Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1890 — STATE TICKET [ARTICLE]

STATE TICKET

Nominated The Democrat*—Sketehea of ?- \ the Men. JOSEPH A. 6. MITCHELL. , - Judge Joseph A. S. Mitchell, the gentleman who received the high compliment of an nnanimous renomination to the office of supreme judge, which he has so ably filled for the past six years, is a native of Pennsylvania, where he grew to manhood, and alter receiving an education in one of the best colleges in the East, entered upon the study ot law, and when admitted to practice was recognized as one of the brightest young attorneys in that state. He came to Indiana just before the war, and when a call was made for volunteers he enlisted in a cavalry regiment and served nearly four years, during which time he was promoted to the rank of captain of cavalry for gallantry in action. Upon his return from the army he resumed the practice of his profession, and has ever since held a high position among his associates, who esteem him not alone for his wide knowledge of the law, but for his many excellent traits of character. He was married soon after the war to MissJelfries, daughter of a prominent citizen of Goshen and of the state. He never aspired to political preferment, but in 1884, when the democracy of Indiana sought a man who would fill the position of supreme judge with credit to the Btate and honor to his party,it instinctively turned to him, and that he has proven himself all they thought him to be, is evidenced in his renomination. A prominent republican politician and attorney of Kokomo, Judge Blacklidge, speaking of him, said: “There is a man whom I consider embodies all that is honorable in a man and politician. No difference what may be the nature of the case it becomes his duty to pass upon, whether political or otherwise, his decisions -have always been fair and just, in accordance with the best construction of the law/'

CLAUDE MATTHEWS. Farmer Claude Matthews of Vermillion county, the democratic nominee for secretary of state, was bom in Bath cohoty, . Kentucky, Dec. 14, 1845, and is therefore in his forty-fifth year. In our sister state of the South Mr. Matthews was reared a farmer, though at an early age he was sent to Center college, the university of Kentucky, from which he graduated inlß6B. Mrs. Matthews was the only child of Gov. Whitcomb. They moved to Vermillion county in 1869, and immediately took up the occupation of farming, which he baß actively followed ever since. In the fall of 1877 he was elected to the state legislature, overcoming a large republican majority and having the honor of being the first democrat elected from that county. Again in 1882 Mr. Matthews made the race for state senator when be succeeded in reducing the republican majority fro nr 900 to 300. In 1880 he was a candidate for the nomination of the office of lieutenant-governor, but was cotii pelted to give way in the demand for Gray. He has been a life-long democrat and farmer and his nomination as a candidate on the state ticket is due to those facta He is a fluent speaker and a cordial man to all who know him aud is undoubtedly a popular inan in both % these respects. He is prominently connected with the Farmers’ alliance movement, being president of that organization in his own county. His interests and sympathies are in full accord with the farmers of the state, whose true friend he is and always has been. Mr. Matthews is a pleasing and fluent speaker, and feels confident that the reforms sought for by his people can be best and quickest obtained through the democratic party.