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RICHMOND PALLADIUM
STJIP FIL,E M E 1ST T
SATURDAY, Feb. 24, 1872.
From the Indianapolis JournrL . ,-s i
THE CONVENTION, " !
The Convention yesterday was a surprise.
While we were f ally aware that the Kepub
licans of Indiana felt a deep interest in the
selection of a State ticket and the other
business of the Convention, we were en
tirelv unprepared for such an enthu
siastic 1 outpouring of the people
as we were " yesterday called to wit
ness. The men who came as delegates
were taken from "all the ranks of life, and
when the Convention was organized for
work they seemed animated by the single
- desire to make the strongest and best ticket
that could be composed .from the material
before them. .How that work has been per
formed can be determined by those who
know the men put in . nomination. The
ticket is not only unobjectionable, but from
beginning to end it ia made np of men of
the very highest character, who, in addition
to the essential attributes of honesty and c&;
pacity,' possess those qualities that inspire
confidence and evoke enthusiasm. Of the
noronnnl mm-ifa of the candidates for the
various offices we speak elsewhere.
The platform was enthusiastically and
unanimously approved. It is comprehen
sive, thorough and liberal, and speaks the
mind of the masses of the Republican party
in plain language. '' Its recommendations for
local reforms . in our pwn State are well
timed, and its utterances on national affairs
are in accord with the voice of the nation. In
conclusion we may say this : No man who was
present and witnessed the deliberations of
the Convention dare charge that there was
aught but fair and open dealing throughout
The claims of every candidate were fairly
considered, the friends of each were allowed
to develop and manifest the strength of their
choice, and if any went away disappointed
with the result, they,.havejio just cause of
complaint against the majority who, con
sidering the welfare of the whole party, saw
fit to differ with them. So good a ticket,
nominated under such auspicious circum
stances, must succeed.
From the Indianapolis Journal. ; , . .-. . -'
OUR CANDIDATES.
Gen. Thomas M. Browne Worthily heads
the ticket. He is a man whose character
commands respect, whose brilliant talents
excite admiration, while his manners give
him popularity with all classes of men. lie
is eminently a man of the people. Bora
near Paris in Preble county, Ohio, he came
to Indiana a poor lad in 1843, and for sever
al years served in the capacity of store boy
for a merchant at -Winchester, in Randolph
county. He was denied the advantages of
a collegiate education, and, with the excep
tion of a short session in the Winchester
Seminary, his education was wholly deriv
ed from the common ..; schools. . He
began the ' study' of the law in the
office of Judge Wm. A. Peelle, in
1848, was admitted to the bar the year fol
' lowing, and continued in practice until he
was elected to the State Senate in 1862. He
bore a distinguished and honorable part in
the Legislature of , 1863, and was bold and
determined in his opposition to the revolu
tionary and treasonable measures attempted
by the Indiana Democracy at that time. He
resigned his seat in the Senate in 18G2, en
listed as a private soldier in the Union army,
was elected Captain of a company, Was soon
after commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of
the 7th Cavalry, and in that capacity went
to the field. Serving with gallantry and dis
tinction in Missouri and. the Southwest,
he participated in Grterson's celebra
ted , . cavalry raids, and at the bat
tle of Guntown, Mississippi, had his
none snot irom under him, . ana received a
severe wound in the leg on the 10th day of
. June, 1864. He was subsequently bre
vetted Brigadier General by President Lra
coijf, and remained in the service to the
close of the war. In 1869 President Grakt
appointed him United States Attorney for
the Indiana District, which position he has
filled with marked ability and success until
the present time, His civil and military re
cords are without a stain, and he possesses in
full measure all those qualities that will in
spire the enthusiastic support of the masses,
and give dignity to the high office for which
he has been named. Gentlemen Democrats!
there is our candidate. Match him if you
' .can., - -,. .
Hon. Leonidab Sexton, of Ruh county,
the candidate for , Lieutenant Governor, is
one of the best known and ablest lawyers of
Eastern Indiana. He was born, we be-
' lieve, in the county of which he is still
resident, and is about forty years of age.
