Logan Republican | 1916-02-12 | Page 6 | Made "Old Abe" Worry

MADE "OLD ABE" WORRY. Slow Returns From His Own Precinct Bothered Him on His Election Night. Lincoln spent most of tho. night of Nov. U, ISM. In nn olllco room In the stntchouse nt Springfield, 111., receiving receiv-ing returns from tho election. Thnt was tbe day ho wns elected president of tho United States. Lato at night it wns observed that tho candidate was n llttlo worried about something, dcsplto the fact that most cheering news wns coming In from New York, Pennsylvania and other oth-er big states which he expected to carry. car-ry. Finally Lincoln admitted that he was worried nbout his own town, which was n Democratic place. At last the news came thntLlncoln had cnrrled his own precinct Lincoln chuckled, it Is said, and then remarked that he guessed ho'd go homo, which ho did. Ho appeared Jubilant over having cnrrled his own precinct nnd had ceased to worry nbout tho rest of tho United States.