than has been supposed, or that it has been inspired to ascertain how the country, and particularly Liberal Unionists, would be likely to treat a Government which delib erately broke promises repeatedly, publicly and solemnly made. Light may be thrown upon the matter next Wednesday when Mr. Chamberlain will deliver his address to his constituents at Birmingham. If the Government has dared to contemplate taking any step with out previously consulting that astute gen tleman, the country is likely to be deprived of a touching spectacle arranged by the party managers for the 24th inst. at Bir mingham, when Lord Salisbury is to lunch with the Liberal Unionists and have his health proposed by Joseph Chamberlain. Upon the same interesting occasion Mrs. Chamberlain, who has developed since leaving Washington into quite the grande dame, will have the felicity of hobnobbing with the Marchioness of Salisbury, Lady Gwccdolin Cecil and Lady "Windsor at a meeting of "Unionist ladies." Churchill and Bb Ton Ible Furore. Lord Randolph Churchill will be back in London from the wilds of Africa about the middle of December. He will find Mr. Balfour, his former friend and colleague and subsequent rival, promoted to the leadership of the House of Common, and it will not take him long to ascertain that the fantastic twaddle which he has contributed to the Grsp'M in his new character of "special correspondent" has done him an immense amount of harm. His newspaper correspondence has revealed Churchill as a man of narrow mind and shallow character, full of petty jeal ousies and unreasonable prejudices, and eaten up with personal vanity and selfishness. He has become a public laughing stock, and the Tories say they no longer fear him. It is not surpris ing to hear rumors of Chucrbill's Intended retirement from political life. Salisbury's hatred of him is as strong as ever, and Churchill will never obtain office in any Government controlled by that noble Mar quis or his nephew, Mr. Balfour. The prospects of tho Conservative party are not cheering, so that Churchill will lose little by retiring, at least for a few years. He may get another chance during the temporary confusion of parties which will follow the death or permanent retirement of Mr. Gladstone. Cheerlne BeflecHons for the Liberals. The sturdy Liberals of the South Molton division of Devonshire have amply Justified the confidence reposed in them by eloctlng their candidate, Mr. Bulwer, in place of the Tory Unionist who was recently fittingly promoted to the House of Lords. The Tories will not be able to explain away this striking Liberal viotory, for col umns of editorial verbiage will not servo to hide the' glorious fact that, although their candidate was a strong local man, he has not only been thoroughly beaten, but the Tory and Unionist majority of 1,689 in 1888 has been turned into a Liberal majority to-day of 1,212. 2sor will they derive any comfort by comparing the total polling at the two elections, because the Liberals have polled 1,870 more than in 18SG and the Tories 1,031 less. The result will have a cheering effect on the Liberals in East Dorset, where an election contest is now in progress for a seat which, like South Molton, was held by a Liberal in 18S5, and won by a Tory in 1886, owing to the home rule split The Sun, which forecasted the South Molton triumph, may predict, with a reasonable amount of confidence, a victory in East Dorset AID FOR THE STARVING. rAMnTE-STEICKEU RCSSIASS IK MOST TERKIBLE STItAITS. Almost Impossible to Beach Them TVlth Assistance The Wont of the Accounts ot Tet Told Prince Krapotkln's latest Information. rBT CABLE TO THE PISPATCH.J Lokdos', Kov. 14. Terrible accounts of famine in Bussia continue to reach the English newspapers through indirect chan nels, but there is reason to believe that the worst has not been and never will be told. Princ-5 Krapotkin, who, as the leading Xihilist resident in London, claims to re ceive trustworthy news from every part of Bussia, declares that "the Bussian nation is now passing through a period of calamity which has had no precedent in history, not even in mediaeval times." That there is much which the Bussian Government desires to withhold from the knowledge of the civilited world, Is beyond doubt News telegrams are not allowed