Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1877 — Douglas. [ARTICLE]

Douglas.

Senator Douglas’ monument is at length to be pushed rapidly to completion. A new and stronger foundation is to replace the present one. It is sixteen years since the “Little Giant of the West” died in Chicago, at the early age of 45. He was Attorney General of Illinois at 22; Secretary of State at 27; Judge of the Supreme Court at 28; elected to Congress at 30, and served four years; elected to the United States Senate at 34, and served in that body until his death. He is the only person who ever entered upon a third term in the Senate, served fourteen years, and died at the age 45. By French law, architects and contractors are held responsible for a period of ten years after the completion of structures for the total or partial loss of buildings constructed by them, if such loss is caused by a fault either in the building or foundations. What a heavy sum they would have had to pay here in the past ten years .had ve this excellent