He has been honored with the representa-
. tion of his immediate neighbors in the State
Legislature, and in the campaign of 1864
. was District Elector for the Fourth District,
in which capacity he made an earnest and
effective canvass of many counties of the
State - to the great acceptability
of the patty. . Mr. Sexton is a
, man in every :. , way v ' qualified
to fill -the responsible position to which he
will be chosen by the people of the State,
and will fall short ia no single regard from
the performance of ,every duty which the
Lieutenant Governorship may impose upon
him. The office is, more important than
many are wont to think it, . and it may be
come extremely' so at the next meeting of
the General Assembly. The Republicans of
Indiana have- reason to congratulate them
selves that they will have one so worthy and
so competent as Leonidas Sexton to be
the President of the Senate. t ' ; i . v: ;
Our candidate for Congressman at Large
is too well known to require a word of
eulogy or introduction. His ' name ' and
fame belong to the nation. , Godlove S.
Ohth was born near Lebanon, Pennsylva
nia, April 22, 1817. He came to the bar in
1839, locating in Indiana. - In 1843 and
1846 he was elected to the State Senate,
serving six years in all in that body, one
year of which he was its President. In
1848 he was a Presidential elector, and was
appointed by Governor Morton a member
of the Peace Congress of 1861. In 1862 he
was elected to. Congress from the old Eighth
District, and was re-elected for three suc
cessive terms, serving as i a leading
member of the House Committee on For
eign Relations. It is not too much to say
that Mr. Okth's influence as a Congressman
was second' to that of .none other,
and he left the public service one
year ago to ' the great regret of
many very warm friends in various portions
of the State and country. The unanimity
with which his nomination was seconded by
the Convention is a- flattering evidence of
tiie esteem in which he is held by the Repub
licans of the State, and an index of the sup
port he will receive at the polls in October,
The Indiana Congressional delegation will
be strengthened, and its influence for good
increased, by the addition of Mr. Orth as
its member in general. ,
Although both his competitors were able"
and strong men the nomination of Hon. W.
W." Cubby, of Vigo, for Secretary of State,
had seemed to be a foregone conclusion for
some time. Mr. Cubby was born in Jef
ferson county, Kentucky, and is now forty
eight years of age, in the prime of life, and
in the enjoyment of the full vigor of his
mental and physical powers. What ed
ucation, he obtained was gathered from Ken
tucky schools before his twelfth year,
at which age he was thrown upon
the world to fight his own battle. He pre
pared himself for the Ministry, and after
removing to Indiana devoted . himself for
years to that exclusively. He has been a
citizen of Indiana about twenty years, and
for the last ten or twelve, has been more or
less conspicuously identified with the polit
ical movements of the State. In 1864 he
was a candidate for Congress in the Second
District against Mr. Kerb, and in the face of
its large Democratic majority made a spir
ited canvass of the , District. In the last
campaign he contributed very generously
of his time and services to the work in the
whole State, but particularly .in the Sixth
District. Mr. Corby is a man of fine abil
ity, and is a pleasant and convincing speak
er. ' He is in all respects a strong candi
date.". , .
Hon. James A. Wjxdman, of Howard
county, candidate for Auditor of State, was
born in Jefferson county, Indiana, in 1834.
He worked upon a farm ' until 18 years of
age, picking up such an education as was
possible from the winter schools in ' the
country. In 1852 he went . to Hanover,
where he spent a year at college, after which
he taught school in his native county for six
months. After a short residence in Des
Moines, Iowa, he located in Howard
county in the year -.- 1856, where he
again embarked in the profession of teach
ing, until appointed Deputy Treasurer of the
county, and then Deputy Auditor. In 1859
he was elected Auditor, and in 1863 re-elected
by the largest majority ' ever given any
candidate in the county, in he was
elected a member of the State Legislature.
serving in tne regular and special sessions
of 1869 and 1870, having the pleasure of
being one of the Republican majority that
ratified the Fifteenth . Amendment on be
half of the State of Indiana. At the
November Communication of the Grand
Lodge L O.. O. F., in 1869, he
was chosen Grand Master, having passed all
the subordinate chairs of the order. Mr.
Wildman is at present engaged in mer
chandizing in Kokomo, where he bears the
reputation of being a very careful and sue
cessful business man. For two years he was
associated with Mr. T, C. Phillips in the
editorial conduct of the Howard Tribune.
