Indianapolis Leader, Volume 2, Number 24, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 January 1881 — Page 2

IIC I 1 n TD LIU LLUUlIi - w - - - - a PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY BVOBY CO 9 OFFICE, 12 3IILLEirS BLOCK Corner Illinois and Harket Ms. J. D. BAGBY, Business Manager. Xntered as second-class matter at the Postofflce at Indianapolis, Iod. TESM OF SUBSCRIPTION. Singla Copy, 1 year ,.i00 "6 months " 3 months 1 month.. l.oo .so .20 1.75 1.50 Clubs of sixt year, each copy-., " ten, 1 year, each copy., THIS PAPKH may b found on file at PjLhWifite'SSitfÄÄ frtising contracts maybe made for it in NEW New advertisi YORK SuWrlbs for the Leader. Let every colored man who favors the elevation of his race subscribe for the Xeader: and let every white man who believes M ifiÄLSS B ULI innb lb is vuo uuiy ui iuo luiuis um. w I tfcXArrn in hi Strurrl for moral, social and intftlleetual elevation do likewise. v - - 7 - - . i Jude C. Y. Patterson, of ' I Terre Haute, one of Indiana's most prominent jurists, died Jionday. General Harrison was triumphantly elected Senator by the Joint Convenlion 01 me iwo nouses oiuievxenerai Assembly, A ednesday. Now that 3Ir. McDonald has been i i fi- t l fi l i Uisposea OI DV ine election Ol jenerui ,r ...... 7, . o - x.ujiarrisonioineoenaieneiiexLvuiiig in order .II be the retirement für. -r t I vooruees. ThpT.om,lnt,,rnisrrp.ttino.clownto - v o O I hard work and will no doubt finish their work without an extra session. It should be borne in mind, however, that there is plenty of work to do. Hon. W. K. McKeen, A. D. Straight, G, S. Orth, Will Cumback, i - . r i - . r I and Governor Porter, are samples. of the Senatorial timber we have in re serve for use, when we qet a whack at Vorhees in '81. We feel perfectly convinced that no honestly inclined observer of events in this country, who views aright the constituent elements of all of our political parties, and their in dividual relation to the nation, can deny that the colored voters of the Kepublicau party should bo repre sented by a Cabinet officer in the new administration. We see by the telegraphic news that the Spanish authorities in Cuba have issued orders to permit no per son of color, slave or free, subject or alien, to land on the Island. If this be true, it is a case that calis for im mediate and positive action on the part of our Government. Such a flairrant insult as this offered to .7 6,000,000 free American citizens, not to speak of the other millions of ' ' 'I Negroes in the A est Indies and South America, by a villainous Spanish r ,r . ...... buccaneer in Havanna, is a nine too much for endurance, mething ougtn to do aonc aDOUt u. n is an ir.nlf tn nnr Onvprnmnnt na waII as . , t ... to to one-eiirnin 01 us population. 11 . . . . . tins order ot the bpamsh robber and murderer who oppresses Cuba, applies to American citizens, our authorities should see that it is resc'nded. An American planter resident in the Sandwich Islands, says there is a demand there for 20,000 colored men to work on tho sugar plantations. Tho natives and Chinese, he says; are inadequate for the service. On gen eral principles, we are opposed to our people leaving this country for any other, but if there are so many col ored laborers in tho country who desire a change of residence, climate and scenery, wo see no great ob jection to their going to Hawaii. It is not like goiig to Africa. Tl climate is congenial; the soil is good, and tho native race a weak one. which is rapidfy dying out. 20,000 Negroes plant id in these fertile islands would in a few years become tho leading element in tho population. Our watchword is hun dreds of thousands for our own Great West and Hawaii, but not ono man for Liberia or any part of Africa. Carl Schurz, though a man of .. ... . emineninuaiwicaiion, was not selected - , as a ...u.u;u WJii. wuuicu a p t C-1 tt on account of his fitness. Ho was appointed in order to give merited recognition to a largo and valuable element of our foreign born populai;ftn Now wllCn it n " i fn tion. iNow, wnen it is proposed to select a colored man of ability and reputation as a representative of onoeighth of our whole population, all to the manor native born and all to the manor native oorn, ana an, too, Republicans, which can not bo said of the element which Mr. Schurz . . i . . . was appointea 10 represent certain Twdilicnl croakers who hnv A.r. ,l t At . upyuawu i uuvacmum vi lllQ

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: . SSuery - ihcY tl,,nK tnal 11 onm Cause every colored politician in the country to make a grand men .or ail , t r l. I

the Offices Within the gift Of the out flying in the face of his natural party afflliad :. l ua 4l,r.rT-Tr rill nnr tions."

