Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1929, Page 4

g oW |INGOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE RECALLED Historic Event Described by 90-Year-0id Reporter at Statue Unveiling. M P Rindlauh nes in hic ninetisth scar, sttenaed tae Lincoln-Douglas de- bate at Freeport Augusy 27, 1833. and rovered it for hie new: ren (1lL) Tndependent. 19 be_the only living ne coversd the debale. heme 15 _now present at the un lincaln. exaetly 71 years | He has.written this account for The' Star and North American Newspaper Alllsnce. RY M. P. RINDLAUB, PREEPORT. Tl.. August 27.—1 can' say that it seems like vesterday: when 1 came, s 8 vouth of 20, to cover tne de- hate betwecn Lincoln and Douglas, but the whole scene is fresh in my mem- ory. It has been a greal privilege to veturn to Freeport for the unveiling of the Lincoln Monument--for the bronze statue represents Lincoln as 1 saw him | 71_vears go. The Lincoln of the statne is the Lin- | coln of the debate, bui. how everything rize has changed. Today I was driven in my ear from my home in Platieville, Then 1 came by train from Warren, 1., & distance of about 20 miles. The train came down in the morning and went back at night. It was an arduous frip. The automobile ride from Platte- ville, close to 100 miles, was nothing Striking Change Noted. An even more striking change was the difference in the crowds—not in mize, for the debate was a matter of tremendons inferest, but in dress. in obyions manner of living, In evidences ¢ prosperity. Today. as the speakers paid tribute to Lincoln. their voices, through the ald of sclence. could be heard by everv one in the big crowd without ~ the _slightest efort. ~When Lineoln himself spoke every one strained in listen and many of his words were lost to those on.ths fringes of the crowd. Attention. howsver, was muich Flacer then, for people were keyed .p siteh. '"r‘w"r'_f"m‘;?..m that 71_years a0 the term of Stephen A. Douglas as United States Senator was sbout to ex- pire. He was A candidate for reselec-” fon. Lincoln was the R%}ublieun":uh . ougias the Dzmocratic. :‘aa:‘nrr:"g'hln @2 ®how ' meet in public debate @ seven Tllinow cities The Freeport debate. the secord, W the only one I heard. per, the T -N! 1s believed Vocatics of Speakers' Stand. Y well recall that the speakers' stand was erected on a vacant block. & short diztance from the old Brewster House, which is &fill doing business. Friends of Douglas—and there were many of them--procured a brongham drawn by four white horses, handsomely capari- soaned with bunting. in which they es- corted Dougles to the apeakers' stand. where he was recelved with rousing cheers. . Scarcely had the cheering ceased ahen an old-fashioned COnesioga agon. Grawn by four ordinary horses. was| driven in. Upon one of the seals in the wagon. accompsnied by a hall-| dozen farmers in their working clothes. | :at Lincoln. The burlesque on the | handsome coach of Douglas was as complete as poscible and the crowd roaved its delight t Douglas spoke first and I remember how the erowd shouted in delight. when he fouched off his best oratory and scored with his most biting sarcasm. At the close of his speech the cheer- ing and hand-clapping was prolonged snd tumuituous and 1 could not help feeling sorry for the tall, ungainly man who was his opponent. Donglas Cheered When Lincoln Arose. When Lincoln rose fo speak the crowd broke into cheers again for Douglas, keeping it up for several min- utes, while Lincoln waited patiently. The statue unveiled vesterday afternoon might be a portrait of the man as ha stond there on that platform—quiet, thoughtful, willing to wait. | As the enthustasm subsided Lincoin exiended his long right arm for silence. | When he had partly gained it he sald | in an impressive fone: “What an ora- | tor .ndge Douglas i This unexpected tribute o the popn- Jar Senator aroused wild enthusiasm. Again Lincoln extended his hand and this time he seid: “What a fine pres- ence he has There w: anplause. i More and more easily. the fall. gaunt Jawyer won silence as he went on with sdmiring exclamations: “How well rounded his sentences are!” ‘And what a splendid man Douglas is more of the tumiiltuous Judge TOUR ENDS IN ographed tod at ‘headu ¢ up. g Phot, “h him at Frecport as swarthy &% an Indien. with jet-black hair. which struck me as being rather unkempt ! He had no beard and his face was al- most._grotesquelv plain. but those eves | of his were bright, keen and of = luminous gray color, though his eye- brows were black like his hair, His face Lad & careworn. almost haggard look, for thit was a great occasion and he recognized its importance. But his laugh. And it was heard that dey, was delignt(ni—a high, musicel tenor— con- tagious. Lincoln in Rusty rh. T recall that Lincoln was elad in a rusty Prince Albert coat with some- what abbrevisted sleeves, His black trousers were too short and they gave ancexaggerated size to his feet. The stovepipe hat that he wore in the wagon looked a £oocadeal the worse for vear. While he was speaking. he made few gestures with his arms, but somet'mes | he would bend his knees, so that they seemed about to touc) he floor. Douglas was very small in stature | | and at the side of Lincoln he looked like & dwarf. But I remember admiring his square shoulders and broad chest. He had. sls0, A massive head on & strong_ neck. He was extremely well dressed. in neatly fitting garments and ‘hining linen. | One thing that T did not in the least like about Douglas was his arrogance. When he began speaking. he slluded to the Republicans as “Black Repub- licans.” This was strongly resented and followed by interruptions. Douglas be- came angry and shouted that he had supposed he was addressing gentlemen. Crowd Angrily Relorts. The reply from the crowd was this: “We are gentlemen, and if yon treat i us as such vou will not be interrupted.” After that smoothly. ‘When Lincoln was nominated