The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-02-02
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RICHMOND. IND, FEB. and. 1859
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Mr.. Pratt WAS born in Cazenoris
Madison county, New York, in 1871
a0<i u now in the aNy.sixth year of hi
age. He graduated At Hamilton Col
lcge, New York, in 1881. at the earl
age Of seventeen, with the highest hon
ers Of his class He was an earnes
and laborious s.udent-poverty spur
ring him to almost superhuman exer
ton TO make the most of his only OPP
portunity. 1910
In the spring oil 1882, afoot and
q alone he started for the great West, te
begin the struggle and battle of life
adsong strangers, With no capital but
his education, backed by great energy
and perseverance,. and with scarcely
fuAdg enough to defray his expenses.-
He reached Cincinnati in April, where
hs sntsred into an engagement as tea.
cher in . common school at Lawrence
burg, Dearborn county in this State,
which he. retained until the spring of
1888, when he was elected Principal Of
the Seminary at Rising Sun. Ohio coun
ty-then one of the most ffuri- hing in
stitutiOns Of Learning in the southeast
crn psrt Of the State. Having deter
mined upon the law for his profession
he came to Indianapolis ia 1884 and
began his legal studies in the Office OF
Messrs.r Fletcher d Bntler. then among
the leading members of the Bar in
q ,:xI~ Al,
til 1885 when. havin< been admitted to
practice in the various courts Of the
State, he located at Lpganspors, Cass
county, where he has devoted him self
almost exclusively TO the practice o:
his profession in that anil the AL Joining
judicial districts. up to the p resent, with
great credit to him self and honor to the
profession.
Wing party of the Ninth District as
their candidate for Congress bit tie
District, as well as the State. being Mt
that timc Democratic, he was defeatei
by small majority. .-.s--cr !
In 1851. and again in 1853. he Wis a
member of the lower br anch of the Cen
eral Assembly of Indiana, and was an
active and,s earnest member. tax ng Ia
borious part in its proceedings, and en-
ertin9 great influence in the important
Of that period,
In 1855, he was q can,iidate for Dis
triet Elector on the Republicans ticket,
and has since the organization Of the !
party be en- an ardent and Jealous sup
porter Of it's principles. 3. =
In11860, he was elected as delegate
for the State at large, to the National
Convention at Chicago. Be
ing . man OF large and progressing
appearance, with q voice in proportion
to his mental as we'll as physical pro
pos lions, he was selected as Reading
Clerk, and will be we'll rem embered by /
the many thousands who assembled at
that great and important convention.
In 1868, he was put in nomination
and supported by the republican min
GRITTY of that ever memo rable session of I
the General Assembly as their caudi-
date for the United States Senate, but
as the Legislature was largely Demo +
ocratie there was no hope OF success.
In 1868, he was nominated for Con-
gress, in the Eighth Congressional Dis
trict, and abandoning all else. devoted
his whole time energy and power to the
and by his clnquence and con
vincing arguments. added no little to
the success Of the Republican party
In his profession he maintains most
enviable Hreputation-as ju.ist he is
eminent; as member of society, he
stands Seservedly high. A finish d
scholor OF great and refined mental
culture; witt, genial disposition, inter-
mingled with never failing fund Of
aumor, wit and sentiment combined, he
g the life of the circle of his PROBES
,ional friends and neighbors. Upright
n his character; gentlemanly in his de-
pertinent; generous and symphatetic in
lis disposition; unostentatious in man
Ter; modest and retiring to a farlt
strictly exemplary in his department in
hort possessing all the qualities which
should ever characterize 3 great and
good man., He viii. fill the high and
position to which he has been
chosen with honor to himself and
credit to the State and the party who
AVE chosen him, without even solici
ing his consent. z a3a
With two such Senators as Oliver p.
Morton and Daniel D Pratt, in the Sen
ste Of the United States. Indiana will he
,ccoud in point of ability and influence
70 no other State.-Indianapolis Jour.
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