x rwjuiui. t j . Opponents adopt when this Cry abOUt demagoguery is worn threadbare r THE PBOPOSED CONVENTION. The "Kepublican Union," a St. Louis organization of colored men, have issued a call for a national convention of colored men to bo held in Washington, P. C, March 3. We Understand that Hon. J. Milton Turner is at the head of this movemonf Thfl nWie-ft Of the TrOTO80d :(-a ; eoDTention, we are informed is to ,.. v. - J M. M. I secure better recognition ot the Negro clement in tho Republican ow TL T.o,W na thn remlinf publicwcll knows, is hcartilv in ' ' sympathy wun me oujeci ui una movement; but we must be permitted hn U U .ffl,.., nf fl.n mo.ins . , . , proposeu w uo employ eu tu suit hta accomnlish merit. We think there Will be an honest and sincere disposiI i nn iha rnrr nfihfl inonm no- Hflbf W illV UMl W W aW v ... .... . . lL. i m a aTvanTä n t anirr w 'w a ibiu a element in the Kepublican party in a fair and equitable manner. Every - I indication points to this. About onefourth ot the KepuDlican voters o1 this fron ntrv are colored men. and L,awnll4Lfl oW nftu ntt in lhe bte clecüon tbat tho I of tho color(jd voto in the North .onrd Renublican sueceas. Now it can not ÜC upposeu iur a mumcm l.i r- i "t . 1 1 a '111 that, itonorni txirnpni win no net in Knaihlp. nf thn rmisos that contributed I X I " . J J .11. m , a, aontntivo mon in no lfnorftd in thß I " . " distribution of official patronajre. To unA n i tir, f fl, iiuiu th iiaiivuui vuii v v time proposed, right at the beginning Gf his administration, would be neither advisable nor in good taste. it would manifest a disposition on ... l onr Tvirt to ascribe dishonesty Ol . . trnftpll- toward M on fc f fc new administration t ' I before we know what it shall be. And then, agiin, if we should receive handsome recognition at the begin ning from General Garfield, his and our enemies would make political capital out of it, by saying that the President had been bullied into doinfr what he had done for us. AVe believe that all our thinking men will see that the da ot Maren is a very inopportune moment for holding a convention to demand political recognition at the hands of a new ad ministration. Let us wait and see whether we are to be ignored after the battle is fought and won before we meet in convention. If such should bo the case, and we do not think it will be, none will go further in taking effectual measures to re dress our wrongs than The Leader. senator bruce, op Mississippi, IN GARFIELD'S CABINET. Indianapolis Sentinel. Notwithstanding that Senator Bruce is a -1 . 4 W 'n 10 kira beDemocrats and Renublicansspeak of his character in terms I of praise. aI---n- a: JirZr

"it is too soon to ex-

gui3hed in the country. The negroes, with rri trmtnn ro TnnV,l,Vn, r,rf it ,.nu i,rt u.m a u k. Mtin ..6". v... fnr fjon.! narfiw tv in it snotnr Bruce one of his Cabinet officerj The suggestion of Senator Bruce for a position in Garfield's Cabinet was made," says the Washlngton Post, "at the instance of a number of gentlemen, friends of the colored race, who felt that there had been, for a number of years, entirely too much talk about the rights of the negro compatible with the very little which has actually been done for him. As soon as Mr. Bruce's name was mentioned as a fitting selection for the representative in the Cabinet ot 4,000,000 colored Republicans, some of the white Stalwart brethren suggest ed that his appointment might retard the work of political pacification in the South, a job which General Garfield, it is under stood, will undertake. By 'political paci fication' is meant the conversion of white Democrats with white Republicans by the use of Federal patronage." But it so happens that "political pacification in the South" will not be disturbed, if Garfield should make Bruce a Cabinet officer. The Democratic paity in Mississippi will be quite as much pacified with Bruce in the . Cabinet as it would be if a Southern white Republican were selected, and even more so, for Mississippi Democrats regard Bruce as superior to any Southern white Republican that could be named. The Post has taken the pains to find out the Democratic feeling toward Bruce in Mississippi, with the following result: Senator Lamar sayi: "I believe that the sclec-

tion of Senator Bruce for a Cabinet position flllCntial SOUrteS, in favor Of this VCrV wouM give as much satisfaction to the Southern ,i : i ,t i J people as the .election of any hite Republican reCOg. itlOn which they FCem to dein the Southern States. Mr. Bruce'- conduct in PrCCiatC. It Will be SOmorcIlCf, IlOW-

i - w - the s11 has been such as not to alienate himI -'II from the Southern people. lie hau not iolued I in th h.,iv .rf. ...v ' i.iw ,,7 Tu

to expect full recoirnition of

l "ouiuvr uitre couiianuT punuea. lie is an inteiiigcnt man, and the best represenutive of hu race in public life." cabinet Missiasipp Republican for such an honor that 1 know. Mr. Bruce teMcn la m.Mct He u traihtforward man. lie secured hia election to the Sente f fPPtion to the effbru of carpet-bavfgera non-partin manner. He ha. repented the sute tu the senate instead of a pouticai to;tion, and has Invariably shown a dlsposiUon to be of MU,tnce to Democrats aa well as Republicans when he could do so without coin MroHv L.in.thu.rt.H ' Mr. Money sayi: "It doen't .1,. I ce to Uie Southern people what Southern R. I publican is put in the Cabinet. Senator Bruce

would satisfy tjie Southern Democrat as well

anyone. He has shown more consideration for his political ppponents than a majority of the Southern Republicans. My relation with him Hie iiifasaiiL. nun i navp hiivrvh ioiiiui nun win do anthln for ... that he uld do wIth Mr. Muldrow says: "I had rather see Mr. Bruce in the Senate than any other Southern Republican I have heard named. He is the best representa tive of the colored race that I know, and his political action in Washington has been such as to raise him greatly in the estimation of Southern Democrats." Mr. Singleton says: "Senator Bruce evinces good administrative talents, in the manner which he manages, and advances the interests of the people of Mississippi, and, as we do not expect the appointment of a Southern Democrat to a cabinet office under the coming Administration, I know of no Republican that would treat the make an eicellcnt Secretary of the Interior, or Postmaster uenerai." ii win oe seen dv tne loregomg tnai ii Garfied . .... , .1 11 .1 tjon it will not owing to Democratic hostility, but will result from the opposition of the Republican party to the negro, except atsuchtimes a, it car.use himtorromote party interests. Mr. Cox's Congressional apportionment bni provides lor oOl meniDers, oy wiucn eleven States gain eighteen members, as fol lows. Arkansas one; California, one; Iowa, one: Kansas. three: Michigan, one: Minnesota, two; Mississippi, one; Nebraska, two; v-. ai. n 11 ,. rr t .. , l iiri A,ullu oc, ica, iuui, mm Meat . irginia, one. lne btates lose ten mem-