for the presidency in the wigwam in Chicago I was again present in the capacity of reporter, I saw him again in the Sum- mer of 1860. After he had been nominated those three close views of him were all T had, but I consider my- self one of the luckiest of men to bave had even those glimpses of the greatest American. An old man like me could run on indefinitely abont the water that has run under the bridge since the dayv of the Lincoin-Douglas debate, but I don't bzlieve anybody would want to listen. I don't think anybody wanis to know my opinions on changes in styles, either. or ways of Hving. The magnificent achievements of science speak for them- selves. But perhaps vou'll pardon an old inst one remark in closing: “‘Show me another Lincoln,’ evervthing went on JOUST ON SATURDAY. Fifth Anvnual Tournament Held at Beltsville. Special Dispaich to The Star. BELTSVILLE. Md.. August 78.— ffth,annual fournament and ball under auspices of the Men's Club ot St. John's Church will be held Saturday, Tilting promptly at 2 o'clock.. Prizes will be £100 in gold divided as follows: First, to Be "I‘HF} EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C POLICE TOILS A i-vTor the morning -Star Staff Photo. EIGHT PERSONS HURT IN TRAFFIC MISHAPS Five Are Injured at Once When Cars Crash at Tenth and Q Streets. Fight persons were injured. none of them seriously, in traffic accidents re- ported to police last night and today. Five coloied persons were finjured when two automobiles crashed last night at Tenth and Q streets. The drivers of both cars were arrcqggt by police of the second precinct on cuarges of reckless driving The injured were Cora Warren. 22 years old and Benlab Martin, 19. both of 1223 Nineteenth strect, and lda Davis, 27; Viola Dare, 25. and Louise Dare, 41, all of Suitland, Md. Harold Sims, 24, also of Suitdand. and Maxwell L. Mitchell. 19, of 463 P street, drivers of the machines, escaped uninjurea. Their automobiles were badly dam)ged. William Byrnes, 55 vears old. of 5330 Coloradn avenue, was painfully injured about «he head and body when run down on Georgia avenue betw @) Long- tellow and Kennedy streets by an auto- mobile operated by Silas E. Haislip of 4514 Thirteenth street. The injAred man was taken to his home and treatea by a private physicien. Mrs, Elizabeth Spalos, 35 years old, of Winchester, Va.. was treated at the | office of Dr. John Constas at 1111 Mas- sachusetts avenue for injuriez to the 1ight knee and hand suffered when run down at Eighth and L streets bv a ma- ' chine driven by Mrs. Sarsh Upton of 2333 First street. Her injuries were not serious. Ten - year - old Benjamin Jackson, colored. of 49 Fenlon piace, was treated at Frecdmen's Hospital for cuts over the right eye suffered last night when struck by an automobile in front of his home driven by Richard Hayes of 1119 Fourth street. The child was taken to his home after receiving hospital treatment, Those receiving unemployment sub- sidies In Austria are decrsasing in num- ber. DSGUSEDGRL | HLOINCARTHEFT Wyona Stevens Is Released | on Bond Pending Grand “ Jury Action. | Sobbing and at times almost hysferi- cal, Wyona Stevens, 21-year-old blonde of Brentwood, Md. who successfully eluded her parents and police in her guise as a boy for nearly three weeks, | was brought down fo the “line-up” at | police headquarters this morning after | her arrest last night on a charge of | stealing an automobile from the | Glassman Rent-a-Car Co. at Four- teenth and V streets. She waived a preliminary hesring in Police Court | today on a charge of larceny after trust and was held for the grand jury under $500 bond, which was furnished. The girl was arresicd at her home last night by Headquarters Detective Henry M. Jett of the automobile squad. who had received a “tip” that the girl had returned to her home from North Carolina. Jett sald when he first called at the Stevens home he was teld the girl was not at home. Later, armed with a fugitive vearant and_in com- pany with Chief of Police Brown of Brentwood, Jett again called at the home and the girl was produced. She was brought here late last night and spent the night in the Housz of Deten- tion, According to Detective Jett and David Glassman, owner of the rent-a-car company, the Stevens girl called at the Glassman offices on the evening of August. 14 and told Glassman she wanted to rent a car until the next day to make a trip to Frederick, Md., to see her mother, who was 1ll there. G man sald he rented the girl the car on the understanding 1hat it would %e re- turned the next day, but heard no more from her until two days later. when | he seid she called him up from Charles- ton. W. Va., stating that the machine had broken down. Glassman said he instructed the girl to get the car fixed and he would pav her when she re- turned with the car. He said he also told her to return the car at once.. Glass- man said he heard no more from Miss Stevens until notified by police Monday that the car had been recovered in & hotel garage in Salisbury, N. C. SURVIVORS OF WRECKED BANANA BNAT GET WAGES By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. August 28 —Twenty members of the crew of the ancient banana freighter Quimistan, which sank off the Virginia Capes last week, were Daid off vesterday by American repre- sentatives of the German interests which had purchased the vessel before she started out on her last voyage. The men, picked up at sea by the liner President. Harrison and brought to the Seaman’s Institute here, checked out after rteceiving their wages and sought employment on other ships, Findings of an inquiry, which was held Monday in the offices of the Ger- man consul into the loss of the Quimistan will be sent to the German minister of marine. Scot Accent Contagious, English purists are aroused over a curious situation which has arisen in some of the market towns of Essex. 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