Mr. Wildman will bring to the discharge
of the duties of the office of Auditor of
State an experience and capacity which will
insure an honest and faithful administra
tion. - ,; ; , -;r ; ; :;;
, Major John B. G lover, of Lawrence
county, for Treasurer of State, is an excellent
representative of the "soldier boys," by
whom he wai carried triumphantly through
the ballot. He was born in Orange county,
Und is thirty-eight years of age. Before the
war he was engaged in school teaching in
Washington county. At the breaking out
of the rebellion, it will be remembered, that
Horace Heffren, at the head of the dis
loyal Democrats of that .county, reported
to a convention assembled in Salem a
resolution declaring . that they would
resist ; every attempt to subjugate the
Jeff. Davis' patriots." Major Glover
fought these rebel sentiments an entire day,
and when he failed to defeat them In con
vention, raised a company- for the 88th
Regiment d Volunteers" to defeat trea
son tfyngnmriyif'i ball 'Jkai
powder. He was promoted, to '.the rank of
Major, and came out of service at the end of
the war with a record surpassed by no other
ofj the brave two .hundred thousand who
shed -lustre tipon the 4 name of Indiana.
Major Glover is now serving his second
term as Treasurer of Lawrence county, and
is reported to make a most popular and effi
cient officer. ,,",
The Convention paid a deserved compli
ment to Col. Jaxes B. Black in his flatter
ing renomination for Reporter of the Su
preme Court.- Col. Black has discharged
every duty of his office with the ' greatest
satisfaction to ' the profession," and
we know . . him to , . be a . , most
painstaking ' and conscientous ' Re
porter. During . the last campaign he
made a fine canvass of the State, and re
ceived a vote fully equal 'to that accorded
his ' colleagues. - He will be as wel
come to the Republican ! party now as
then, and will contribute his full share to
the work of the canvass " and the strength of
the general ticket j
I For Clerk of the Supreme Court the Ger
mans of . the State presented a most worthy
and competent candidate, and he was nomi
nated by a handsome, majority , on the -first
ballot , Mr. Charles ScHOLLwas born in'
Cologne in 1832. ' He received a liberal edu'
cation both in his native city and in Munich,
Bavaria. ' After the : troubles in 1849 Mr.
Scholl emigrated to America, locating in
Washington county, where he spent some
time in the profession of teaching. In 1860 he
immigrated to Clark county, where he has
since been engaged in merchandising. Mr.
Scholl is a fine-looking gentleman, well-
educated, with a thorough business training,
and will make as acceptable a Clerk as any
man to be found in the State. The more he
becomes acquainted the warmer and more
numerous will be his personal and political
friends.; t
Benj. . Wilson Smith, the nominee for
Superintendent of Public Instruction, is a
native of Clarksburgh, West Virginia. He
came to Indiana in 1846, and has just passed
his forty-second birthday. He came te In
diana in 1846, and commenced his career
as a common school teacher in 1848 gradu
ated from the Indiana Asbury University
1855 filled the chair -of ancient lan
guages two years in Cornell Col
lege, Iowa returned to Indiana, and
lor ten years continued ,ms career as
teacher, during which time he was Super
intendent of schools of Aurora, and Presi
dent five years of Valparaiso College. Fol
lowing this he was pastor two years of Cen
tenary Methodist ' Episcopal Church of
Terre Haute. His career in school affairs
nas been varied and extensive, covering
several years of duties iillie offices of Trus
tee and County Examiner. He is one of the
oldest , ' members of , the State , Teachers'
association, and has from their inaugura
tion been an active worker in the County
Institutes. With a broad and liberal educa
tion, i extensive experience, a practical
Knowledge oi the wants oi rural as well as
graded schools, ability as a public speaker
and lecturer, untiring industry and zeal,
combined with superior business qualifica
tions, we think the Convention very fortu
nate in its selection for this important office.
Our candidate for Attorney General was
the work of fifteen minutes, but a better
nomination could not have been made if
the Convention had spent the day cpon
that particular business alone.
Judge James C. Denny was born in Knox
county, in 1829. He. was raised a farmers
boy, completing a common school educa
tion by a course in the Vincennes Uni
versity. In 1854, he entered tiie pro
fession of the law, having previously
studied . in . the . . office of the late
Hon. Samuel M. Judah. Mr. Denny was a
Presidential elector in 1864; Circuit Judge at
the same period, and afterward was on the
Common Pleas bench. A Since the expiration
of his term of service as Judge he has been
engaged in' the practice of his profession.