to be dispatched from the stricken regions, and journalists, especially foreigners, are ex cluded altogether or kept to beaten tracks selected by men in authority and hampered at every turn. Outside offers of help in money and kind have so far been curtly declined or referred to, and pigeon-holed by, bureaucrats at St Petersburg. There is reason to believe that such was the fate even of an offer of the Lord Mayor of London to open a Mansion House fund. At any rate, it is a fact that Lord Mayor Savory, who has just retired from office, had actually prepared an appeal to the newspapers, and was getting the Mansion House machinery in order early in October. These preliminary preparations were suddenly dropped without explana tion, and nothing more has been heard of the matter. Now an appeal is made by private philan thropists, who propose, of all things in the world, to distribute the monej; subscribed through the agencv of the British Foreign Bible Society. The proposal is grossly stupid. The'agents of the Bible Society are beings accursed in the eyes of the Bus sian Government and the all-powerful or thodox church. Their proselyting labors are distinctly illegal, and they are only al lowed to remain in the country on suffer ance Their protestations of philanthropy would not be believed for a moment All their movement! -would be watched and their schemes frustrated. If no better plan than this can be de vised, very little English money will find its way to the famine-stricken districts of Bussia. WOESI OF ALL 6T0BMB. Heartrending Spectacles Witnessed on the Coavt 'f Great Britain. rBT CABLE TO TBS DISPATCH. Lojtdos', Nov. 14. The storm over Europe this week has had even more wide spread effects than the hurricane of last month. Even now the full extents, so far as the continent goes, cannot be ascertained, the telegraph wires having in places been wrecked for many miles. Floods and wreckage arc, however, general. In Great Britain the effects of the storm were most severely felt on the southern coasts, and futile attempts to launch lifeboats off a sandy beech in the teeth of the hurricane, while shipwrecked sailors were being washed one by one from the rigging in sight of thousands of spectators, was a heart rending spectacle. The wrecks on the British coasts alone on this one day numbered 38 vessels, and the number of lives lost, so far as at present Known, amounts to 87. France. Spain, Germany, Belgium and Holland have all suffered severely from the visitation. BRIGANDS BAID A T0WH. They Were After Banker's Bullion, but At tacked the Wrong House. CoysTAXTisopLE, Nov. 14. A party of brigands recently made a raid upon Sam souf, a village of Trebizonde, and plundered the house of Arnaud, a director of the To bacco Begie. M. Arnaud and his wife and son were brutally treated by the robbers, who secured a small amount of booty and departed into the country, leaving no clew by which they might be traced. The object of the bandits was to secu-e a considerable amount of bullion which had been sent to Samsouf to establish a branch of the Ottoman Bank. This treasure was consigned to an agent of the bank, whose name also was Arnaud, and the gang mis took the house of the director of the Begie for the one occupied by the agent of the bank. The raid of the thieves created a panic in the town, which was placed in a state of semi-siege. A GOOD CLASS OF IMMGBAmU ZJirse Numbers of Dissatisfied Germans Coming Here From Bussia. Sr. Petebsbubg, Nov. 14. A large number of German colonists who located in the country along the Volga river have be come discontented with the condition pre vailing in Bussia, and many of them have determined to give up their holdings and leave the country. Already a large number, attracted bv ac counts from the United States, are leaving for that country. Others have departed for South Africa. The emigrants are thrifty and industrious, and a majority of them are fairly well-to-do. The Promoters or Peace. Bomb, Nov. 14. The sessions of the International Prison Congress, which is holding its convention in this city, were continued to-day. Among the subjects dis cussed was a proposition looking to the in troduction of reforms in the various sys tems of education by means of which chil dren would be imbued with the love of peace. The congress