The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-02-25
The Trvo state grIekets.

1ai MILES j. FLEICHEIS, OF 1utnail. sif0
.4 t'ir The Two state Tickets .c 90 ID
We hoist to-day the Opposition State
Ticket, nominated on the 22d, ut Indianapo-
lis; and intend to do all we can in MD of its
success. -.,.r .,...,,,,s .s,.,,Rs !. Z
We do this, after a full consideration and
comparison of the claims of the two tickets
now before the people of Indiana. We do
1T because Of the superior claims that the.
Opposition ticket has on the sufrages of the,
voters Of the State; and now give some rea,
sons to justify our preference Ca1 e va
81, For Governor, Henry S. Lane is the OPP,
position candidate; Thomas A. Hendricks
the Democratic '.,,' .,,,. e." r., f'.1'-i 4.
Mr., Lane has been il, public life twice-as1
long as Mr.. Hendricks has had vast ex-r
perienee in almost every departmentlof pub
lie business land is q man who has filled,
to the general satisfaction, ever position in
which he has been placed. alsi "a
Mr.. Hendricks has ,hs.amucli official ex-
perience, and would make a pretty good
Executive, but there are two faults in his
OFFICIAL career that we now think OF, which
will form serious obstacle to his future as
pirations. Oae is, the unfair preference he,
gave to certain Congressional faVorites dur
ing the Lecompton controversy-while he.
was Commissioner of the General Land
Office-in furnishing them patents to desir7,
able Iowa lands over the heads of Previous
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but less influential, applicants--thus wrong.
ing the hard-working pioneer for the benefit
of nonresident official speculators. 1t was
said at the time of the occurrence, that this
fayoritism was shown as a reward for devo-
ton to Lecomptonism..= If soy altthe parties
concerned. from the President down, deserve
condemnation Mr.. Hendricks, especially,
is deserving of popular rebuke. His
other, and grieyous, fault, is his acknowl-
edged support Of Lecotnptonisni. This is
an incubus that he will stagger under in his
journeyings in quest Of votes, and it win
cause his defeat. --- 81 e4@is-ti 1''..- ,..s -2
!. Ifhe upheld that odious measure. contra
ry to his honest convictions, he is not to
be trusted in any public position where
great interests are at stake. If he supported
it from conviction of its justice, then not
only the Opposition, but Anti=Lecompton
Democrats, will bid him retire to private
life. ,sY.os ................-...-.....Y = .-lso3s
For Lieutenant Governor Oliver P.
Morton is the Opposition candidate; David
Turpie the Democratic .51 s-s..ss ...-
= Judge Morton is a man of first-class abili-
ty, and has in him the material of true states
manship. He is an excellent and success
full lawyer, and well yersed in public bust
ness. If elected, he would preside over the
Senate with ability, dignity, and fairness.
And, if the Opposition should elect j major
ity of the next Legislature, SO as to be able
to elect Col. Lane United States Senator;
or if Col. Lane, supposing him to be elected
Governor, were to die or resign his office
d Mr.. Morton, on becoming: Governor, would
fill that exalted position with entire credit
to himself, the party that elected him, and
the State. &. 3 4..,- -Ia.i .sss..s asials o1f
p Mr.. Turpie, though a keen, caustic, and
able 'debater, and even a good legislator,
does not possess the timber for good pre-
siding officer of an ordinary convention, much
less of the Senate of Indiana. Any person
who ever saw him in public capacity; will
know that as Governor, if any contingency
should place him in that position, he would
entirely fail to justify the preference of his
friends. He is a mere partizan, not a states
man. Besides, he is the victim of an
appetite for strong drink to such an extent
as to disqualify him for filling responsible
stations. This is his misfortune will
not say his fault
Z For Secretary of State, William A. Peelle
is the Opposition candidate William II.
Schater the Democratic. As we are but
slightly conversant with the characters of
these gentlemen, we shall draw no parallel
The Office is comparatively unimportant,
with its present duties. 7s4ta H. -alHs d!
For Treasurer Of State, Jonathan s. Har-
vey is the Opposition candidate; Nathaniel
F.. Cunningham the Democratic a:s, .a
Mr.. Harvey is an honest, painstaking,
systematic business man, well versed in
finance and the checks ami balances me-
| cessary in such an office. He would make
a first-rate officer, in whom full confidence
could be placed. 7..... s..l.5a9 T. -Aat .l.
Against Mr.. Cunningham we have but
little to say He is q clever, whole souled
gentleman, and makes II first rate officer
All the criticism we have on his official
conduct is his stubborn Lecomptonisrn, and
his persistent though we believe not dis
honest, opposition to. the Embezzlement Bill
at the last session of the Legislature. That
bill, we believe, was wholesome measure,
andits destruction BY Governor Willard and
his advisers viii be revenged by the people
For Auditor of State, Albert Lange. is
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