Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1888 — INDIANA REPUBLICANS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA REPUBLICANS.

A Convention of delegates from Lincoln League clubs was held at Indianapolis on'the 2d with a very large attendance. J. H. Huston called the convention to order and made a few preliminaiy remarks. There were ip Indiana at the present time not less than 300 Republican clubs, working or in process of organization. Ihe work such a body of men could do could not be estimated. The counties that made the best showing at the April elections were thoroughly organized- Within the last two weeks 100 League clubs had been organized, in the State. A nominating committee of one from each congressional district was oppointed. A resolution was adopted warmly congratulating Senator Ingalls “upon]his great speech wherein he effectually tore the hypocrisy from the public life and character of Senator Voorhees.” The following officers were elected: ; —~~~ President, W. U. Taylor. ... Secretary. W. H. Smith. Treasurer, N. 8. Byram. All of Indianapolis, and a boird of managers consisting of the following: First District—Walter 8. Viele, Evansville. Second—W. R. Gardiner, Washington. Daviess county. Third—Geo. B. Cardwell, New Albany, Floyd county; fourth—Albert Davis, Liberty, Union county. Fifth— W. R. McClellan, Danville, Hendricks county. _ i ; ■ Sixth-Paul -Liebhard, Milton, Wayne county.. Seventh—M. A. Chipman, Anderson, Madison county. Eight—Nick Ellbßck; —Teue Visa county. Howard county. ! Tenth—M. F. Chilcote, Rensselaer, Jasper county. - Eleventh—W, 8. Silver, Bluffton, Wells "COTBTVT Twelfth—H. C. Hana, For Wayne, Allen Thirteenth—L. W. Royse, Warsaw, Kosciusko county. ’• Member executive committee of National League, Hon. James N. Hus-

ton, Connersville; vice-president National League, Colonel Alexander Jones, Indianapolis. The report wav unanimously adopted,, and Colonel Jones, in accepting the honor given him, said that the entire colored vote of Indiana would be cast for the Republican party. . \ Speeches followed. There is a new and mysterious horse disease in Piatt county, 111. Mr. D. C. Niles had a fine Clydeslale horse drop dead in the harness, and Mr. A. S. Burr, of Bement, lost five very suddenly. They begin trembling and their limbs quiver and bodies swell up, and death is very sudden. The disease is spreading, and fears are entertained that many fine horses will die before there can be a remedy found tr stay its ravages. The Republican State Convention to elect four delegates and four alternates was called to order at Indianapolis at 11 o’clock Thursday bv Chairman Huston. Hon. R. W. Thompson, of Terre Haute, was made permanent Chairman and Chais. M. Wilson, of Lafayette, Secretary. On taking the chair, Mr. Thompson made a brief speech. Judge Gardiner, of Daviess county offered the following resolution: The Republican* of Indiana, assembled in State Convention, present to the favorable consideration of the Republicans of the United States and of the National Convention to be held in the city of Chicago on the 19th of June proximo the name of General Benjamin Harrison as their choice for candidate for President of the United States.

A Republican without equivocation, always in the forefront of every contest, devoted to the principles of the party with which he has been identified since its organization, prominent and zealous In all its campaigns, wise and trusted in its councils, serving with honorable distinction in the military and civil service ,of the Government, his great abilities, long and distinguished public life, and the force of his- high character and unblemished reputation, combine to make him one of the best equipped and most available men that could be chosen to lead the party "in the coming contest. Therefore, the delegates-atlarge this day elected are instructed to vote and to work earnestly and persistently together with the district deltgates aircady choseu, to secure his nomination, exhausting every honorable means to accomplisn that result.___ The reading of the resolutions was repeatedly interrupted by applause, and at the conclusion of the reading the conven'ion adopted the resolution by a unanimous vote. With great enthusiasm, the convention invited Senator J. J. Ingalls to address the Indiana State convention (to be) and adopted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Republicans of Indiana, in convention assembled, send greeting to Senator J. J. Ingalls, of Kansas, for his scathing expose of the treasonable record of D. W. Voorhees, a man who at the outbreak of the Rebellion was in close accord and correspondence with the Southern conspirators, a man whe, together with other Democratic time-serving politicians, declared the war to be a failure, he endeavored to make it; a men who, as a member of Congress, sought to embarrass the Government in its legislation; a man who discouraged enlistments in the Union army by loading the volunteer Union soldier with opprobrious epithets, a man who bartered for arms to be used in a revolutionary uprising of secret treasonable societies, organized for the purpose of wresting Indiana from the Union, even at the expense of a blood domestic war: in fine, a man who, while acting the part Tn war of the enemy of the Union sop diet, now, in peace, relying upon the oblivion of forgetfulness, poses as his friend, and, through fulsome fl attery, seeks his suffrage.

For delegates to Chicago Hon. Albert G. Porter was elected by acclamation. Mr. Porter, on being called out spoke briefly. In the course of his remarks, he spoke of the late trip of Preaident Cleveland through Indiana. In a speech at the Capitol to the audience which included mauy old soldiers, the President named McDonald, Voorhees and Gray, but had not a word to say for the man who left his home and a lucrative business to go to the front—General Harrison; he had no word to Eay of Kneflier, Foster, McGinnis, or any other Republican soldier of distinction. Of General McGinnis Governor Porter said he Was “a eoldier fit to stand by Cfeiar and give direc tions.” At Terre Haute Cleveland spoke of the Tall Sycamore, “and forgot t h e venerable, majestic, overshadowing oak the Wabash” (pointing to Colonel Thompson)' “the Old Man Eloquent who a half a century ago proudly bore the Whig standard when another Harrison wap in the field; a man who, when Cleveland went into office was Secretary of the Navy.” Governor Porter said he could not call the roll in a half a day of distinguished Republicans from whom the President might have selected one or more to speak. He said a good word > for Walter Q. Gresham, whose name evoked prolonged applause. The following gentlemen were placed in nomination: Clem C. Studebaker, South Bend. James N, Huston, ConnersvilleRichard W Thompson,Terre Haute. General Lew Wallace, Crawfordsville. ' General James M. Shackelford, Evansville. Major W. H. Calkins, Indianapolis Mr. Calkins withdrew his name. Colonel Thompson evinced a desire not to be elected. Thereupon his name was taken from the list of nominees and he was Elected bv acclamation. The convention voted as follows: Huston, 311; Wallaca, 1394; Shackel ford, 192; Studebaker, 287; total, 466; Huston (who is the Cha’rman of the State Central Committee) and Studebaker (who is the wagon manufacturer delegates. / " Messis. Carr, Hurley, "TllSyer and" Peelle were declared the alternate delegates to succeed the principles, in case of necessity, in the order voted.