Judge' Denny is an able lawyer, a gentle
man of unimpeachable integrity, and a
speaker of more than ordinary ability,
This completes the list of candidates the
Republican party . presents to the people of
the State for their suffrages in October next.
We may safely challenge for it an enthusi
astic and earnest support, for a better ticket
has seldom if ever been' constituted in the
history of Indiana. .;
. . STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Last evening the new Republican State Cen
tral Committee met in their room for organi
zation. The following gentlemen were pres
ent from the Districts named: First District
John W. Foster, Vanderburg; Second D. W,
Voyles, Floyd; Third John G. Berkshire, Rip
ley; Fourth Adams Le Oge, Hancock; Fifth
i William - Wallace, ' Marion; " Sixth
Linus A. Burnett, Vigo; Seventh J. F. Parker,
Benton; Eighth, Hon. D. R. Brown, Hamilton;
Ninth, J. W. Burson, Delaware; Tenth, John
D. Duvall, . Lagrange; Eleventh, Thos. Bush
nelL White. -. ; ... : '
The Committee unan mously elected the fol
lowing officers: ,
Chairman Hon. J. W. Foster, Vanderburg.
secretary lerome j. surneu, Marion.
. Treasurer Hon. John D. Howland. Marion.
Executive Committee The Chairman, and
Messrs. L. A. Burnett, of Vigo, and William
Wallace, of Marion. . i
no outer business oi puDUC interest was
transacted. '
The Convention yesterday nominated a
ticket which will secure to a very large extent
the Odd Fellow vote throughout the State.
Lon. Sexton is Representative of the, Indiana
Grand Lodge to the Grand Lodge of the United
States; J. A. Wildman ia Past Grand Master
of the Order in this State, and W. W. Curry
is a member of the Grand Lodge.
From the Indianapolis Journal, Feb. 23d.
THE STATE CONVENTION.
A DIGNIFIED, HARMONIOUS AND ENTHUSI
ASTIC ASSEMBLAGE. i
UNANIMITY OF PURPOSE AND ACTION.
AN INVINCIBLE TICKET.
GENERAL
TOM BROWNE NOMINATED FOR
GOVERNOR. ' I
GOOD MEN FOR EVERT PLACE
ON THE
TICKET.
AN OLD FEUD HEALED.
A SOUND
AND PROGRESSIVE
ADOPTED.
PLATFORM
GRANT AND COLFAX INDORSED FOR RE-
NOMINATION.
The Indiana 8tate Republican Convention,
which assembled in this - city yesterday, was
one of the most dignified deliberative bodies
ever gathered at the capital, and its proceed
ings were marked by. a spirit .of kannoakma
enthusiasm seldom or never before witnessed
in a political convention. Not only did the
actual business of the Convention move
steadily forward from the - opening of
the exercises to the final adjournment,
but to all outward . appearances the very
best feeling prevailed among the separate del
egations and in tbe various districts, and even
the friends of the defeated candidates (who
knew that they were fairly beaten) accepted
the situation with a sublime cheerfulness
which showed that the successful aspirants
will have their most cordial support in the
coming campaign.
It is universally conceded that the old race
of political "bummers" exerted no influence
over the Convention of yesterday, and to that
extent it was a new departure for the Repub
liean party of Indiana.
The preliminary meetings of the previous
evening so far perfected the work of organiza
tion that but little time was consumed yester
day in mere formalities. At the opening of
the doors of the spacious Academy of Music
yesterday morning, the vast body pf delegates
moved quietly to their respective stations In
the building, designated by cards bearing the
number of districts. The vast body of dele
gates crowded the theater very uncomfortably,
but with great good humor the Convention
adopted itself to its contracted quarters, and
those who could not find chairs satisfied them
selves with standing room wherever it could
be found.
In the family circle and gallery a large num
ber of interested spectators took refuge, among
them many who would have been provided
with better seats had there been available space
elsewhere in the building. A detachment of
police was present, but their services were
only needed to attend the doors and guard the
convention from improper intrusion.
Col. J. W. Foster, Chairmaia of thj Repub
lican State Central Committee, commanded or
der in the following words:
Fellow Republicans: The time named for
the Republican state Convention of Indiana to
convene liaviug arrived, tbe proceedings will
be opene", with prayer by Rev, Dr. Andrus. of
tms city.
