Something of Men I Have Known

Something of Men I Have Known, by Adlai E.

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Title: Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson

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Language: English
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SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN
With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective
by
ADLAI E. STEVENSON
Fully Illustrated
Second Edition

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Chicago A. C. McClurg & Co. 1909
Copyright A. C. McClurg & Co. 1909 Published October, 1909 Second Edition, December 17, 1909 The Lakeside Press R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company Chicago

TO MY WIFE Letitia Green Stevenson THE PATIENT LISTENER TO THESE "TWICE-TOLD TALES"

FOREWORD
To write in the spirit of candor of men he has known, and of great events in which he has himself borne no inconspicuous part, has been thought not an unworthy task for the closing years of more than one of the most eminent of our public men. It may be that the labor thus imposed has oftentimes enabled the once active participant in great affairs submissively "to entertain the lag end of his life with quiet hours."
Following the example of such at a great distance and along a humbler path, I have attempted to write something of events of which I have been a witness, and of some of the principal actors therein during the last third of a century.
My book in the main is something of men I have personally known; the occasional mention of statesmen of the past seems justified by matters at the time under discussion.
With the hope that it may not be wholly without interest to some into whose hands it may fall, I now submit this slight contribution to the political literature of these passing days.
A. E. S. BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, August 1, 1909.

CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
ON THE CIRCUIT II. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES III. AGAIN IN CONGRESS IV. THE VICE-PRESIDENT V. THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES VI. A TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN VII. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS VIII. THE FIRST POLITICAL TELEGRAM IX. ALONG THE BYPATHS OF HISTORY X. THE CODE OF HONOR XI. A PRINCELY GIFT XII. THE OLD RANGER XIII. THE MORMON EXODUS FROM ILLINOIS XIV. A KENTUCKY COLONEL XV. FORGOTTEN EVENTS OF THE LONG AGO XVI. ROBERT G. INGERSOLL XVII. A CAMP-MEETING ORATOR XVIII. CLEVELAND AS I KNEW HIM XIX. THE UNANIMOUS CHOICE FOR SPEAKER XX. A LAWYER OF THE OLD SCHOOL XXI. HIGH DEBATE IN THE MOUNTAINS XXII. THE SAGE OF THE BAR XXIII. "THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSISSIPPI" XXIV. AN OLD-TIME COUNTRY DOCTOR XXV. A QUESTION OF AVAILABILITY XXVI. A STATESMAN OF A PAST ERA XXVII. NOT GUILTY OF PREACHING THE GOSPEL XXVIII. AMONG THE ACTORS XXIX. THE LOST ART OF ORATORY XXX. THE COLONELS XXXI. REMINISCENCES XXXII. A TRIBUTE TO IRELAND XXXIII. THE BLIND CHAPLAIN XXXIV. A MEMORABLE CENTENNIAL XXXV. COLUMBUS MONUMENT IN CENTRAL PARK XXXVI. A PLATFORM NOT DANGEROUS TO STAND UPON XXXVII. ANECDOTES OF GOVERNOR OGLESBY XXXVIII. THE ONE ENEMY XXXIX. CONTRASTS OF TIMES XL. ENDORSING THE ADMINISTRATION XLI. ANECDOTES ABOUT LINCOLN XLII. FIRST LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY IN AMERICA XLIII. A NEW DAY ADDED TO THE CALENDAR XLIV. A MOUNTAIN COLLEGE XLV. DEDICATION OF A NATIONAL PARK XLVI. A BAR MEETING STILL IN SESSION XLVII. THE HAYNE-WEBSTER DEBATE RECALLED XLVIII. IN THE HIGHLANDS XLIX. ANECDOTES OF LAWYERS L. OUR NOBLE CALLING LI. THE "HOME-COMING" AT BLOOMINGTON
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
[facing] PAGE ADLAI E. STEVENSON Frontispiece ADLAI E. STEVENSON AT 30 8 JAMES S. EWING 9 GEORGE F. HOAR 12 SAMUEL J. TILDEN 13 JAMES G. BLAINE 18 ROBERT E. WILLIAMS 19 JAMES A. GARFIELD 22 NATH. P. BANKS 23 WILLIAM R. MORRISON 26 WILLIAM M. SPRINGER 27 SAMUEL J. RANDALL 30 ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS 30 LUCIUS Q. C. LAMAR 30 JAMES B.