CHAPTER XX, 



CHICAGO TO DAVENPORT, 



®n£ i5^^^^^^^ ^^^^ StDentB-slirtl] Slag. 



Jewell House, 



Michigan City, Indiana^ 



September 14, 1876. 



N the morning I settled with Darby, and 

 in the afternoon he returned to Decatur. 

 At nightfall here, the excitement 

 which had been rising during the day 

 reached its climax when the Michigan 

 City Democrats repaired to the New Al- 

 bany depot to hold a mass meeting. 



Notwithstanding my own sentiments, 

 I went too, and was highly entertained 

 by the speakers, among whom were Hon. Daniel W. 

 Voorhees of Terre Haute, Hon. James Williams 

 —better known in the Hoosier State as "Blue Jeans" 

 Williams — and Hon. Morgan Weir, of La Porte. 



When Voorhees arrived his enthusiastic partisans 

 had him driven in state from the station in a carriage 

 drawn by four white horses. He was no doubt the 

 lion of the occasion and his energetic language drew 

 forth frequent applause. The strong features, straight 

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