Dr. R. Andrus, pastor of the Meridian Street
Methodist Episcopal Church, offered prayer,
viz: Let us pray:
God Almighty we pray that Thy blessings
may rest very richly upon the convention of
the people that are this day .assembled to do
the duties of the occasion. We do thank God
that we may properly appeal to Him for His
presence and His precious spirit to rest upon
us in all the gatherings of our people for what
ever purpose connected -vith the welfare of
our country, the State or the church, eauallv.
We lift up our hearts to Thee in earnest thanks
giving lor this gathering of tbe representa
tives of tbe people. We pray that God's
spirit may be with them, and may pteside
over their deliberations. Matters
ot the highest importance to our particular
commonwealth will be before them for their
consideration; as well as tbe uttering of senti
ments that shall eflect to a greater or less ex
tent the welfare of the country, and of tbe pol
icy that shall obtain throughout the country.
We pray that the deliberations of the occa
sion may be characterized bv ereat wisdom.
Make this people, constituting this Convention
now gathered haimonious in all their thoughts
and in all thty say. We pray, Almighty God,
that the purely partisan feeling may be apart
iroiu lueir mouguis ana rrom the doctrines
that shall be advocated, and the plans that
shall be laid. May the welfare of all the peo
ple m their industrial concerns, in their civil
relations to each other, in matters educational
and matters regarding morals and the church,
may these be superior to all partisan matters.
We beseech Thee, our Father In Heaven, that
the people that are gathered here may be
guided in all things so that the best results
may be reached. Forbid that anything vituper
ative orthut shall be the ebulitioa of passion or
an undue or wicked feeling sh ill prevail on any
question among them. Give them harmony.
May they see eye to eye and have a heart for
the highest and best good. We thank God
that the people of the State have had It In
their hearts to send representative to this
Convention to throw out to ; the
world . deliverances in the form f of
a statement of principles, that are In
telligent, and on which tbe people may rely.
And now that they are here, God help them.
Grant that the whole State may be blessed,and
that Thy blessings may rest on the people
of this great government. And may the can
vass that Is about to commence, and the dis
cussions that are soon to take
place all over the country between persons rep
resenting the great parties that are pitted
against each other, and' will be pitted against
each may they be characterized by courtesy
and kind feeling. ' Guide the people te the
very bast results for our country, so that its
affairs may always be administered with wis
dom, firmness and sagacity, and with deference
to tbe highest good of the people. Hear us as
we ask Thy blessing to rest on the members of
the Convention and on their families. May
our country be guided on its way through the
decades and the centuries that are to come
for tbe best good or the millions that shall
come to our land. Hear us in these our prayers
and thanksgivings; accept the offerings that
with a united heart we send up to God's
eternal throne this hour, and to thy name shall
be the praise forever and ever, amen.
Col. J W. Foster then said: ' '
Gektlkmkn of tub Convkhtiok I have been
instructed by the State Central Committee to
call the Convention to order, and recommend
that, in view of the large amount of business
to be transacted to-dav. vou nroceed with aa
little
lunnauiy as poasiote, promptly
SDeedilv to the buraness before vou. The
usual Committees of the Convention were
appointed at the District meetings last night,
and are now organized and engaged in then
deliberations. Indeed, I am Informed that the
Committees on Organization and Rules are now
ready to report. . Will you consent that I call
upon tne Chairman or that committee to re
port, as a recommendation, the names of per
manent officers of this Convention at oncer ' I
Cries of "consent," "consent." !, ; ; ;
CoL Foster thereupon called upon .the
Chairman of the Committee referred to who
made the following report: i; " t j -
President Hon. , Morton C. - Hunter, i of
Bloomington.
Vice fresidents First District. William
Rellman, of Vanderburgh; Second District,
R. S. HeiskelL of Clark;. Third, F. J. Bella
my: Fourth. Hon. John Blessing. Shelby; Fifth.
Judge Charles H. Test, Marion; Sixth, Gen. G.
K. Steele, farke; seventh, Jos. C. Suit;
Eighth; Judge Green, Tipton; Ninth, W. A.
Bonham, Blackford; - Tenth, Hob. Timothy
Fields, Lagrange; Eleventh, W. W. Butter
worth, 8t Joseph. 51 r ; f .
secretary Dr. E. W. II. Kills, of Elkhart.
with five assistants.
