. McClure's magazine. s office at Springfield shows that all of thesefigures are erroneous. The fact remains, however—and it isa fact which has been commented upon by several of thebiographers as showing his phenomenal popularity—thatthe vote for Lincoln was far in excess of that given anyother candidate. The twelve candidates, with the numberof votes of each were: Abraham Lincoln, 277 ; John , 182 ; William Carpenter, 136 ; John Dawson, 105 ;E. D. Taylor, 88 ; Archer G. Herndon, 84 ; Peter Cartwright,62 ; Achilles Morris, 27 ; Thomas M. Neal, 21 ; Edward Robe-son, 15 ; Zachariah Pete
. McClure's magazine. s office at Springfield shows that all of thesefigures are erroneous. The fact remains, however—and it isa fact which has been commented upon by several of thebiographers as showing his phenomenal popularity—thatthe vote for Lincoln was far in excess of that given anyother candidate. The twelve candidates, with the numberof votes of each were: Abraham Lincoln, 277 ; John , 182 ; William Carpenter, 136 ; John Dawson, 105 ;E. D. Taylor, 88 ; Archer G. Herndon, 84 ; Peter Cartwright,62 ; Achilles Morris, 27 ; Thomas M. Neal, 21 ; Edward Robe-son, 15 ; Zachariah Peters, 4 ; Richard Dunston, 4. Of the twenty-three who did not vote for Lincoln, tenrefrained from voting for Representative at all, thus leavingonly thirteen votes actually cast against Lincoln. Lincoln isnot recorded as voting. The judges were Bowling Green,Pollard Simmons, and William Clary, and the clerks wereJohn Ritter and Mentor Graham.—J. McCan Davis. {Begttn in the November number, 1895 ; to be continued.). EUGENE FIELD TELLING A STORY TO SISSY KNOTT AND LISBETH AND MARTHA WINSLOW. EUGENE FIELD AND HIS CHILD FRIENDS. By Cleveland Moffett. THE form of the expressions of regardand regret called out on all sides bythe untimely death of Eugene Field, at hishome in Chicago, on November 4, 1895,makes clear that the character in whichthe public at large knew and loved best was that of the poet of childlife. What gives his child-poems their un-equalled hold on the popular heart is theirsimplicity, warmth, and genuineness; andthese qualities they owe to the fact thatField himself lived in the closest and fond-est intimacy with children, had troops ofthem for his friends, and wrote his poemsdnectly under their suggestion and inspira-tion. Mr. T. A. Van Laun of Chicago,who was one of Mr. Fields closest friends,has kindly given me many reminiscences,and helped me to much material, illustrat-ing all sides of Mr. Fields life, amongothers this fine relation with the child
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