adopted a proposal that the universities of Europe and Amer ica should take measures to foster among their students feelings of respect and friendship for foreign nations. WILL CASE HIMSELF. Prof. Garner, of Monkey Language Fame, Will Visit the Gorillas. A LITTLE FORTRESS OF IROK Will Ee Set Up In Afriafo Jorests Whew He Can Talk to Apes. PHONOGRAPHS Df .THE EQUIPMENT rSHCIAI. TILXUBAX TO Tim rATOH.l WAsrmfOTOir, Nov. 14. Prof. B. I Garner, who has achieved a recent celebrity in connection with tht study of monkey language, is in Washington consulting with eclentifio men respecting an expedition to Africa which he proposes to make. For some years past he has devoted at tention to the analysis of simian speech, his purpose being to produo a lexi con thereof. Once having established an understanding of a lew of the simpler words used by these arboreal cousins of mankind, he believes that it will be easy enough to communicate with them Intelligently. Thus they may be educated in a limited de gree, and may be taught to be of some service to the world. Prof. Garner's present intention Is to learn eometh'jijr of the speech of gorillas. These great apes represent an elevated type among the anthropoids; they are rapidly diminishing in numbers, and it Is desired to secure a few last words from them, at all events, before their kind becomes extinct Accordingly, ha proposes to call a few weeks hence for the west coast of Africa, whence he will make his way into the Gaboon country, where art vast forests, which afford a home to the greatest num bers of gorillas to-day. Will Shut Himself In a Case. He will take with him a large Iron cage, constructed in sections so as to be readily transported. This cage is not Intended to catch gorillas in. On the contrary. It is meant to keep them out Prof. Garner pro poses to occupy it himself, having set it up in the midst of the forest It will be big enough to provide him with room to sleep and to study. The sections will be conveyed by carriers Into the howling wilderness, where they will be put together. Neces sarily, the cage will have to be massively built, in order to defeat any efforts that may be made by aggressive gorillas to pull it apart In that region the forests at night are kept in an nproar by the howls of gorillas. There are the bachelors of the species. which are naturally disposed to postpone going to bed until moraine, while the males that have families keep an unrestful guard at the foot of tho trees where their wives repose among the branches,, in the intervals of the Equalling of the youngsters for lack of ipecao and soothing syrup. Here Prof. Garner will establish his roost and try to catch by ear a few suggestions of the language employed by these wild creatures in snouting to one another. He anticipates that the study he has already made of monsiey iai& win ue a ueip. Wl:i Flirt With the Females. After acquiring by guess the meaning of a few words, he will make use of them by taking part in the howls himself. By day as well as by night he will make responses to the yells and cries of gorillas that he hears in the woods, and he thinks that in this way he Till be able to attract certain individuals, especially females, about him. Presumably they will be favorably pre possessed with so agreeable an anthropoid as the professor, and intimacies may result We always carry your account through sick ness or loss of employ ment; we never grind an honest man down. Household Credit Cb. NOTE THE PRICES I TERMS CASH OR CREDIT I CHAIRS WARDROBES PARLOR SUITS CARPETS SIDEBOARDS ROCKERS AS LOW AS AS LOW AS AS LOW AS AS LOW AS AS LOW AS AS LOW AS 35 CENTS. $9 $9 $9 $24 $24 $24 15 15 15 $10 $10 $10 $1.50 $1.50 $1.50 CASH OR CREDIT. CASH OR CREDIT. CASH OR CREDIT. CASH OR CREDIT. CASH OR CREDIT. CASH OR CREDIT. Easy terms, as you like them. Easy terms, as you like them. Easy terms, as you like them. 'Easy terms, as you like them. Easy terms, as you like them. Easy terms, as you like them. 