CoL Foster Shall the gentlemen named la
the report of the committee just read be the
permanent officers oi the CosventionT . :
""Consent." -consent" came Irom every part
of the house.' " ' i
Col. Foster then introduced to the Conven
tion the permanent president" thereof, Gen.
Morton C. Hunter, of Monroe county,' who
was greeted with shouts of applause. Gen
Hunter said: i l- ! i
GEKTLBlf IN OF TBS CONVENTION: The honor
that you have conferred upon me In selecting
me as the presiding officer of this Convention
is one that is very unexpected on my part: but
having thrown that responsibility upon me, I
accept it with pleasure. And it being the first
time in my life that I have ever presided over
a Convention, as a matter of course I am in a
measure unacquainted, with parliamentary
rules, and it will be impossible for me, unless
I am aided by he unanimous voice of this
Convention, to conduct its business as prop
erly as it should be. But L have no doubt
that" aid will be given me, and I will endeavor
with the best ability I possess, to get along
with the business of the Convention to your
satisfaction. s
Gentlemen, I have no speech to make to you
on the present occasion, but I desire to im
press upon you this one thing: the impor
tance of the trust that you gentlemen have
reposed in your hands to-day. Ton have in
your hands the welfare of the Republican par
ty of this State. No Convention has ever
yet assembled in the capital of our State, I
believe, is large as this; and I have never
yet In all my life seen . any
Convention so harmonious as
this one so far; and if har
mony in all our proceedings shall continue to
prevail, and we select a ticket laying aside
all personal motives, and select tbe best men
for the places my judgment Is that the ticket
that shall go out from this convention will be
endorsed by the people I Applause I and will be
triumphantly elected on the second Tuesday of
next October. Renewed applause.! ' Gentle
men I thank you. - ., -. t
The President of the Convention invited the
Vice Presidents and Secretaries to come for
ward and take seats on the platform, and then
announced the next thing In order to be a re
port from the Committee on Rules. , -. ,
The Committee on Rules and Regulations
presented a report which was read and unani
mously concurred in. , ';r, . (ri , ; ; , , '
Gen. Hunter then announced that nomina
tions forGovernor were in order. The mention
of the candidates," Hons. ThoSTBrowne, Bent
Harrison and Godlove S. Orth, were received
with enthusiastic cheers, though it was a diffi
cult matter to predicate from these indica
tions any estimate of their respective strength
The Chairman requested that they might be
placed in nomination regularly, when Hon.
Godlove S. Orth was named by a delegate from
Fountain county. 1 a . '
Hon. Ben Harrison by a delegate from Mont
gomery
Hon. Thomas M. Browne by a delegate from
Randolph. '
A can oi the convention by counties was
then ordered, and every county responded as
its name was called from the platform, show
ing that all sections of the State were repre
sented. Then the first ballot for the Conven
tion's choice as a candidate for Governor wes
had, with the following result
Brown. ...i.. .........:.'....... ..... .TOie
Orth... , ...4t
iuitmou , ...401
The whole number of votes cast was 1,583,
792 being necessary to a choice, and the Chair
man announced that the roll of the counties
would be called again.
. When Fountain county was called a delegate
objected to the manner in which the vote had
been cast, and permission was given the mem
bers to perfect an arrangement for a division of
the vote.
The second ballot resulted as follows: a I
Browne........... , ...ass
Hsrrleon. .. .....
UTlll ............iSEJX
General Browne having received a majority of
all the votes cast, was declared nominated for
Governor of the State of Indiana. The result
was received with the wildest and most entbu
siastic applause, and upon the adoption of a
motion to make the nomination unanimous
three cheers were given with a will that seemed
to raise the very roof. In response to repeated
outbursts. General Browne appeared and said;
Gentlemen of tbe Convention
To say that I am sincerely thankful for the
onor you nave wis nay conferred upon me
tnat am proua oi tms generous expression of
your confidence, is to express bnt feebly tbe
emotions with which this occasion overwhelms
me. To be nominated to a position of so much
importance and dignity, is indeed most fiat
tering to the ambition of a voung man. n
But I accept the work you have assigned me
conscious of its responsibilities, and with a de
termination oi aevoung to it whatever of ener
gy and abuitv I Dossess. IADnlanse.1 I know:
and I feel what I say, that you might have con
fided the cause to the keeping of safer and
abler hands than mine, but I promise you zeal in
the advocacy of Republican principles, and the
strictest fidelity in the perfonnance of every
duty. Prolonged applause. - It shall be my
aim, indeed my highest ambition, to merit the
great compliment you have paid me and if in
the past by eating meat I have offended my
urumer, wui ea do more meat wnue 1 live.
