The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-05-05
The Il. GozsrnVr Candidate.

Ale LII. 0ov2f1cr E&ndidate
Fog once, a prominent State Convention tras
shown favor enough to s'the Pocket" of Jndi-
ana. to tonog oac Of its sons wftl the -noErsina-
ton fors prominent Office. Southera Indiana
has againand again loudly complained Of ne
e;lect from such bodies--a neglect no doubt
principally resultmg from the fact, that this
portion Oft the State iE notin The habiEof hang
ing upon the sItrts 81 eonyantioss fcr political
rewards. nor thTuating her farorite men befQro
these conventions to badger for Offices
/ Judge Conrad Baker, OF this city, Without
any solicitation on the part of himself or
friends, and totally .unex pcctedly to both, at
his home, received the nomination Of the Poo
pies Cenveution for Lieut.. Governor As the
people of the State may not know him so we'll
as the citizens Of this District, we feel it cur
duty to enliglteu them little.
Judge Baker might perhaps have been more
popular aa houae if he were less honest can
did and bold, in the expression OF his opinions
/ Living in a comm unity which despises the
man who makes tie slightest approach TO Al
.olitionsur his long ago warmly. felt and as
warmly expressed opinions in opposition to
the extension Of slavery, before subsequent.
events made this subject Of general discus
cussion, or inocalated il iuto. party platforms,
brought upon his head the aniinadversicns Of
many who spoke Of him. bu. utterly unwac-
rantably, as an Abolitiouist, yet who have since
expressed precisely the same opin ;ons for hich
thoy formerly condemned him. Judge Baker
is Republican. aud no more an .-Abotitonfst
than any otherBepUHicanwflo s bitterly
icl to the Nebraska Law and the extension of
slavery. without wishing to interfere with
slavery where it now eZista. So ut least we
understand him. ~Fo,can Eouch fer the fact
that he is not an Abo1itio'list, at ali everts.
Judge Baker has .a!&o bssn honest and can
did III the Expression Of his views on Temper
snco. 10 will meet with violent opposition
hero on this accoaat from some quarters. Be
iiiayn5 the late Prohihitory Law constitutional
as Judge Of the Court Of Common Pleas he
Ieadeavored to sustain r--aad temperance men
Iof other sections may re.tize, tbat this course
15orsated no anahIa feelings towards him among
c,rtaia CLASSES, thssVforers ara their friends,
le,a3 the friends of honest cid Rye. But that
"a, acted eonsoientonsly and 70 the best.of a
Em ,turod and wei! informed Judgment. no one
will dispute whe knows the man.
Judge Baker is m honest man. He is an
inteili gent nan, He-is irrer roaohabte in char
iscter He Is strong speaker, iatly posted IN
politics, and as eiFectfve NM or III stump
as we have in this district. lie has indorsita-
bis Energy. and his industry is proserbial.-
He is lawyer by profession, and having a
large practice, the new honor Of his nomira-
ton is more pleasing to his friends than to
himself He can only accept it with serious
business and peeuniary sacrifice.
Much as we esteem Judge Baker as mar
and as citizen, We can Idly confess, that, as
a National American, we should have preferred
the nomination of some man fer Lit. Governor,
whose views haze not so sectional bias as
his. But when we contrast bin with Judge
Hammond. his direct. opponent, ~e deem it
c pecialy fortunate that we haye,so good "a
m n as Baker to secure oEr preference. Judge
ifoaker has heen consistent ana neneSt, however
mistaken. Judge hammond has been neither
the one ner the other, and is now candidate
of the party which he opposed all his life till
within two or three years. Judge Baker was
warm Wing formerly, but during the last
three OF four years has mingled very little in
l-poitics lie was never an Office seeker, nor
ibid he aspire for the Office to which he has
been nominated by the people in Convention
at the capital. II elected. he will prove that
the confidence OF the people was not misplaced
/ II defeated, his party aud the State may be the
loser, but pecnniarily he will be the gamer