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,/ JA LIYING LEADERS.
I . him on a store box that had been rolled out into the street .at the comer. Upon
readjusting himself ~fter the unceremonious shaking up, lie found himself surrounded
by a crowd of three or foqr hundred people. There was no way out of
the affair but to speak; accepting .the· situation, he proceeded and did his best.
That the speech was a success, and brought him rep,utation and friends, may be
inferred from the fact that in the same campaign he was first in demand in the
school-houses through the country. Indeed, as a speaker, he was from that time
a general favorite. .
In r86o he was nominated for Reporter of the Supreme Court. Thereupon, of
course, he was inducted into a broader field and entered upon a canvass of the
State. So too ~n 1864. He· took part in the campaigns of 1868 and 1872,
familiarly known as the Grant campaigns. In both those years he travelled all
over the State addressing large audiences. The election of 1876 was inaugurated
i1,1 Indiana under peculiar circumstances. Many influential Republicans in the
State insisted personally and by letter that · General Harrison should allow his
name to go on the ticket fo~ Governor; but to all such overtures he gave one
answer, positively declining ,the honor. The Hon. Godlove S. Orth was nominated,
and some opposition having developed, that gentleman withdrew from the
race pending the ·canvass, leaving the Republican ticket without a head.
General Harrison, supposing the matter settled, went away for a rest. He
betook himself to the north shore of Lake Superior, and there, beyond the reac~
of mail or telegraphic communication, engaged. in the pleasanter occupation of
fishing for trout. He knew nothing of what was going on in politics at hom~
until, on his return, he reached Mackinaw. There in· a Chicago paper several
day~ old he read of Mr. Orth's withdrawal. Upon getting to Fort Wayne he was
apprisfd by telegraph that the Central Committee had substituted him in Mr.
Orth's place. Altogether, seeing no way to refuse the solicitation of the party, he
acceded to it. The result of the election was unfavorable to him, but he ran very
handsomely ahead of the rest of his ticket. Two years later he was called upon
to preside over the State Convention, and in r88o we find him in the National
Convention at Chicago, chairman of the delegation from Indiana. In 1884 he
again represented his Stat1e as delegate-at-large, and he was again discussed in
connection with the nomination for the first place on the National ticket. He
participated actively in the ~mpaign of 188o, and when the election was over,
became a candidate for the United States Senate, and was unanimously chosen.1
l-Ie held the place the six yea~s, and then with the respect of his political enemies,
and the unabated confidence of his party, he retired to his law office and engaged
once more in his profession. While there he was called to the higher honor of
the Presidency, receiving, upon the eighth ballot of the National Convention, 544
votes out of a total of 820, the nomination then being made unanimous with great
enthusiasm. During the campaign he conducted himself with unerring wisdom,
winning commendation and support every day, and at the national .electioo --eceiv·
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| Transcription | ,/ JA LIYING LEADERS. I . him on a store box that had been rolled out into the street .at the comer. Upon readjusting himself ~fter the unceremonious shaking up, lie found himself surrounded by a crowd of three or foqr hundred people. There was no way out of the affair but to speak; accepting .the· situation, he proceeded and did his best. That the speech was a success, and brought him rep,utation and friends, may be inferred from the fact that in the same campaign he was first in demand in the school-houses through the country. Indeed, as a speaker, he was from that time a general favorite. . In r86o he was nominated for Reporter of the Supreme Court. Thereupon, of course, he was inducted into a broader field and entered upon a canvass of the State. So too ~n 1864. He· took part in the campaigns of 1868 and 1872, familiarly known as the Grant campaigns. In both those years he travelled all over the State addressing large audiences. The election of 1876 was inaugurated i1,1 Indiana under peculiar circumstances. Many influential Republicans in the State insisted personally and by letter that · General Harrison should allow his name to go on the ticket fo~ Governor; but to all such overtures he gave one answer, positively declining ,the honor. The Hon. Godlove S. Orth was nominated, and some opposition having developed, that gentleman withdrew from the race pending the ·canvass, leaving the Republican ticket without a head. General Harrison, supposing the matter settled, went away for a rest. He betook himself to the north shore of Lake Superior, and there, beyond the reac~ of mail or telegraphic communication, engaged. in the pleasanter occupation of fishing for trout. He knew nothing of what was going on in politics at hom~ until, on his return, he reached Mackinaw. There in· a Chicago paper several day~ old he read of Mr. Orth's withdrawal. Upon getting to Fort Wayne he was apprisfd by telegraph that the Central Committee had substituted him in Mr. Orth's place. Altogether, seeing no way to refuse the solicitation of the party, he acceded to it. The result of the election was unfavorable to him, but he ran very handsomely ahead of the rest of his ticket. Two years later he was called upon to preside over the State Convention, and in r88o we find him in the National Convention at Chicago, chairman of the delegation from Indiana. In 1884 he again represented his Stat1e as delegate-at-large, and he was again discussed in connection with the nomination for the first place on the National ticket. He participated actively in the ~mpaign of 188o, and when the election was over, became a candidate for the United States Senate, and was unanimously chosen.1 l-Ie held the place the six yea~s, and then with the respect of his political enemies, and the unabated confidence of his party, he retired to his law office and engaged once more in his profession. While there he was called to the higher honor of the Presidency, receiving, upon the eighth ballot of the National Convention, 544 votes out of a total of 820, the nomination then being made unanimous with great enthusiasm. During the campaign he conducted himself with unerring wisdom, winning commendation and support every day, and at the national .electioo --eceiv· |
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