Shouts or applause, renewed after the first
bum oi approval nan subsided. I
Gentlemen, we must redeem Indiana. We
can do it., and we wUL I Applause. 1 Let n
forget the dissensions that weaken us, and the
divisions that have crippled us; let us forget
our personal disappointments,'and let us enter
Into the contest inspired and animated by the
glory of our past achievements and with a de
termination to conquer in tne comine content.
If we make but a united fight we can march
right over the entrenchments of tbe enemy to
a glorious victory, tor the Republican party
eaa point with pride to the work of its hand.
It has written hiatorv - for etemitv. It hu
done that wfaleh the statesmen and the philoa-
ophers ot the past omitted to do. It has put
God in the Constitution
istitution by recognizing the
creature; ' man: TApplanse.l
as ye did it unto the least of
rights of His
"For inasmnch as
these, my brethren, ye have done It ante-am,'
sine language oi divine law. Applause.
Gentlemen, let us go Into the cant ass confi-
dent that vlctory'wlll greet us. ,! r '-
I should be very glad to speak further to
you. but I am admonished that there, is other
work for the convention to do. I will give you
an opportunity, if the Lord spares mv health,
and I believe He wlU, for I know be has work
for me to do laughter. In the coming cam
paign. I will promise to make at least two hun
dred and fifty hours ot speeches to you be
tween this aad the m& - of the cdmpalgn.
(Appianse. j -mi tKa:&t?
.Upon the conclusion of General Browne's
speech, i deafening calls tor Hon.-Godknra .
Orth brought that gentleman to the treat
Mr. O. saldi,--,.:-; -r-nt vHu .. o t ,
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Republican
Convention: -.".--. - -? .m...
Iam admonished of Um faot that you have
yet much work before you, and that I most be
very brief in the .few remarks! shall make to
yon, .srtis --,v:.f.: i, ;t
iu the nrst place, to my friends from va
rious parts of tbe State who have o gener
ously yielded me their support on this occa
sion I return the thanks of a grateful heart, '
(applause) and whatever the future may have
in store for thesa or for me, I shall carry ith
me to the latest syllable of my time upon
earth a feeling of gratitude to those men who
have preferred me among my honorable com
petitors as their choice for the high po
itkwof Govtmorv -and -to -the Republican
delegates here smew bled, and through them
to their constituents ta every county in the
State, I say to you that the nomination you
have made so unanimously ahall receive at mv
hands as generous support as I am sure
would have been- accorded to me bv mv hon
orable and successful competitor, did I oecupy
at thin mnmmii tb nMiilAn Iia A.mnt.1.. .
Fellow Citizens 1 should like to talk to you
longer, and I can do it between now and the .
second Tuesday in October next: Applause.
rcwra iruu uus piauorm into tne ranxs as a
private citizen, to labor there for- that cause
for which I have labored faithfully from child
hood to this hour the cause of Universal hu
manity; and I will do it, if God gives me life
uu Bwcugu, aw kuai,. evcu . iuy ; DiiMres ene-
mv in Indiana mav wt i u I. .
J uww W I.V DW, till
truth, that Orth tailed to do his duty. rAp-
plMUe. ....-'K-i.V-. ,-,: H'-h. ' ;
Loud calls were now made for VHarriaon!"
Hirrison!ny , it. 4 ,-,a;a tiHu '
The President of the Conventton said: Geo.
iiarruon ia not on tne stand, but A understand
he is in the house; if so, I hope he ' will come
forward. " ".'; ' '"V
General Ben Harrison then made his way
from the middle of the house toward the plat
form When he appeared by thePfrieiduut's
stand he was meeted with th hoix-tioot .n.
plause. He said:t x&tm umt:-
Mr. President, Gentlemen "of the Convention.' and
Fellow Citizens: i . .
It gives me pleasure to respond to vmir pall.
and to give my heart-felt personal endorsement
to the action of the Convention. Applause.
