Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1898 — UNION B. HUNT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

UNION B. HUNT.

The name of the Republican cundi- . date for secretary of state, who heads » .the state ticket this year, is one to con* jure with. Union Banner Hunt was Iwrn daring the closing days of the war of the rebellion.' His antecedents were loyal to the cote, and it was in the spirit Wrf that the name ‘‘Union t Banner" was conferred upon the subject of this sketch. And right well he has justified the expectations of those - -who believed that he would worthily > bear his talismanio name! Mr. Hunt's early life was one of cheerful straggle, .and his prominence and popularity are, 4n a large measure, due to the inherent

-qualities of mind and heart studiously cultivated by perseverance and industry. He began life clerking in a store, subsequently working in a factory. For several years he was editor of the Winchester Herald. In the meantime he prepared himself fpr the legal profession, and 10 years ago he was admitted to the practice of law, rapidly rising to a position of eminence at the bar. He has never held an elective office, but served four years as depaty prosecutor of the Twenty-fifth judicial circuit. In 1607 he was elected grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Indiana, and has an extensive acquaintance among the 40,000 members of that order. In politics he has always been a Republican, and has taken active part in every campaign since he became a voter. As a campaign speaker Mr. Hunt has but few superiors, and he is thoroughly in earnest in every undertaking in which he engages. When once hvs excellent .qualities are known, it is easy to understand his great popularity. He is unaffected and cordial and, above all, is honest and sincere in his friendships, as well as in his political predilections.

UNION B. HUNT.