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Show j The way for a young man .! lo rise is to improve himself jittery way he can, never sus- peeling that anybody wishes j to hinder him. Lincoln. Si Election Incident. Lincoln was a clever politician and never hesitated when president to play trumps in a crisis. Colonel A. K. McClure said that he told Lincoln lie couldn't carry Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania in 1SG4 on the homo vole unless ho furloughed 10,0(10 Pennsylvania soldiers sol-diers hiid sent them hack here to vole. Lincoln hesitated only a moment and (ben requested both Mi-ade and Sheridan Sher-idan to send 5.0(10 troops into Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania for the election, which was done. Mi-Clure's prediction was evidently correct, as Lincoln, even with Ihe 10,000 troops voting here, carried Pennsylvania by only 5,712. To this plurality was added some 1-1,000 as the result of Pennsylvania soldiers veiling In the field. Philadelphia Lodger. |