& 'iber, viz.: Florida, one; Indiana, one;

- . a. . Maine, one; New iiampshi re, one; New loric, two; undone; lennessee, one, anu T i iris now stated that the population of China is not over 125.000.000. .roduced lt year 250,607,030 T09SOOS." To the Editor of The Leader: The agitation of tho question of mllincr a rpnrpnntitir rnlnrod man call,nS a representative coiorea man fn th rnu:n(,f ni Prosldont. W V W V VäA V W V Aa w äa K i ,iainnm,,ia rrll p, f MX r - V4 "too soon is again aoroaa, ana uii3 time, it is sad to say, it comes from sources where it was least to bo expected. It was rung into our ears in the days when William Lloyd Garri arn flnnrffn th. hronzrt h?a hvnnor nf 0 immediate and unconditional emancipation, and has been held up as a i . c : l. r: J . f note of warninsr to the friends of progress in opposition to every step forward that has been taken since. Even where tho Nation's life hung in the balance, and no man could forsee which scale would kick the beam, it was thought by many fearful and unbelieving people to be "too soon" to put a musket in the colored man's hand and send him forth to fight for liberty and country. And then, again, when liberty and country were won, and all men were mado equal under the Constitution and before the law, and it was proposed to put a colored man into the municipal office of "superintendent of sewer basing" good, kind and well-meaning friends shook their heads and onimously suggested, "too soon!" But all this we have borne, and even thrived under it, so long as it has been confined to the enemies of advancement or to mistaken friends. Coming from such sources we had become accustomed to it and almost ceased to give it attention. But now it arises in a new quarter, and that mmrtor n nofnn od bv colored men thomsplvpft! Tf ... unj.AW ho oroHItnH nml vaI I " W T 111 V J W V w a a j it is strictly true, that respectable (tho"Sn, t may be i easonably supPosed' ntvery enlightened) colored men have been recently heard to say, in reference to the proposed cabinet Peci u,0.w,uie U1 11,13 wu, try to give a Colored man SO promi nent a ülac 3 in the Governrc ent;" and a . this. too. in. the face ot the tact that the colored voto in lhe Presidential election is now quite a million and rapidly augmenting, and all cast I lor t he itepUDilcan party. Have tho colored men who, at this late day, and to their own shame, taken up the stalo cry of "too soon," forgotten that slavery has been abolished? Do they consider themselves citizens, members of the body politic, having equal, rights with other citizens, and among them the right to "expect," at least, whatever promotion their fellowcitizens, or the part$T to whose success they contributed, may bco fit to confer upon them? Alas! it is to bo feared that they are not animated by any such exalted sentiments. They rather seem to count themselves nonentities, standing where they did in ante-bellum times, and waitingfor tho "white people" to allow them to "expect" something! lhej' are evidently want . . 1 1 1,1 ummJ BI,m' auu ma uc 8aic l7 advised to read I ho .Leader attcn tivcly, in order to get some of it in luseu into tnem. It is to be hoped that the champions of tho "too soon" theory are not numerous. Their course, persisted in, is apt to discourage tho rising sen timcnt coming now from tho most in . . ' . ever, if thoy will confine their jufgI metlt of thonroilPl timetn fhnmflidvpn r... . . " 11 ino7 t,nK h too soon lor themi .. . ... . thcir rights under the constitution ana laws, avowal may be quito con uullB tucmuu lUOSo y no nave ao passed out of such darkness But 1 forbear to pursue tho subject further. It merely shows that tho old Tf f subjection still lingers in the brcaste of a Jew who have not kept pace with the advancing spirit oftho times. It is pleasing to know that such relics oftho pastaro rapidly -.i: r . ... ,x . rceeuiug irum view, ana win doubt le88 80n etirely disappear. COMMON SENSE I CLEVELAND, O,

