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Show PROGRESS. CASTTE PA LB. EMERY COUNT 9- - fiipDdddys LITTLE BAND 'WAGON H Eveiir JOURNEYS Fairy Tale llllliUililiiiliUlilTULi BY L. T. MERRILLnulLi!1UllU,,1,,,1UU1,i, l, 1928; Ever-Keady- h sang: "Old Abe Lincoln came out of the wilderness, Out of the wilderness, out of the wll derness, Old Abe Lincoln came out of the wilderness, Down In Illinois.'' were marching, too Southerners They organized companies of Breckinridge Minute Men. In some parts of the South the Impression spread that the Northern Wide Awakes were a military organization formed to sup port Lincoln by armed force. South Carolina answered thi't funded threat by forming a secret society whose members pledged themselves to arm and march to Washington, It necessary, to prevent the Inauguration of a "Hlack Uepiiblicuu" President. Douglas, who had had close association with Southern leaders of his party, appraised the seriousness .of the situation more truly than muny other Northerners. "If the withdrawal ot my name would lend to defeat Mr. Lincoln," he suld In September, "1 would this ma ment withdraw It." Republican successes la the elections held In certain states during October confirmed the worst fears of Douglas. "Mr. Lincoln Is the next President," he declared. "We must try to save the Union." Douglas, who had surprised his friends and followers by taking the stump in his own behalf, contrary to the custom of the time for I'residen tial candidates, uow canceled all fur ther engagements In tils Northern speaking tour and plunged Into the South In a desperate final attempt to use the power of his eloquence to pre It was vent disruption of the Union an act of high redeeming statesman ship In a public career that had been much shaped by expediency. liut In vain he pleaded that there was no evil In the nation for which the Constitution and "laws do not furnish a remedy, no grievance that can justify disunion." It was too late to stem the tide of the Inevitable. Lincoln got 1,800,452 popular votes and Douglas 1 .375.1 f.7. with . 847.H53 for Breckinridge and r!Xi,031 for Bell Seldom have the possible disparities between popular arid electoral votes been so eccentrically demonstrated For while l.liu-olhad ISO electoral votes. Douglas, who ran only a half million behind bitii In the popular poll, bad just 12 electoral votes; whllf Bell, with a total of fewer than (km. 000 popular votes, had 3 electoral Seventy-twelectoral votes votes. went to .Breckinridge, whose popular vote was less than two thirds that of Douglas. Around their bonfires ot victory In the North, Republicans were singing a new stanza of their campaign hal lad: "Oh. ain't I lieans. Joined glad I loined the Repub - lie Republicans. Joined the Republicans, Ain't I glad I joined ttie Republicans. Down In Illinois. " I Other crowds In the streets of South Carolina towns were cheering a new flag, red In color and hearing a pal meito and a star. The threat of se cession was becoming an ominous fact A S THB crucial wartime election of 1804 approached, President Lincoln was betweeu two fires On the one hand were the Democrats demanding a cessation of trie war and settlement aronnd the conference table, and blaming Lincoln's administration for what was construed to be too severe a pollc) against the "copiierheads." At the other extreme were the radical Republican faction, dissatisfied because they believed Lincoln's policy had not been vigorous enough, not the administration sentiment toward the South uililcletitly hitter. Two unsuccessful generals were brought forward to head election rick eta representing t lie respective dls satisfied elements. Strangely enough, there was an other groui Including such tiguivs hp Horace Greeley, who while professlnv to find Lincoln's administration satis factory. Insisted even at sm-- a crltl cal Juncture that no president ought to be given more than one term, because none had been given two for ile last thirty years. Lincoln, for his part, was willing to step aside if It seemed best for the country. But his renomination by the main body of Republicans was a foregone conclusion. He hud all but 22 votes of the Baltimore convention of the party, styling Itself the Union Na Mis tlonal convention Twenty-tw8ourl delegates wanted to nominate General tlrant, but switched their votes to make the Lincoln choice unanimous. The plulform demanded prosecution of the war to a finish and amend ment of the Constitution so that slavery uever could be To help hold he loyalty of hoidei states and win over Democratic votes. Andrew Johnson, Democratic war time governor of Tennessee, was made It was a Lincoln's running-mate- . choice the party was to rue when Johnson succeeded to the Presidency upon Lincoln's assassination. The radical Republicans, about 400 of them, met at Cleveland, nominated (Jen. John C. Fremont, and adopted a severe platform. One of Its demands was for confiscation of lands belong ing to Confederates, to be redistributed among Northern soldiers. When Lincoln received reports ot Fremont's nomination and the Cleveland convention proceedings, he said they reminded him of the Bible story about the Cave of Adullam, to which