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If any gorillas approach the barred inclosure and have any remarks to make ot a hostile or amatory nature, the electric batteries controlling the phono graphs can be turned on at a moment's notice, and the words uttered will be indel ibly recorded for the tuture edification of civilized lecture audiences. Electrio lights will illuminate the cage. TALMAGE ON KEELEY. NOT IX SYMPATHY WITH TBI BECENT CBZES OF htjmbco. The Bl-Chlorlde of Gold Treatment En titled to Credit-If It Is Not the Thing Doctors Should Discover Something Else Considers Drunkenness a Disease. New York. Nor. It SpedcM Eev. Dr. Talmage said these things during his. Friday evening talk at the Tabernacle Chapel: A faint light on the drunkards' sky had made him think that morning was com ing. Dr. Keeley, it was said, had com pounded a medicine that would cure alco holism; over 800 inebriates had been saved, and less than 1 per oent of those who had graduated from this treatment had fallen. If an antidote to this poison of body, mind and soul has really been made, it is more important- than Pasteur's cure of hydrophobia, than Koch's cure of consumption. At the time when the world had begun to shout that at last the fiery thirst for strong drink might be extirpated by medical prescription, one of the chief advocates of the new mode of dis cnthralment dies of alcoholism on Black well's Island. As a result multitudes are crying: "Humbug. Nothing on all the shelves of pharmacopeia can conquer this appetite." Now, I am not in sympathy with this outcry. If a new discovery would take 800 cases in hand end lose COO of them, the re maining 300 saved are a victory gained, enongh to, fill earth and heaven with cele bration. People have died of smallpox after vaccination, but that is nothing against vaccination. People have died of sin after joining the church, but that is nothing against religion. Give the discov erer a chance. He proposes nothing but good, and let him go ahead with his work. Of this one thing I am certain. If Dr. Keeley's bi-chloride of gold does not achieve the thing proposed, some other medicine will. It is high time that the whole medical profession of Christendom rose up in their might and put down this appetite which has taken so large a part of tho human race by the throat It is a disgrace to men of genius in this latter part of the nineteenth century that so little has been accomplished for the crippling of this monster of alcohol ism, to say nothing of its extirpation. Medical science ought to be able to provide something beside three men holding down a patient in paroxysms of delirium tremens. For the sake of agonized humanity cheer on the doctors rather than fill the air with shouts of "humbug," because here and there may be a consplouous failure The doctor who shall demonstrate that this hot panther of disease thirst can be slain, onght to have a monument as high as Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. And that doctor will yet be born; perhaps, he is already born; perhaps he hears or reads this lecture. To pass the winter season comfortably by avoiding colds use Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Tits Alt fits stopped free by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Bestorer, So flu after flrst day's use. Mar velous cores. Treatise and 13 CO trial bottle free to Fit cases. Dr. Kline, 631 Arcb St.. I'hlU.. Pa. WE Our Holiday Goods are now arriving and we need the room to show them off to-an -advantage, so for the balance of the month we inaugurate -the Greatest Sacrifice Sale of our entire stock of furniture;carpets, stoves and bedding B7BE; zKi&rowisr. DO NOT MISS THE GREATEST SACRIFICE While the Stock EPISCOPAL CONGRESS To Be Held This Week, at Washing ton, Continuing Four Days. THE TOPICS TO- BE DISCUSSED. IntereBtlnp-Sellglonj Question! to Be the Subject of Debate. FOURTEENTH MEETING OP THE BIND Another religious convention" similar In its purpose to the Methodist Ecumenical Conference held in Washington last month, is to meet in the same city next week. It is the fourteenth congress of the Protestant Epicopal Church in the United States, and it will bring together churchmen from all over the country to discuss the live topics of the day. The first of these congresses was held 17 years ago. While the congress has no leg islative power, its discussions will be inter esting, as showing the trend of thought in the Episcopal Church on several secular and religious subjects. No delegates art elected to the congress, all churchmen who desire to attend being welcome. The management of