SENATOR

Is AVliat General Benjamin Har rison Was Promoted to Yesterday. Another Distinguished Gentleman Elect ed to Represent Indiana in the Senate of the United States. Eloquent Speeches by Senators Grubbs, Bell, Chapman, Spann and Representative Gauthorne. Memorial Resolutions in Respect to the Late Senator Davenport Personals, Etc., Etc. Indianapolis Sentinel, Jan. 20. There was no business of particular importance transacted in either House aside from the election of a United States Senator. At an early heur the halls and corridors of the two Houses were well filled with spectators in waiting to witness the proceedings of the election of a United States Senator by the Joint Convention of both Houses. The ladies' galleries were filled to their utmost capacity with a goodly number of Indiana's beautiful ladies, while many of them were accommodated with seats uion the floor. The hall of the House of Representatives where the Joint Convention was held was so densly packed that everv available Dart of the room was occupied. At 12 o'clock the President of the Senate called the Con vention to order and ordered the reading of the previous day's proceedings of the vote taken in the respective Houses. A roll of the Members of both Houses was called, Secretary Brown calling the roll of the Senate and Clerk Nixon callLnsr the roll of the House. The vote taken the day previous showing that no candidate having received a majority of the votes cast in both Houses, the nomination of a candidate before the Joint Convention was in order, whereupon Senator Grubbs, of Morgan County, placed in nomination General Benjamin Harrison, in the following well delivered speech Mr. Prksident To me has been assigned the grateful task of placing in nomination the unanimously selected candidate of the KepubUcans of Indiana for United States Senator. I accept it as a personal privilege; nay more, l esteem it as the proudest aud most grateful task of my life. A member, when on the tented field, of tho military family ot jne distinguished citizen whom I shall name, learuinc at his feet the rudi ments of the law that is over us all; sustaining xo nim personal, social ana political relations. mat warrant me in saving mat i know the quali ties of both his head and his heart; were l sieak ing for myself to-day, my words, ilr. fresi dent, would be those onlv of unmeasured eulogy But such words would be inappropriate to this occasion, for this honor is not tendered to its recipient as a representative man and typical Kepublican. The Republicans of Indiana are not unmindful of the history and exalted nosi tiou of our State, standing, as she does, the lit to. in population and material wealth in the galaxy of states. They are not unmindful that for twenty years pa.-t Indiana, by the acknowledged ability aud sagacity ot our representatives, has been a recognized power, ana has exerted a com manding influence in the councils of the Kation They are not unmindful, further, that in this transition period, wnen ola tniugs are passing away and a new era is dawninsr. great Questions are arising, in the solution of which there will be needed foresight, philanthropy, broad statesmanship, inflexible courage and wise political tolerance. Nor are they unmindful that In the Senatorial arena, where must stand or fall our champion, there are political giants, notably the polished t'onkling, the scholarly Ilayard. the far-seeing Sherman. and that to stand worthily among these our noznnee must e a man in the highest sense of the word. Keraembering all these, and determined to measure up to these great requirements, the Kepublican party presents a man who takes a just pride in our State, a man who in ability, breadth of mind, thoughtfulness and sagacity, will measure up to the demands of the hour aud the place, wno will take with him to the discharge of his duties a mind trained, disciplined and sharpened in the severe contests of the forum, and who, with readiness and honest purpose, will grapple with and master the problems of statesmanship; a man who by his native force of character, hishabits of thoughtfulness, and his almost national reputation, will at once command the respect and confidence of his brother senators, More than this, it is a pleasure for me to say tat the Kepublican party presents for this hieh office a man of unblemished character, of un questioned integrity, and one who will ever hold pure and stainless the high trust with which we clothe him. More than that. Remembering the heroic deeds and sacrifices of our soldiers, living and dead, whose matchless gallantry covered the banners of our fctatewith imperishable glory and silenced lorever the foul slanders that had chal lenged the courage of our citizen soldiery, the Republicans of Indiana faithful to their pledgespresent a volunteer soldier to whom the honor of the country and the salvation of the Nation was dearer than the delights of home and the emolument of office, who, doiug no more, yet did no less than others, when he freely offered his services that this Government of the people, by the people and for the people should not perish from the earth ; and thus he stands as the representative of the patriotism of the country, and of that grand army, living and dead, which saved to us and our children this, our Nation, these, our Ire) institutions. More than that. The Republicans of Indiana present this our nominee .nd it is the highest encomium I can iass upon him as the representative of the history, the deeds, the principles, the progressive spirit, the hopes and aspirations, and new opening future of the Republican party. As the representative of its past, its present and its future, they ask that he shall go and worthily stand, not for himself, nor of himself, but for them and these Principles; for the people whose sen-ant he shall be, and whose voice he shall utter. They send him, backed by a mighty constituency, to give a loyal support to the incoming Administration of that man whose personal champion he was. and whose Administration, let us hope and believe, will be so distinctively American in its policy, so broad in its statesmanship and so elevated in its character, as not only to maintain the honor of the whole country, and bind us together iu indissoluble bonds, but also to give a new lease of life and power to Republican principles and policies. In the name, therefore, Mr. President, of all the Republicans of Indiana and speaking their united voice; In the name of every man from lake to river who believes in honest money; iu the name of every generous heart that would maintain equal rights for all; in the name of every just man who would assert and maintain on every foot of American soil the untrammeled right to a free ballot'and a fair count, I nominate for United states Senator from Indiana, General lie n jam in Harrison. Senator Chapman, of Marion County, seconded the nomination of General Harrison, as follows: Mr. Pkksident As one of the Senators representing Marion County, it is my privilege to second the nomination of Benjamin Harrison for United States Senator. The Senate of the United States the highest Legislative tody of this great and rapidly growing Nation is a sphere iu which any man should feel Uattered. if called upon to act. Into this Forum each State should send men of the best stamp, who will reilect credit not only upon the constituencies behind them, but upon the Nation at large men whose personal character, intellectual endowments, mental acquirements and devotion to duty give an earnest of ability aud unswerving pnnwse to perform honestly aud creditably the duties ot a Senator of the United Suites. Such a man is Iicnjamin Harrison. All the years of his manhood he has lived in Indiana as one of its best citizen u He has gone in and out before the people of this community for many years, and has preserved an unsullied character through all the contests of au active life, and passed, by general verdict, to the front rank in a profession hich tests mmt severely the mental forces of its members. The Republicans of this tieneral Assembly place him before that inidy, and before the people of the State of Indiana, upon the basis of his own life and qualifications as he himself has carried them out, and upon that basis ask you to give him your support. By advancing him we will hold up the renown of our state, and thereby contribute to the general welfare of its citizens. Again, as one of the representatives of his home, I second the nomination of Benjamin Harrison. Senator Spann also seconded the nomination of General Harrison in the following well-delivered speech : Mr. rREsiDENT-I feel as If I would not be OHlng my duty were I not to add a wotd in behalf of this nomination, In the name of the Republicans of the Sixth District of Indiana with its lo ooo Kepublican majority. And, Mr. President, it is a gratification to me as a representative citizen of that District, to stand upon this lloor, and by my voice assist in proclaiming the good name and deeds of the distinguished man just nominated for the Senate of the United States, as well as.to vote for his elevation to that position. And a gratification comes to me In this: That when 1 cast a vote for that man I have not cast a vote for a political trimmer, but that I cast rayvote for a man who has not shifted with the political tide from one party to another for the purpose of place or office, but who has ever stood firmly imbedded and planted upon the bed-r ck of principles underlying the old Kepublican

