Show PEN PICTURE Of LINCOLN BY 1 SALT LAKER WHO VHO KNEW KNEM HIM Abraham Lincoln was the great greatest cst I man nan I ever ovel know and arni to my mind one I or of tho Urn groat greatest st and aud best c characters tho I world over produced When the country country country coun coun- I try honors the memory of Lincoln It but honors itself In my estimation of tho the man Lincoln excelled tho tim a average man more In his Intellectual faculty con and moral power than he 1 I Idid did in his lith emotions Once that ho he believed be be- he was right that was lS the end cud of the subject with him bim He would have havo CI gone ItOn to the tho stake for a principle which be believed in I This was th summary of a statement t mad made this morning I Judge Charles Chares S. S I Zane of this city cit a pu personal onal friend of tho the great veat emancipator tor and one who cho ho knew tho martyred te president better than perhaps an any other man in Utah knew him Few men and arid women in the United Stat are alive alho toda today noh who vho had bad hada bada a It real p personal acquaintance with Lin coIn coln For over ot r an hour Judo Judge Zane talked in a A. reminiscent cent vein cin about Lincoln Little sidelights on oi the lifo of the man were Inn riven such tich as ha have not Dot found their way f into to the public print before Judge Zane told of his first meeting with Lincoln Lin Lan coIn coln ho he told of bow how Lincoln received th the news noB of his hie nomination by the Chicago ChiP Chi cago eago convention for president when hn Zane was one of the three to notify th the future president that he hc had bt been cn nomi nomi- ted Judge Zane told toM how he be first met Lincoln ho bo how he met him mau many times between that time and the ni night ht ho was assassinated M at the Ford lord theater in in Washington At times the story tory was told with ith a amile amile mile a as A Zane Zan remembered some witty story of LiI Lincoln oln and at other times time there thero wa was a tin tinge o of sadness I following fol fol- fol lowing owin the the- recital of some pome incident in inthe in inthe the life of Lincoln as Jud Judge e Zano remembered re reo him bim Met Mot Him in Iu Office Oce It HIt was i- i April 1550 that I located beat beat- ed d near Salem Ill and commenced to hear something of A Abe Abo be as tho the people called him bim said Judge Zane I learned d from irom the old oM settlers of that section that Abe Abc was a good fel fel- low Jw There was something about the boy bOJ that seemed eeme to strike in in on the heart of the old oM settlers Lincoln was th then n practicing law down in in Spring Sprint I field Long before I nit met the man I T had learned arved to res respect ct him because of what hat his old acquaintances had told me In July 1856 T 1 went to Springfield to enter enter en en- ter fey tera a a law office offie and carried a letter of introduction from one of the old oM friends of Lincoln to the future president pre I He lie was not at his hi office but I met his bis partner William H. H Hern Herndon on Thero There I was no opening at the office for fora a student stu ath- ath dent at that time but hut I T was given i iven a aletter aletter aletter letter of introduction to Tames lames C. C Conkling Conk- Conk ling hog a relative e of the cre great t Roscoe Rocoe Conk Conk- Jin ling Mr rr received d me kind kindl kindly and I 1 entered his office to study tudy law Two or lr day later a man entered entered en en- the office no om I knew at a glance clance was Mr Ir Lincoln I was as introduced to him lim and as lie be put out his bis band and I I grasped it r I had to look up to see into his bis face bce There was something about that handshake that I will never ne for for- get iet Plain Simple Man Ho greeted me as though h I was his equal there was no strained effort no taking of the tbt hand band and the the I I am glad Iad to meet you It was just a great at big bis bigman man roan meeting a lAW Jaw student and the bi big bigman bigman man did not riot know how bow much that handshake hand- hand shake and those few pleasant wOrds wards meant to me He left the office a few minutes s later hater and I did not not- see ee hii him again altin for four fur or five days day when nohen r I attended a meeting to celebrate the nomination of John C. C Fremont as president si ent of the tho United States Statts Spee Speeches bs b's were made atthe at atthe atthe the meeting b by Judge Conkling and Judge c Robbins Bobbins Just as Robbins Bobbins was concluding Lincoln came in the hall ball and in response to a a. general eDera I request delivered ered a a. short speech 3 against slav crY ery I HI think that speech was WaR one ono of the cleanest rat cut and most moet logical that T have vcr iver b heard ard A shot short time later Inter I hapP happened hap hap- P to be bl at the same hotel at which Mr Lincoln spent th the tho night There were ere two t-noo beds one a double bed and one oneA I ft A single Mr Lincoln had taken the single bed and left mo me tho the other one I told him to change as all I T believed t he lip i would be bo more mort comfortable and that I Iwas Iwas was 38 the Ull younger