Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1896 — An Excellent Candidate. [ARTICLE]

An Excellent Candidate.

There were several aspirants for the Republican nomination for Governor who possess the qualifications which would have made them excellent candidates before the people and able executives, but none of them possesses these qualities in a larger degree than James A. Mount. There is not a county in Indiana iu which he has not spoken; there is not a hamlet in which his name is not known, and known to be respected. In the best sense of the term Mr. Mount is a self-made man and the making has been well done. In youth his -environment was as severe as it well could be. While yet a boy keentered the Bevent,y--second Indiana, which was attached to the famous Wilder brigade. That lie was a faithful and gallaut soldier, Gen. Wilder attests iu a letter written to him last March. Coming out of the army at the close of the war, he became at. first a farm laborer; then marry, ing an estimable woman who shares his great honor, he became a farm renter, and soon the purchaser of a small farm. Now he owns one of the largest and best farms in Montgomery county. Putting brains into f&rming he has attained a competency, and is to-day one of the best informed and most influential farmers in the county. The fact that he was invited, to speak on the Chautauqua platform iu New York with Goveruor Flower ou Farmers’ day shows that his high position in one of the great industries of the country is recognized. Mr. Mount is a real farmer, and not ono who farms by telephone. ,

Nor is Mr. Mount a one-idea man. He has found time to inform himself broadly upon all the leading questions of the day. Few men in Indiana are so well equipped to discuss the practical issues before the people. On the stump and in the joint debate he can take care of himself. In 1894 his speeches reviewing the fallacies of Senator Yoorhees were so able and convincing that the+Journal published them Mr. Mount is no demagogue, no trimmer. He has such faith iu Republican principles and policies that he believes that nothing can do the cause so much good as to preach it plainly. He is a man of the highest character.. He bears the stamp .of sincerity in his face, and bis conversation convinces one that he is a thoroughly upright and conscientious man, who leads a good life- It will not count against him to say that he is a model husband and father, and that his home life is well nigh ideal. As a standard fearer, it is no

reflection upon others to say that he is one of the strongest the convention could have named. Today 44 per cent. of the voters of •Indiana are working farmers. A large part of them know Mr. Mont and believe in liiin. * His candid dacy will strengthen the party thousands of votes. The State and the party have cause for congratulation over the nomination of James A. Mount for Governor. —Indianapolis Journal.