pa'tyfrom the hour of its formation to the present time. There should be a time in the. history of every man when modesty and worth and purity shall come to the front, and in this case modesty and purity have come to the front by the voice of the people, and political trimmers, by the voice of the people, will take, a seat in the rear. In behalf of the Sixth District of Indiana, I most cordially second the nomination of General Harrison. lo Senator Bell, of Allen County, was assigned the honor of placing in'nomination Governor Gray iiKn the part of the Democrats. Senator Bell's siecch was delivered in good style, commanding at all times, as did Senator Grubbs and Chapman, the most

profound attention from all present. The following is the speech of Senator Bell in nominating Governor Gray: Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Con vention! have the honor on behalf of the De mocracy of Indiana to place in nomination for the office of Senator In the Congress of the United States a gentleman who is well known to the peoMC ' i iiiia ifiiuuiuiinuniiut r , n 1 11 ir, lit-, .nun . that he needs no eulotrium at my hands uiion this occasion. He was a gallant soldier and officer in the Union Army during the war of the Relellion. He has been often called by the voice of the eople of our eutic iu rem- iiiciu in ihjmuous oi nigu trust anu grave responsibility. He has always exhibited, in the discharge of his public duties, such capacity, such fitness for the place, such honesty, such fidelity to principle, such fearless firmness in convictions and in action, as to win the plaudits. not only of his party and personal friends, but also of the general public. Able, earnest, honest, aggressive and courage ous, he possesses in an eminent degree those qual ities wnicu tit men lor leadership. .As should always be the case with a candidate for the high and honorable office to be filled here to day, his private character is without Boot, stain or blemish. Self-made, winning his way in the world by his own work and worth, and springing from tue peo ple, nis sympathies, leeiings aud interests are consequently and necessarily closely connected and identified with the people. He would represent tnem ana tne Democratic party ntly and wen. He would represent that element of the nartv which must control Its future action in order to insure success and to achieve the greatest good for he whole country. He would be a worthy successor to the present iiiciimueiii oi uie uince, wno nas serveu wun distinguished ability, with credit to himself, and who has reflected honor upon his constituency as wen as upon tne entire Nation. Mr. President, I nominate the Honorable Isaac P. (.ray, of Randolph County. Hon. Henry S. Cauthorne, of Knox Coun ty, made a verv forcible and appropriate speech in seconding the nomination of Gov ernor Gray, as follows: Mr. President It was not my intention to second the nomination of anv candidate proposed for United States Senator, but I see taat Senators have set that example, and I propose to follow it. We have listened to the encomium by the geutleman wno presented the name of ueneral nam son on the Kepublican side with pleasure. We have made no preparation to eulogize the candi date who is presented by the Senator from Allen(Mr. I?ell), but we think we can borrow from the gentlemen wh have presented the name of General Harrison the rhetoric that they have used upon this occasion aud apply it to the candidate presented by the Democratic party, and it would be in keeping with his character as known to the people of Indiana. I beg leave to assure the gentlemen on the opposition that they can present no name, however bright a representative - of their party, who they propose to send as an Indianian to the Senate of the United States that will engender in our breasts any feeling of animosity, but on the contrary we will meet them half way. The gentleman has said, in naming the candidate he presented, that he is in favor of free elections and a fair count. No man should be presented as a candidate for that high office who would not be in favor of the same thing. The name of the distinguished gentleman proposed by the Senator from Allen stands as squarely upon that platform,- and ever has, and I verily believe never will projose to interfere with the expressed will of the people at the ballotbox: neither will he ever attempt to interfere with the rights of citizenship. He is In favor of the logic of events, aud submits to the results of the. war, and would not if he could deprive any class of citizens of the franchise bestowed upon them in consequeuce of the results of the war. I rise with pleasure to second the nomination of the distinguished gentleman proposed by the Senator from Allen, and I verily believe that if he is elected to the proud position to represent the sovereignity of Indiana in the proudest representative body on earth; that he will take his position th re at once as one of the leaders of that body; that he will shine as a star amid the bright galaxy of American citizens who hold seats in that body; therefore, with pleasure, on behalf of the Democracy of that Iortion of the State from which 1 come, I second, with pleasure, the nomination of Isaac 1. CJray, of Randolph County. Senator