man U You just stay where you are m my boy O i I will be all aU right over ocr hero here said paid he 1 Later Lster I met him time tinie in the courtroom and in his office and not a low few times at his home borne Was Vas Good Dresser lie ite was WaR always al the tho same in ht having I careful consideration for the ft feelings of ot others and their ri rights ht There have hare man many stories told about Lincoln being a poor dresser he be was noaR not ho was a good dres dresser cr paul paid careful attento atten atten- lion tion to seeing that everything that be he wore was tas cl clean m but he was as not what one mi ought might ht call a fashionable lt dresser He Ie was WIS not at any an- any time in his career what on ond oeo would call cail a politician j in the general acceptance of that word today y t h ho b was a u real politician of oC the I highest hut His bUs typo type C power lo was great whether before a i court ourt a jury or with jtb tho the l person ron he hc mi might aught t be talking with I People liked to meet and nd shake hands lands with ith him bini thc they liked to hear him hinl talk o I 1 1 shall hll n never Jr r forget nrC t the thc n night ht in Springfield when ben the word came that 1 0 bo lio had b been n nominated tel for the tho ROe dency lenc of the tho United States b by th tho Kc- Kc publican convention in Ic ln fI Chicago The I t dl dispatch to the tI telegraph told of ot the meeting of tho the convention ou I s. s second one told of or the tr first t ballot balut in St Stewart warl was wa in the lead the Second ballot told tol of ot the train nin of Lin Lin- eoln In Iu com company pan with Mr 11 Lincoln I J left his office and wont went nt to the office of lt it the Illinois State Stalo Journal A Ate few minutes after we Wf arr arrived d thero th the it city editor dior whoso whose name 1 T have hao forgot forgot- fr forgotten ot- ot ten Mr Lincoln Lincoln's s 's law to r. r 8 partner and myself mv- mv self elf left Idt the newspaper of office e and went e t to fo the tho tel telegraph office fel further information in in- f formation from the tho convention V Wo We hind been in in the office but hut a 3 r few w minutes min mm- utes when tho the result of the third bal hal lot Jot was Wa received ed over or the wire ire Tho The operator threw down his pencil anal ami handed a sup of paper to Hi the tho city edi di tor for of ot the tbt paper aper The Tho ct city editor edior rushed L out cut ut without Fa saving n a n word orl to us 11 Tb Th op operator waA wa wai a n fn friend nd of nf m mine w and I asked aked him what th the m message l tc Lincoln is nominated il 8 with wib hands I Iowa down doWn on the tho third ballot balot was ws a his anI an I VC t. t We Wc went nt hack bark to HIt newspaper office mc Lincoln i and d a crowd croud of admirers 1 il S i t I II I I I i. JUDGE CHARLES S. S ZANE I were there The city editor edior started to tos toI s say something about cheering but lost I his wording and 1 I jumped on a n chair and arni yelled veiled Three cheers for the next I president of the tLe United cI States States' l' l Th They were wro given with a will i as ns everybody in iii tho the room rom know who was meant meant Lincoln noa was th the tho coolest t man in inthe in inthe the thc room Quietly he took t the e dispatch dis dis- patch from the editor edior and read it t over o Turin Turning fuming to those thoe present nt bo lie said aid I but I Gentlemen I thank you yon knew this would come when I ht heard ard the result of the second ballot balot When Lincoln LetI Loft Let I Liu was the most self possessed esse man I ever met In all al the years ears that I knew kne him I never saw sa him excited At t times I have hac seen him terribly in in earnest earest and m at such times he ho made but few gestures with hi his bis han hands s or arm but buthis buthis his hil face and et eyes s told of his earnest earnest- nf ness One of the greatest rt traits of Abraham Abra braham bra bra- I I ham Lincoln was noa his treatment of his fellow men He Ire II always treated them with respect no matter mater what hat their ther position po poj in in lif Jf life li might ht be or how much th they tiie might ht differ with noih him in their opinions He was a great admirer of the Bible and anil Shakespeare's works and frequently made short quotations from one or both iu in his arguments His Ji was a kindl kindly gentle ente soul one such as lS this world has seldom seen f-een feen and vet ct withal Lincoln had a mind of his hiso o own n. n Once let le him be convinced that that- ho he was in the right and nothing on onearth onearth onearth earth could chaD change e him When Lincoln was WS clece elected as ls president dent Tu Judge o Zane left the law lw office with noih which h he had been connected for four years and formed a partnership with wih the law partner of Lincoln This afternoon Judge Zano Zan is a addressing addressing ad ad- dressing the public school teachers of Salt Lake Lako City on Some Personal Re Recollections of Abraham Lincoln It Jt I is not a prepared speech but just such a little talk on personal reminiscences of the great emancipator as no other man in Utah can give e |