The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-14
FROM. THE CAPITAL.
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. u. 1867


INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. II, 1867.
Editors Journal: e .9.,fs.telos 5s1H y
Seldom has a more impressive
scene been witnessed than was pre-
sented at the Hall of the House on
yesterday afternoon.
Our honored Chief Magistrate,
who for SO many years. and at pc
riod that will ever be memorable in
our State and national history has
discharged the onerous duties Of his
high Office with unexampled fidelity,
and with a degree of ability aud patri-
otto ardoramhich has earned the grati-
taas pSfsoss39SerSyf eyal heart in sthe land,
made what was well IN ersttosoda to
be his last public appearance III the
gqbernatQri4l Office a0lhIlI0u
1.-THE Han was densely packed with
eager and observation-disclosures, whose
regret at the thought of losing model
Governor was relieved hy the ,oon t
seriousness that his great intellectual
powers would be transferred to field
where they@illE still be exercised in
the interests of the State and for the
good of his country.
Nor wasthere any feeling Of anxiety
as to his successor in the Executive
chair, for the peopleaof Indiana know
that, in the hands of Governor BA-
KER, their interests will be protected,
and their, rights maintained r..
The message is already before your
readers, and has, doubtless, fully met
the expectations, and received the en-
comiums, of every true Union man
among them. va Il )
To the sympathizers with rebellion,
and apologists for treason, it will be
no more satisfactory than his previous
efforts, and the heat of their rage will
not be abated by the force of It's logic
and the invulnerability of its positions.
THE SENATORIAL CAUCUS,
last night, dispatched the business be-
fore it without circumlocution or YER
bosity. ....
The much -talked-of opposition to.
Gov. MORTON, for us. Senator, wilt.
ed, before the light of his unprecedent-.
ed popularity, to contemplate proper
tions. and, fnally,ssubsided into ST.
lence-the silence of four men, who
would not express the will of their
constituents, and ceuldrnot muster
reinforcements sufficient to enable
them to take the field NdU1
1t is. said that Mr.. JULIAN has re-
peatedly asserted among. Republican
members of Congress that MeRTeN
could not possibly get the Senatorial
nomination" His reputation as a
prophet will be somewhat impaired
by the result of this contest.
At seven and a halt. o'clock the
Union members of the Legislature
met in the Representatives Hall.
Immediately upon the roll being
called, Representative HUGHES, of
Monroe, offered the following resolu-
ton, which was adopted by ayes, 81;
nays, 0: tEt
Resolued, That OLIVER P. MORTON
be, and he is hereby chosen and
nominated as the candidate of this
meeting of Union members of the
Legislature of Indiana for United
States Senator, and that all members
participating in the vote on the pas
sage of this resolution hereby pledge
him their support. naf, 7ahlc
Senators CRAvENs and KfNLEY and
Representatives BRANHAM andBLIT.
SON did not vote.
The announcement of the vote was
received with loud and hearty APP
plause, and the, caucus Immediately
1t is somewhat remarkable that a
gentleman possessing the confidence
of the party to such an extent as to be
unanimously elected Speaker of the
House should be so manifestly in OPP
position to his party as Mr. BRANHAM
has shown himself to be in this i'm
portant matter; and the election of
that gentleman to the speakership by