Poindexter nominated Hon. Gilbert De La Matyr, which was seconded by Mr. Wheeler, the Representative from Fulton County, who ''desired to second the motion," and succeeded in doing it after two efforts. The vote of the Joint Convention resulted as follows: Harrison, 81; Gray, 02; De La Matyr, 2: and the President declared General Harrison the Senator-elect from Indiana for six years, beginning March 4, 1831. ( Senator Davis was absent, as were also .Representatives Shields, Ham, Cole and O'Neill. On motion by Senator Brown, Senators Grubbs, Chapman and Bell were appointed a Committee to notify General Harrison of his election, and request him to appear before the Joint Convention. The Committee appointed to escort General Harrison appeared with him. He was invited to the Speaker's stand and introduced by Lieutenant Governor Hanno, when he made the following speech: Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Indiana I am profoundly sensible of, and profoundly grateful for, the compliment of an election to the United Stites Senate. I am sure that we have in this country of ours, which is not unprolific in intellectual greatness and statesmanship, no man so great that he would not feel the responsibilities that pertain to the office of United States Senator, or so great that he would not have some sense of incompetency Avhen he addresses himself to their discharge. Having had no experience in any legislative body, and almost none of public life, I shall take up the important duties which you have committed to me without the aid of any such other exterience than that derived from my professional life, and that intercourse which I have with the peo Sie iu Conventions and on the stump. And if a eep sense of responsibility to you and to the people of Indiana, aud a very grateful tense of kindness received, shall not be a sufficient stimulus to bring into its best exercise the best powers I have. I shall be ashamed for myself. I am here to thank not only the Republican Members of this Joint Convention, who have done me honor by their votes, but to thank, also, my Democratic friends, who. while they have not given me their suffrages, have given me that which I highly appreciate, an honorable and generous opposition, and words of compliment upon the lioor of this House. 1 shall expect to le a Republican; but in all those offices iu which a Senator may serve his constituents, and in all those personal kindnesses in which he may make the visits of our people to the National Capital pleasant , I hope to know no distinction of politics among those coming from Indiana. 1 have no desire to detain you longer. For the distinguished gentleman whose place you have commanded me to take I have tne liveliest personal regard. Senator McDonald has been my friend, and is, and will continue to be, I am sure. Applause. If we might yield in these matters to mere personal feelings, or give play to the exercise of mere politeness, I would be glad to say to him, when he rise? to give place to me, "Be seated." But I am sure, though we regret to see his public life terminated for a time, that even Senator McDonald will not be found without his consolotion in retirement. (Laughter.) He will come again to those duties in life which he has honored before. Again let me thank yon for generous support, and for generous opHsition, and asure you it will be my highest ambition creditably to represent and faithfully to serve the ieople o'f Indiana. The afternoon session ot the Senate was devoted to the report of the Committee appointed to draft resolutions in memoriam of the late Senator. P.enjamin L. Davenport, irom the County of Elkhart. Senator White, of Elkhart Count)', Chairman of the Committee, presented the following resolution, followed by tributes of respect from Senators White, Ilcfron Shaffer und Comstock: Mr. President Your Committee npioIuted to propose resolutions expressing the sorrow of the Senate upon the death of Hon. Benjamin L. Davenport, late a Senator from the County of Klkhart, Ix'g leave to present the following: Resolved, That the Senate has heard with Kfound sorrow o . the death of Hon. n jam in I Davciiort, late a Senator from the County of Elkhart, and a member of the former body. Kesolved, That In his death the State has lost a most noble and trustworthy citizen and a worthy Senator, ever ready to work for the best interest of his people and the State; and we can hut revere his many private and public virtues. Resolved, That as Senators who had the pleasure of serving with him in this body during the last session, knowing his many noble qualities, shall ever cherish his as one guided only by the brightest sense of justice and right; that a copy ofthes resolutions be sent by the Secretary to the bereaved family. Resolved, That an a testimonial olour respect to the memory of our brother Senator, that the Senate do U0W adjourn. D. II. White. A. II. Shaffer. D. J. IIefroN. Mr. White, in moving the adoption of the resolutions, said he did so with the deepest feeling of respect, for the deceased Senator represented his constituency with that fidelity and honor which

h p ever endeavored to carry out to the best of his ability. Rising from the people, he knew what was their desires, and endeavored to carry out