the Church Congress has been in the hands of an executive com mittee whose members fill all vacancies oc curring in their ranks. This committee, which is thus a close "corporation, makes all the selections of essayists and speakers at the session of the congress. Four Days of Bellglous Discussion. The congress will be in session four days, beginning on Tuesday. Ex-Senator George F. Edmunds will preside, assisted by Bishop T.' U. Dudley, of Kentucky, and General J. B. Anderson. The first service is to be at 10:30 o'clock at the Church of the Epiphany, when Holy Communion is to be administered. Bishop Phillips Brooks, of Massachusets, will make the ad dress. The first s ssion will be opened im mediately after this service by ex-Senator Edmunds, the President The regular sessions are to be held in "National Rifles" Hall, and the first topio is to be "Theism and Evolution." The writers on this sub ject are Eev. Dr. Edwin Hanover, of New Haven, and Bev. Dr. 8. D. McConnell, of Philadelphia. The speakers will be Bev. Dr. Henry L. Ziegenluss, of Poughkeepsie, and Prof. Edward Worcester, of Lehigh Universitv. "Socialism" will be the topio for Wednes day morning, and It will be treated by Bev. Dr. B. F. Alsop, of Brooklyn; Bev. Pascal Harrower, of Staten Island, and Bev. A. M. Bartlett, of Delaware. Bev. Dr. James Mulcahey, of New York, and Bev. H. L. Myrick will deliver addresses on the "Re lations of the Clergy to Politics." Topics for the Best of the Session, "New and Old Parochial Methods," and "Catholio and Protestant Tendencies in the Life of the Church" will be the two topics for Thursday. On the first Rev. Dr. George W. Shinn, Bev. Langdon Stewartson, Bev. Henry A. Adams and others will speak, and on the second Prof. Charles E. Grim mer, of the Virginia Theological Seminary, and Bev, Drs. Arthur Brooks and J. O. S. Huntington, of this city. "The True Polioy of Diocesan Missions' is one of Friday's topics. Addresses will be delivered by Bishop E. R. Atwell, of West Missouri, Bev. George A. Carstensen, of New York, and others. The last session of the congress will be held Friday after noon, when "Personal Religion" will be discussed by Bishop O. W. Whitaker, of Pennsvlvama, and Bishop Coxe, of West ern New York. Rev. Dr. D. Parker Mor gan and Rev. Henry Mothell will also speak. During the congress, officials and ap- MUST HAVE THE ROOM is Complete. m jT 1 u I J -'itiWrMM !' "" N BIB REN OUZNATION FIREWORKS DO NOT WORK. pointees are to be the guests of the local committee of hospitality in Washingtos. PATTISON'S PROCLAMATION. J1BR GOVERNOR TO FOIXOTT THE PRESIDENT'S "LEAD. Devout Gratitude Dae for the Many Great Blessing of the Year A Reunion of Families and Friends Recommended A Day for Deeds of Charity. Habbisbtjbo, Nov. 14. Governor Patti son to-day issued the following proclama tion: To tne Citizens of Pennsylvania: Dovont gratitude to the Almighty Being whose blessings have been so conspicuously dispensed in tne past and whose guardian ship and guidance we earnestly Implore for the future, make it fitting and proper that a people so favored should pause amid the enjoyment of prosperity to gratefully ac knowledge and return thanks to the Divine Author of their blessings. Now, therefore, I, Robert E. Pattlson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl. vanla, do recommend Thursday, tho 26th davofNovemher, In the year of our Lord, lSStas a day of thanksgiving and prayor. On that day let all secular business be sus pended, and let the people assemble In their usual places of worship, and with prayer and songs of praise devoutly testify their gratitude for His goodness and His wonder ful works and for all that He has done for us in the year that has passed; for our marvel ous exemption from calamity; for our secur ity against the "pestilenoe that walketh in darkness and the destruction that wasteth at noonday;" for tbat health which to an unusual extent has prevailed within our borders; for tho bountiful harvests which have rewarded the labors of the husband man and contributed to the substantial wealth of the State; for the content wniob, follows plenty, and for the signs of prosper ity which are-manifest on every hand And let there be also, on this day thus set SALE OF RELIABLE GOODS ON RECORD The Opportunity May Never Occur Again. U