Those of you who have urged my name for
this nomination, and all others in the Conven
tion, will - bear me witness 1 that -1 - have not
sought it with much personal effort. Indeed
my friends have most complained of me for
manifesting so little personal interest in the
reSUlt. '! !. -tni.11-
Gentlemen: I am glad to approve what von
have done. In all this contest, as tn all our
personal relations before, as far as I know
n I f mav flAV -.alt I., . l
IMDIMTIJ 1UI UiyBVll lUerC
nas not neen one angina wora or thought be
tween General Thomas Ml Browne and myself.
I applause.! iou ubtc cnoscn one WM Will,
1 believe, carry the standard of our rtartv to
triumph, and one whose vigorous defense of
our principles, and whose ' energetic . .assaults
upon what is left of our political adversaries
1 Laughter) will overwhelm them with defeat,
only regret for him that he has not a more
compact foe upon which to expend the force
of his ardent nature. Renewed laughter. 1
Our adversaries are so scattered that I am
afraid we shall have to follow them as we did
tbe guerrillas when the rebellion ended; laugh
ter into the mountains, the fastnesses and the
caves oi the earth. " Continued laughter. ;
; 1 What is left of the great party which once
combatted us Is to-day shattered and broken-
a mere fragment of that organization which
was honorable when It stood for the defence of
the flag, the constitution and the equal rights
of men. But it is now prostituted to treason,
to slavery, and to every base thing. "All that
was good in it has left it, and we haveto-day in
this Republican Convention a large part of the
best of that which ouee . constituted the great
Democratic party in this State. Laughter.
But gentlemen, our work Is not done; it will
not be until civil affairs have been settled on
an enduring basis of justice in tbe Southern
States; until those earnest Democrats of the
South who will not submit to the changes
which the war wrought, have been enclosed in
the prisons that are opening to receive them;
until the claims ef our Southern fellow citi
zens to an enjoyment Of equal rights before
the laws . are enduringly ' established;
and until tbe humble ' cabin of ' the negro
is made ' safe against the midnight as
saults of barbarian Democrats. Applause.
Our mission has been ' to bring freedom and
equal civil rights to the enslaved ot the land,
and we would be recreant to ourselves, and the
great principles we espoused it we terminate tbe
tight until we can protect every humble cabin
that furnished in our late war a Safe refuge and
a welcome abode to every soldier of our army
who needed it until we make the colored man
safe in his person and family, and secure
against the assaults of the old friends of sla
very. ' - ' , -
Let us go on and complete this work." The
happy auspices that surround you the sun
shine without and the intelligence within are
good omens of final success. To achieve that
success we have only to do our duty and trust
In an overruling Providence which favors every
effort in behalf of what is right and true in the
cause of human progress.
Thanking with all the fullness of a grateful
heart the friends who have to-day favored me
with their support, and being myself entirely
content with the result, I conclude with the
earnest wish that the issue of the canvass to
day inaugurated may be equal to the confidence
of your hopes; and, for myself, I will add that
so far as I can help you in the campaign, it will
be my pleasure to do so. . Applause. J '
The President of the Convention announced
the next thing ia order to be the nominations
for Lieutenant Governor. The following nom
inations were made: " i "' :" '"
Hon. Leonldas Sexton Rush county; non.
George W. Carr, Jackson county; Hon.' M", C.
Garber, Jefferson county; Hon. Steams Fisher,
Wabash county; Hon. Samuel P. Oylor. John-v
son county; Hon. M. G. Buff, Sullivan' county;
Hon.' W. IL Calkin v. Laporte , county; Hon.
Thomas C. Jacques, Posey county, t .Jt i
The first ballot stood: . ;t
Sexton . . . .L . --4fi4
CaT. .. i . . - . ... .-.v iii
Garner f . r ... . . jHf w fM
FWer . v ; ... .y... , T.za
Oyler. .... .... .B .k; . . . , .y, .........A .....IJil
BmT...i v.. .-. !:: j 135
Calkms...!.. ......... i.. it'. .iC;.vj..as
Jacques1. w..-;t . c 45
Jiartindale n
, No choice having resulted Mr. Calkins with
drew his name a a candidate, and was followed
by Mr: Garber, who thanked his friends and
withdrew, also announcing that Mr. Martin
dale's name was used without his conaeoki The
ot Messrs. Buff and Jaconeo were1 also
withdrawn.
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