their wishes. Mr. W. then proceeded to give a historical ac count of the life of the deceased. Senator .Shaffer spoke as follows : Mr. President I arise in support of the reso lution which has just been offered by the Senator from Elkhart, to pay common tribute of respect to the memory of a friend with whom I have been so,vcry intimately associated at the last session of the legislature, l had the pleasure of sitting by his side during the whole term as well as the extra session of the Fifty-first General Assembly. I knew him well, and to-day we should not only revere the name of Benjamin L. Davenport, but the ordinary business of this Senate be sus pended that the attention of all its members may be directed, for a few mo ments, to au event full of admonition, and which awaits us all. Not long ago he whom we now mourn was amongst us in robust health, giving promise of many years of usefulness: but his great heart has ceased to beat, and he sleeps the sleep that knows no waking. We are yet beyond his honored grave, and can only recall the graces and good qualifications of hin life. A good man has gone to his rest, and Theo'orld is poorer for his loss, thoujih ticher and better because he once lived. No word of mine can add anything to the sorrow which envelopes the memory, nor increase the respect which iu life his high character challeuged from all who came in contact with him. Benjamin L. Davenport was a man without any pretentions. He was industrious, earnest and true; without obstinacy, he was hrm ; without selfishness, he was unscrupiously honest and conscientous in all things, faithful and just to his opponents. Mr. President, the shafts are falling thick and fast among us. This Senate is called upon by this dispensation for the second time to mourn the loss of one of its members from the County of Elkhart, and in this just tribute we can only bow our heads in humble submission and testify our griei at the tomo oi the state s public servants. But, sir, it is admitted that the most gracious boon con fc rod y a merciful Providence upon all of us is mat we may not know the hour or the manner of death. When it comes to us iii the full vigor of our activitv. especially after long, with an humble Christian hoie of a future and better life to come, such a deiarture calls neither for tears nor mourning in his behalf, whose life has leen so blessed by its ending with thp full fiitifiili'iiri' thiiT hit nnrnp k int rtulv re membered by his friends, but by the people oi the state. The, Mr. President, we have presented to us in these memorial services the subject of an honest, patriotic citizen. His patriotism was too ardent to leud its ear to the voice of mere policy. He was a most valuable member of the Republican party, for he was in it from conviction, and was unswerving and unceasing in labor and counsel to keep alive the aggressive spirit which leads to party achievements. He did not falter. though others fell behind. He wrought life's work with a fervent heart: his duties had been well performed, and his days well spent. "Oh, what a glory doth this world put on For him who with fervent heart goes forth Under the bright and glorious 6ky, and looks On duties well performed and days well speut. For him the winds, aye. the yellow leaves Shall have a voice and give him eloquent teach ing; He shall hear the solemn hymn that Death Has lifted up for all, that he shall go To his long resting place without a tear. Senator Hefron delivered the following address: Mr. President I rise to join in these memo rial exercises and add my humble tribute oi re spect to the memory of our departed fellow-member and associate. And, sir, while I participate iu these exercises, I am reminded that this venerated custom, these apjointcd tributes to the memory of our departed associates who have crossed the "dark river," are not the shallow and empty formalities of a deliberative body, but that they are the solemn and refined evidences of our Christian, civilization that have their source in the virtues of the Christian charactei and the deeper sympathies of the human heart. There is no nobler tribute to our intelligence than that which does honor to our dead. Death is the common lot of all, none so high and none so low but must pass in the same solemn train. "The rich, the poor, the base, the brave, In dust without distinction lie." And thisreflection should bring us to a realizing sense of the beauties and excellences of the practice in life of charity, liberality aud forbearance toward our fellows. And here I may be permitted to say that no man possessed in a higher degree those noble traits of character than him whose death we mourn to-day. Mr. President, Senator Davenport was my friend, and, in the well expressed language of another, "he made me his friend by being mine." He was my senior by many years. We came Irom almost the opposite extremes of the State, and in politics we di tiered as widely as the Poles. Yet. sir, with his diversity of age, habitation and political opinion, a warm friendship sprang up bet wen us that I shall ever cheiih as one of the pleasantest associations of the session of 1S79. 1 met him for the first time upon the assembling of this body at its last session, and it was my good fortune to be associated with him uion the same Committee. The duties of that Committee called us many days from the Chamber, and in the discharge of those duties we had to traverse the State from Michigan City to JefTersonville, and while thus associated with him I had an opportunity of becoming acquainted with him, to some extent, in the social and private ways of life, and, sir, a truer, more generous or kinder-hearted man I never knew. And I recall this moment, with the kindliest recollection, that on entering this Chamber each morning during the last session, and passing that desk yonder, the hand of Senator Davenport was extended te grasp mine in friendly greeting with a warmth of cordiality that made one feel that his heart was given with his haud. This was not j a hypocritical friendship. He would not be your menu ior a purpose, or occause ne naa designs upon you, but he was cordial and friendly to all because it was the natural impulse of his nature to be open-hcarted.generous and true; because he possessed those noble traits .of character which dignify and ennoble human natnre; qualities of the heart, sir, by which we are to estimate, not only human greatness, but human perfection. He laid no claim to superior statesmanship or the qualifications that fit men for the front place in public life, but he iossessed that great, good common sense that fit men for the graver and more important duties of citizenship, that common sense that Is the symmetry ot miud, of char acter and purpose -jn the individual combined and which clothes him with dignity, invests him with power and stamps him with superiority. He was not a great man in the sense of oratory or statesmanship. He was not great In the sense that sways multitudes an4 commands armies, but. sir. he was great in the simple virtues and frugal habits of honorable citizenship. While he brought to the discharge of every public duty devolving upon him a conscientious desire and inflexible purpose to find the riht and maintain it without fear or favor, yet, the duties and life of a public servant as he often expressed it, were not to his tastes or inclinations. He preferred to be back where he had sieut his bovhood and young manhood, mingling with and" directing the artisan and mechanic, the material wealth-builders of our day; back amid the dim and whirl of the machinery that his own enterprise and energy had put in motion, where the pulsing, throbbiug heart of active industry sends life and vigor through every channel- of business and social enterprise. But, his toils are ended. He was summoned by the Inscrutible Dispenser of the universe to answer the call of The roll in that Chamber not made with hands, liy a life of frugality and honorable industry he has left to his stricken family a handsome competence and the heritage of a good name. Peace to his ashes. . The following is a synopsis of the brief address made by Senator Comstock: Mr. Comstoek did not rise expecting to be able to add anything to what has already been said in memory of ex-senator Davcnjtort; he only rose prompted by the common impulse which induces an expression of regret for the death of a worthy citizen. It was not his privilege, as it has been of those who preceded him, to have an intimate personal acquaintance with the late Senator, but was impressed with the fact that he was a man iossessed of liberal and broad views, and one who had shown himself to be conscienlious, as well as discriminating, in judgment, and no higher tribute cin be paid to a member of a deliberative body. In many respects it is not the most pleasant position in the broad land to be a Member of the State Legislature. There are cases when members sometimes do not do as much for their constituents as they might, and there are cases where constituants expect too much from their representatives. A case of this kind came to light yesterday by a Sentinel reporter finding a loose pajKT in the halls of the House. The name of the Representative to whom it was addressed is withheld as well as the "constituent." The communication o found was as follows no correc tions made: "Offcf. of GrtANP Worthy Patriarch, ten, ) Sons of l emtkranc of Indiana Gr 1 1, ford, Ind., Jan. 10. 1NS1 Hon. : Slit 1 am going to Indianapolis this week or the first of next. 1 wish you would send me your rnss. If you will I will not give you away in it. will only use it with the Conductors that does not know cither of us and if I lind I can't use it I will return it forthwith to you. I wont go upon the night train, if you conclude to K'nd It I will give you my word I will say nothing about it. Hoping to hear from you soon, 1 am resiectfully yours, The writer of the communication evidently lias no conscientious scruples about beating railroads. A Sentinel representative made inquiry at the railroad office here, wishing to know if the member to whom the letter was addressed was the possessor of a pass over their road. Communication was had with the general ollice in a distant city from the ollice in this citv. The information received from the general oflice was that "no such pass has been issued to the gentleman named in your dispatch." The writer who wanted the pass can walk, if he has no other means of coming to the Capital. All of those making speeches yesterday on the Senatorial election were creditable to themselves and their friends.

