The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . John L. Scripps to his paper (the ChicagoTribune). Again and again during its de-livery they sprang to their feet and uponthe benches and testified, by long-continuedshouts and the waving of hats, how deeplythe speaker had wrought upon their mindsand hearts. It fused the mass of incongru-ous elements into perfect homogeneity; andfrom that day to the present they haveworked together in harmonious and fra-ternal union. During the Convention Mr. Lincoln wasthe guest of Judge Davi
The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . John L. Scripps to his paper (the ChicagoTribune). Again and again during its de-livery they sprang to their feet and uponthe benches and testified, by long-continuedshouts and the waving of hats, how deeplythe speaker had wrought upon their mindsand hearts. It fused the mass of incongru-ous elements into perfect homogeneity; andfrom that day to the present they haveworked together in harmonious and fra-ternal union. During the Convention Mr. Lincoln wasthe guest of Judge David Davis. A fewminutes after the delivery of his speech the • Convention adjourned, whereupon Mr. Lincoln left the hall in com-pany with Mr. (Henry C.) Whitney, who likewise was sojourning atthe Davis home. As I passed down stairs with the crowd, relates Whitney, Jesse K. Dubois, who had been nominated State Auditor, seized meby the arm with a painful grip and made an exclamation close tomy ear. Presently Lincoln got disentam led from the applaudingcrowd, and he and I started off in the direction of Judge Daviss. 254 THE STORY-LIFE OF LINCOLN house. As soon as we were out of hearing, Lincoln at once com-menced a line of remark upon the extraordinary scene we had justwitnessed, and whose prime mover he was, at the same time bendinghis head down to make our conversation more confidential. In aglow of enthusiasm I said in reply to a question by him: You know my statements about your speeches are not goodauthority, so I will tell you what Dubois, who is not so enthusiasticas I am, said to me as we came out of the hall: Whitney, said he, that is the greatest speech ever madein Illinois, and puts Lincoln on the track for the Presidency. Lincolns Vote for Vice-President, Jesse W. Weik. The Century Magazine, Vol. LXXVI, June,1908, page 186. Playing a Boyish Prank When He Heard of His Votes for Vice-President Twenty days after this incident (the Lost Speech at theBloomington Convention
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