Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1887 — THE OHIO CAMPAIGN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.

Forakcr and Powell, the Opposing Gubernatorial Candidates. Hon. Joseph B. Foraker, who has been nominated by the Ohio Republican convenntion for a second term as Governor of the Buckeye State, is a native of Highland County, Ohio, and is 51 years old. At the age of 16 he enlisted in the Eighty-ninth Ohio Infantry, serving until June, 1865, and taking part in many engagements. He was rapidly promoted, was brevetted Captain for bravery on the field, and when

jnusteied out was serving as aid-de-camp on Gen. Slocum’s staff. After the war he entered Cornell University, graduating in 1869. Subsequently he studied law, was adm tted to the bar in Cincinnati, and in 1879 was elected a Judge of the Superior Court. In 1883 he was nominated for Governor on the Republican ticket, but was defeated by Judge Hoadly. In 1885 he was again nominated, this time being elected by a handsome majority.