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Title: History of Illinois Republicanism, embracing a history of the Republican party in the state to the present time ... with biographies of its founders and supporters ... also a chronological statement of important political events since 1774
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Raum, Green B. (Green Berry), 1829-1909
Subjects: Republican Party (U.S.)
Publisher: Chicago, Rollins Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ny Hall. The Solid South is supporting the violent destruction ofcivil rights and unqualified fraud upon the laws of political representation.Tammany is an organization administered for the single purpose of pervertingin New York the uses of the machinery of civil government. There is noassociation in the Republican camp so disagreeable to the moral sense as allthis as it seems to me. As a lawyer and counsellor Mr. Isham ranks among the foremost of thecountry, his practice having been of the highest and most responsible charac-ter. His attention has been particularly directed towards questions involvingcorporate and fiduciary relations, and-his success in the management of suchaffairs is attested by his command of a volume of business limited only by hisown inclinations. The following cases, many of which are leading cases, viz.,Kingsbury v. Buckner, 70 111. 514; Newberry v. Blatchford, 99 111. 11; 100 111.684; 106 111. 584; Brine v. Insurance Co., 96 U. S. 627; Connecticut Mutual 500
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£rt£ I A* 501 Life Insurance Co. v. Cushman. 108 U. S. 51; Pickard v. Pullman SouthernCar Co... 117 U. S. 34; Tennessee v. Same. 117 U. S. 51; Union Trust Co. v.Illinois Midland Ry. Co., 117 U. S. 434; Pullmans Palace Car Co. v. CentralTransportation Co.. 139 U. S... 62; 171 U. S. 138; Same v. Pennsylvania, 141 U.S. 18; Insurance Company v. Hillmon, 145 U. S. 285; are sufficient illustrationsof the character of his practice. One familiar with his methods of work wouldunhesitatingly attribute his professional success to his hard labor and carefulpreparation in anticipation of his adversarys moves. To his rare legal acu-men he has added a store of knowledge acquired from extensive traveling andreading, and these qualities in a man as devoted to his profession as Mr.Isham is, must necessarily lead to the highest results. In 1861 he married Miss Fannie Burch, of Little Palls. Herkimer County,X. Y.. and has living two daughters and two sons. His residence is on TowerCourt, Chicago, and a

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