lled in any portion of the world. I met Governor
Oglesby and many leading citizens of Illinois on the way, and on
my arrival at Springfield was received by Senator Cullom and other
distinguished gentlemen, and conducted to the Leland hotel, but
soon afterward was taken to the residence of Senator Cullom, where
several hours were spent very pleasantly. Later in the evening I
attended a reception tendered by Governor and Mrs. Oglesby, and
there met the great body of the members of the legislature and many
citizens.

On the 1st of June an elaborate order of arrangements, including
a procession, was published, but about noon there came a heavy
shower of rain that changed the programme of the day. A platform
had been erected at the corner of the statehouse, from which the
speaking was to be made. This had to be abandoned and the meeting
was held in the hall of the house of representatives, to which no
one could enter without a ticket.

It was not until 2:40 p. m. that we entered the hall, when Governor
Oglesby, taking the speaker's chair, rapped for order and briefly
addressed the assembly. I was then introduced and delivered the
speech I had prepared, without reading or referring to it. It was
published and widely circulated. The following abstract, published
in the Chicago "Inter-Ocean," indicates the topics I introduced:

"The Senator began first to awaken applause at the mention of the
name of Lincoln, repeated soon after and followed by a popular
recognition of the name of Douglas. He quoted from Logan, and
cheers and applause greeted his words. There was Democratic applause
when he proclaimed his belief 'that had Douglas lived he would have
been as loyal as Lincoln himself,' and again it resounded louder
still when Logan received a hearty tribute. He touched upon the
successes of our protective policy, and again the applause accentuated
his point. He exonerated the Confederate soldier from sympathy
with the atrocities of reconstruction times, and his audience
appreciated it. He charged the Democratic party in the south with
these atrocities and the continual effort to deprive the negro of
his vote, and the audience appreciated that. His utterance that
he would use the power of Congress to get the vote of a southern
Republican counted at least once, excited general applause. They
laughed when he asked what Andrew Jackson would have thought of
Cleveland, and they laughed again when he declared the Democ