FAMOUS MEN OF MUSCLE.

How Athletes Were Honored in the Urave Days or Old. Ercntano's Monthlv. Among the Greeks the successful alhlcte was crowned with laurels, and loaded down with wealth and honors. hen Lgenetas. n the ninety-second Olympiad, entered Agrigentum. his native home, he was attended by an escort of 300 chariots, each drawn by two white horses, and lollowed by the populace, cheering and waving banners. Milo six times won tne pann oi ootii tne Olympic and Pythian games. He is said to have run a mile with a four year-old ox uiion his shoulders, and afterward killed the animal with one blow of the fist, and ate the entire carcass in one day. So great was the muscular power that he would bind a cord around his neck and break it by the swelling pressure of the veins. An ordinary meal for Milo was twenty pounds of meat, as much bread, and fifteen pints of wine. rolydamus of Thessaha was of colossal height and prodigious strength, and. it is said, alone and without wea(ons, killed an enormous enraeed lion. Oneday.it is recorded, he seized a bull by its hind feet, and the animal escaped only by leaving the hoof in the grasp of the athlete. The itoman tnineror Maximinus was up ward of eight feet in height, and, like Milo of Crotonia, could squeeze to itowder the hardest stone between his lingers, and breaK the leg of a horse by a kick. His wife's bracelet served hm as a ring, and his every day repast was sixty pounds of meat and an amphoriaof wine. While a prisoner in Germany, Iiichard I. accepted an invitation to a boxing match with the son of his Jailer. He received the first blow, which made him stagger, but recovering, with a blow of his fist he killed his antagonist on the spot. Topham. an Engiisnman, born in 1710, was possessed of astonishing strength. His armpits, hollow in the case of ordinary men, were with hini full of muscles and tendons. He would take a bar of iron, with its two ends held in his hands, place the middle of the bar behind his neck, and bend the extremities by main force until they met together, and bend back the iron straight again. One night, seeing the watchman asleep in his box. he carried the man and his shell to a great distance, and put them on the wall of a Church Yard. Owing to domestic troubles, lie committed suicide in the prime of life. The famous Scanderberg, King ot Albania, who was born in 1414, was a man of great stature, and his feats of sword exercise have never been equaled. On one occasion, with his scimeter, he struck his antagonist such a blow that its force cleaved him to the waist. He is said to have cloven in two men who were clad in armor from head to foot On one occasion the brother and nephew of a certain Ballaban, who had been convicted of cruelties to the Albanians, were brought to him bound together. Transiorted with rage, lie cut them in two with one stroke of his weapon. Maurice, Count of Saxony, the hero of Fontenoy, inherited the physical vigor of his father, and was especially noted for the surprising muscular power of "grip" of his hands. On one occasion, needing a corkscrew, he twisted a large iron nail round in the required shape with his fingers, and opened half a dozen bottles of wine with it. Another time, stopping at a blacksmithshot4o have his horse shod, he picked up a number of horseshoes, and with his hands snapped them in two, as readily as if made of glass, much to the disgust of the smith. If history is to be believed, Phatylius, of Crotona, could jump a distance of fifty-six feet. The exercise was practiced at the Olympic games, and formed part of the course of the Penthalon. Stutt, an English authority on games and amusements, speaks of a Yorkshire jumje named Ireland, whose iowers wero marvelous. He was six feet high, and at the age of eighteen leaped, without the aid of a spring-board, over nine horses ranged side by side. He cleared a cord extended fourteen feet from the ground with one bound. crushed with his foot a bladder suspended at a height of sixteen feet, and, on another occasion, lightly cleared a large wagon covered with an awning. Colonel Ironside, who lived in India early in this century, relates that he met in his travels an old, white-haired man who, with one leap, sprang over the back ot an enormous elephant, flanked by six camels of the largest breed. 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