The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-05-10

oENAIORs
Oscar B. Hord, Elisha Howlsnd, James
Hopkins, Dorman N. Davidson, Judge
David B. Turpie were named for the nom
ination for senator. On the first ballot, a
majority of all votes being required TO
nominate, Oscar b. Hord was unani-
mously nominated. A committee of three,
consisting OF Carl Habich, General Love
and Jackson Landers, was appointed to in
form Mr.. Hord of his nomination. On the
second ballet. the names of Judge Turpie
and Mr. Davidson having been withdrawn,
the vote stood:
Whole number Of votes cast.-.--............16l
Necessary to choice 81
Rowland o5
HOPKINS lOo
and the nomination of Mr.. Hopkins was
made unanimous. He failed to respond TO
the call, and as "the best pair of legs the
News ever had" crossed the room az that
moment, loud calls for "Snacks!'
"Snacks !" were made, and the legs rap
| idly telescoped. At this point
OSCAR B. HoRD
entered the room. He was received with
three rousing cheers, and being formally
introduced by the chairman, he said:
GENTLEMEN AND FRIENDs-This is a
very unexpected thing for me, and to say
that this manifestation of your kindness
was not grateful to me would be saying
what is not true. 1 am gratifed that you
nominated me for the Senate as an evil
dence of your appreciation and regard,
| and am sorry that / can not accept it.
| (Voice-"No, no.") Now, gentlemen, the
reasons have tor not accepting 1t are OF a
| personal and domestic character. Now,
those of you who know me intimately will
understand what / mean, that it is
utterly impossible tor me to accept
any position in the world, or any nomina-
ton that will render it necessary for me
to be from home. Now, this is my reason.
1 want you to distinctly understand that
| it is my only reason. L want all OF my
friends here to understand that this an
| nouncement or determination that make
now has no connection, not the slightest,
with the result of the election last Tues
day. 1 was spoken to on this subject by
several friends some time before that cleo
ton, and gave them my reason why l
could not be a candidate. They were gen.
tIemen who understood the sufficiency of
my reasons, and appreciated them and
agreed with me. If were in situation
| to be candidate the result
| of the election last Tuesday would be q
reason why 1 should accept rather than
why should decline. (Applsuse) Now,
y
distinctly that as Democrat the election
Of last Tuesday did not discourage me. 1t
| was mortifying. It was more than NOR
tifying. 1 wish you to appreciate just ex-
| actly why i decline, and to satisfy you
that my declinstion has no connection ct
all with that. L want you to understand
another thing, geDtiemeu, that don't 20
back st all on the redistricting of this city
l(Applsuse.) l have not seen it announced
in any paper, and i have heard no intelli.
| gent Repub lican claim that that redis-
tricting ordinance did not leave this city
in better situation than it was before.
have not heard any one say that 1t was moi
FAIs AND HONEST DIsTRICTINe,
and the only claim that has been made 81
far as know as to the propriety of it wa
that it was made too late. Now, gentle
men, don't regard that at all as a suf
ficient reason. 1t certainly is one that oul
Republican friends have no right to urg,
against us. We made it Just as soon as W,
could, and we would have done it befor,
| If we had been able to do it. So far as tn,
legality of il is concerned, as a lawyer
desire 10 say this about 1t. OF course, it II
simply my professional opinion, that TIER,
was not che slightest ground for an objec
ton made against its legality
| NOW, l. WIS AZ GU0 fOuItu WI pom
from morning until night, from
the time that the polls opened
until they closed, aud it was charged upon
us that we committed serious wrong Of
some character in the passage of this re-
distributing ordinance. Insist, gentlemen
that we committed no wrong to anybody
| and if we had committed some wrong and
had done something that our Republican
friends had a right to object to, i submit
| that the conduct of the Repu blieans on
| that day in the Fourth Ward and other
wards of the city rendered whatever small
| offence we committed matter that ought
not 20 be considered at all. applause.
| The gentlemen who were there Oh .uas Oc-
casion will support me in saying that from
the time the polls opened until the polls
clio cd they were in possession
of people who did not live in
that ward, and that it was
a mob the whole of that time. [Applause
There were hundreds and hundreds OF
| people there armed with clubs in their
/ hands, determined that there should not
he fair election, and that those who had
the right TO vote should not vote, and
everything was done that they could do to
deter people from voting and to prevent
a fair election. 1t was mob IN which the
| life of every Democrat upon chat ground
was in danger from o'clock IA the morn
ing until o'clock at night. understand
that the same manufactures were made
/ in other wards. II was deliberate pur-
pose by mob violence apd force to stifie
the honest voice of that ward In the
election of councilman say this to you,