U-4 W apart a reunion of families and friends, that the affection forborne maybe strengthened and the spirit of good will Increased. Being enriched In everything to all bountlfnlness, let us not forget to crewn the day with deeds of charity and kind remembrance of the poor, and so make our thanksgiving more acceptable in the sizht of the Lord. Given under my hand and the trreat seal of the State, at the city of Harrlburg, this 14th day of November, In the year of our Lord 1891, and of the Commonwealth one hundred and sixteenth. Eobzet E. PATCTSCnr. Wx, F. HAXsrrr, Secretary of the Common wealth, nTZOEBAXD MUST HAHO. Only the Intervention of the Governor Can Save the Murderer. YotTNGSTOWir, Nov. 14. The Circuit Court this morning passed upon the applica tion for a new trial for William E. Fitz gerald, convicted of the murder of Officer Tweed and sentenced tobe hanged at Colum bus next Thursday. Judge Laubie rendered the opinion of the Court, occupying two hours, and refusing to grant a new trial, holding that there was no error in the Court below, that the verdict was fully sustained by the evidence, and affirming the judgment of the lower court. Application was made by the counsel for Fitzgerald to suspend sentence until a peti tion in error could be filed In the Supreme Court, but the Court refused to grant it and stated that the case had now passed beyond their jurisdiction. An application for a re spite will be made to Governor Campbell Iowa Covered With Snow, BOOKE, Ia., Nov. 14. Snow commenced falling about midnight, and the ground is now covered about two inches deep. It is still snowing. JUST AS YOU LIKE IT I LI NC0LNANDHAML1N Col. McClure Tells Why the Martyr President Nom inated Johnson. IT WAS PUEE POLITICS Feared He Would Iteed the Totes of Several Southern States. A BID FOE FOREIGN CONFIDENCE Letter of tne ITaine Statesman Admlttinf Lincoln Beat Him. YICT0RH8 OF SHERMAN A5D SHEBIDAS twarmar ran tbi disfatch. The fact that Abraham Lincoln conceived and executed the scheme to nominate An drew Johnson for Vice President in 1864 has been feebly disputed, but is now accepted as the truth of history. It was not an arbitrary exercise of political poVer on tho part of Lincoln. He had no prejudice against Han nibal Hamlin to in spire him to compass Hamlin's defeat He had no special love for SarmSbd Hamlin. Andrew Johnson to lead him to overthrow his old associate of 18C0, and make the mili tary Governor oi an insurgent State his fel low candidate for '64. Hamlin was not in close sympathy with Lincoln; on the contrary he was known as one who passively rather than actively strengthened a powerful cabal of Republi can leaders in their aggressive hostility to Lincoln and his general policy, but Lincoln was incapable of yielding to prejudice, however strong, in planing his great cam paign for re-election in 1864. Had Hamlia been ten times more offensive than he was to Lincoln it would not have halted Lincoln for a moment in favoring Hamlin's renomina tion if he believed it good politics to do so. He rejected Hamlin not because he hated him; he accepted Johnson not 'because ho loved him. He was guided inwhat he did, or what he did not In planning the great campaign of bis life that he believed in-. volved the destiny of the country itself, by the single purpose of making success as nearly certain as possible. Hamlin the Logical Candidate In '00. Hamlin was nominated for the Vice Pre idency in 1860 simply because he was a rep resentati ve Republican fresh from the Demo cratic party. Another consideration that favored his selection was the fact that his State had been carried into the Eepublicaa party under his leadership, and that its State election in September would be tha fingerboard of success or defeat in the na tional contest His postion as Representa tive, Senator and Governor, and his ad mitted ability and high character, fully jus tified his nomination as the candidate for Vice President: but when elected there was the usual steadily widening chasm between him and the Executive, and like nearly or quite all Vice Presidents, he drifted into No house ever; did nor no house ever will sell you perfect goods at as low a price as the Household Credit Co. -t .4 I i il.. jj.-V-t. IfMSSsB
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