came "every one that was In distress, and every one that was discontented . . and there were with him abou' 400 men." The Democrats purposely delayed their convention till late in August, feeling that summer events on the battlefield might further clarify the political outlook. By the time they assembled. Union defeats In the war together with Imminent prospect of another army draft, had Indeed brought public feeling In the North to a low ebb of discouragement. Peace sentiment was gaining. In late August the time was rlp for Clement L. Vallandinghnm ot Ohio, who once had been chased out of the North for his defeatist tnaueu vers, to recross the border from Can ada and. as a leading member ot the Democratic platform committee, to tone give a strong to the platform through a resolution declaring that the war had been a failure and that Immediate efforts must be made to bring about a cessa Hon of hostilities. To stand on this defeatist plunk the convention nominated Gen George R McClellan, who had commanded the Army of the Potomac. He refused to stand there. Though accepting the nomination, he vigorously repudiated the Vallundinghum plank, deciarinv he could not look Into the faces ot the men he had led In the service and tell them the sacrifices of their dead iw' wounded comrades had been vain. Northern military triumphs were at most Immediately to make the pence plank meaningless, anyhow. The ink was hardly dry on McClellan s acevpi ance when the news came that Slier man hnd taken Atlanta, Farragut har won the Battle of Mobile Bay. Slierl dan had swept triumphantly through the Shenandoah valley with his vie tories' nt Winchester and Fisher's 1 peace-at-any-prl- Hill. The Republicans bad been in deep despair. Lincoln's advisers had been telling him his defeat was almost cer tain. Convinced of the truth of their gloomy prophecies. In late August he had had his cabinet Indorse a memorandum virtually promising to hai-the administration Immediately over to his successor, to save the Union, In th event of Republican defeat at the polls. Then the tide suddenly turned Military victories heartened public sentl ment. Fremont withdrew his caudl dacy. The triumph of "Old Abe" over 'Little Mac" was assured. But It was a close decision Though Lincoln hud 212 electoral votes to 21 for the IemocratIf nominee, he ran fewer than 5(H.(HI0 votes ahead of McClellan in a total popular vote ot 4. A possible change of 000,000. onlj 00,000 Mipular votes In a few strategic or doubtful states could tiave reversed the whole result and elected McClel lau. By J T.T. ! 7ts Bayer A FALL DAY The Final Struggle for Slavery The Wartime Election of 1864 Important campaign before or si we, so there was none that roused popular feeling to a higher pitch than that of I860 when the crucial Issue of slaver; was fought out to a finish among four tickets. Abraham Lincoln of Illinois had been nominated by the ItepuhllcHiia The DeiutK-ruts- , split In two on the slavery question, broke up their na tlonal convention, and two groups met separately Inter. John C , P.reckln ridge of Kentucky, Buchanan's vice president and later a general and secretary of war In the Confederacy, was nominated for Fiesldcnt by the extreme proslaverj faction of the Demo cruts. Senator Stephen A. Douglas ot Illinois got the nomination of the northern wing ot the party. A fourth group, an amalgamation of elderly Whigs and Kn iw Nothings Styling themselves the Constitutional Union party, nominated .Mm Hell of Tennessee as a candidate of harmon.x who would have no notions and no policy on the subject of slavery The canvass that ensued revived some of the features of the famous cabins such campaign of 1840 as were used In the Harrison cam pnlgn, came hack as symbols ot the humble origin of the Republican rail Knilsplltler em splitter candidate. blems, rings and pins were popular. Marching clubs took a prominent part In enthusiastic and spectacular torchlight processions. Northern Hem ocrats organized and paraded as Ooug las Guards, Little (Slants, Invinclbles. But most Imposing were the Republican Wide Awakes. In all sections of the North they came to adopt a fairly standard uniform, with capes a cos glazed hats and tume first affected by Hartford (Conn.) marchers when they escorted Lincoln on a visit he made to their city In the spring of the election year. As they swung along In the glare of swaying torches, the Wide Awakes ! ! YONDER iway dyVFH GRAHAM BOWER Wcatera Newspaper VaUoa.) THKUK vrai no more ASAmerican President tal AND it take NEARBY -- "We thought we had gone to bed for the winter," several of the gar den flowers said, "and that we would not see you, Mr. Sun, until next year." Mr. Sun blinked and beamed and said: "It will be warm for a week and I'll see that you have a wonderful week of sunshine." The flowers smiled and waved in the soft breeze. "We love it these days," they said. "They always come as such a surprise. "Somehow we win't imagine that warm days will come after Jack Frost gets at us. "He freezes us and makes us feel like shrinking up into absolutely nothing at alL "It's a shame, too, the way we obey him." "Never mind." said Mr. Sun, "you have a lot of fun. so you mustn't Dead Letters receipt ot unbelievably large Inof letters addressed to dividuals and concerns which could not be located at the address given and could not be returned to the writ era because no return address was given, led the Post Office department,a as far back as 1825. to establish dead-lette- r office In Washington for the purpose of working out a proper Incidentaldisposition of such mail. found ly, the large amount of money In uuelalmec" letters likewise led to the establishment of our present postal money order system In 1804. But the flood ot undeliverable let ters continued to Increase at an alarming rate and the establishment of the parcels post made matters worse so that several branch offices had to be opened. Undeliverable letters are opened and somedestroyed unless they contain thing of value or Information making their return to the writers possible Those containing anything of obvious value are held for one year awaiting claim, after which time, if unclaimed, the contents become government prop erty. Letters carrying name and ad dress of sender are relumed parcels are held for a time and finally disposed of at public auc- THE fj The nurse tells you to take Bayer Aspirin because she knows safe. Doctors have told her so. It has no effect on the heart, n take it to stop a headache or check a cold. For almost instant relief of neuralgia, neuritis, rheumatism ; even lumbago. But be sure it's Bayer the genuine Aspirin. At druggists, with proven directions for its many uses. buiw.wi Aspirin it tM Traoe min of SaUeylicactt of UooMceticactdMter xj v m'm r az-- z m aw m, m m a m j v t m a aaaaaaw mut m ii mm L'nde-liverahl- tion. mmM' To Be Captured in a Net really mind If Jack Frost conies along in the autumn for his fun too." "That's so, we mustn't be greedy," the flowers said. Along came the butterflies and they sipped of the honey from the flowers. "Hello, blossoms," said the butter- During a recent year, the postmaster general reported the disposition of 24. o".0,!)82 undeliverable letters; 3.!i'2. 074 being delivered. 19,810.020 de stroyed, 80,027 filed awaiting claim 244,077 'under treatment" anil .W.37tl unclaimed parcels, of which 101.400 were delivered, f2,f82 destroyed and the balance to be finally disposed of at auction. During a recent January some 5,(MX), 000 undeliverable Christmas cards reached the various dead letter offices and only about 10 per cent could be returned because the senders failed to show their addresses. "Hello, lovely butterflies," the flow- which meant an Invitation to the butterflies to take all the honey they could. Now a little boy named Geoffrey came out of his house. He walked from the porch down into the garden, "What a fine day It is," he sa!d to himself, "I must do something." Now the flowers and the birds 'tnd the butterflies did not like Geoffrey. And when flowers and birds and butterflies do not like people It Is a very bad sign. He always walked through the garden pulling nt the flowers and dropping them as he pulled them oft. He never picked them as If he thought they were beautiful, and they loved to be picked nicely. They know that they give so much pleasure that way, and flowers love to make people happy. The birds were always afraid that Geoffrey would find their nests. He had been known to steal eggs. And the butterflies knew that he owned a horrid net that lie tried to catch them In. Luckily they had not been caught but tliey always were miserable when they saw him. "I shall certainly have a butterfly today." he said. "I thought they had gone for the year, but here they are around again. "Yes, I must start a collection. There's a beauty," he said ns he saw a gorgeous yellow one flying over some flowers. "Mr. Sun. Mr. Sun," whispered the butterflies, "is there anything you can do to help?" "Ah yes." said Mr. Sun. "I know what I'll do, and I'll do it this very morning. "It will be a great joy to do what I have In mind, hut of course must speak to the Dream King." The butterflies did not know about the Dream King, but Mr. Sun was certainly a comfort. He called the Dream King and said : "Give this boy the right kind of a dream. He wants to catch butterflies and you know the rest." Mr. Sun began to shine so hard that It made Geoffrey feel sleepy. "1 guess I'll take a nap In the sunshine before I start in catching butterflies." he said. That was Just what they wanted, and the Dream King sent him a dream of what It felt like to he captured In a net and when he woke up he knew how the butterflies would feel and he knew that a collection of this kind would he mean and unfair. 1 The Crow and the Oak On nn old, old oak a croak croaked a crow with "Croak, croak, croak," croaked he. "If you croak for joke," quoth the (id old oak "What a funny Joke It must be." Then the old. old oak thought the Joke he would poke. At the crow as he croaked on the tree. "Crack." went the oak a branch of It broke And down with a croak came he. Would Powder His Face "Ma, do I have to wash my fnceT "Certainly!" "Aw. .ike you why Uo cant I just powder ft yours?" AlYjvA-s- a ik i I w m. The King of Oakdom iWK ' 5 C 0V)llC 6 S OKin ana nair. I iwnhm. 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