, 1880-07-03

ilAl'sm Will ehanlc tho ftcplbllo or tho west 10
soo "r .n0 % % eroe n"gea III o rho
r,nw ar,, VI ,. tn bas ,.e me- Inc
tts President snce 1sUl, hns boon careful
to sec tn It TINT its standarti-hcarors
hnyc boon chosen from tho people.
norn" t ta %,s .snc eae ,hss from n' to as
nun sao Ss of ;s Gen.
Rolslter Ut his country to be It's r,,ler for tight
,cur. % and to remain iho foremost citizen Of tho
i'crse'c. And now tho Republicans hnSo chosea
ea sS "y s h"t fsory tgfa % es Srs o 1p ysn9 to
Tho State Ct 1ndiatn, following the precedent
also to select as candidates l,,r It's hshcst otlccs
mon who bnyc conc from tho uconlo. md
Who, from personal cspertence h"vo s, ,tao.staol nod
tho ncctls Of tho n,ltases To whose wants they
were to administer. Tho lndlunn Republicans
NV. n't ioso,11'' tns @ utee .ss sear ~ ss.
their Suite, who aas trstden oil tho familiar
worked hts "ny iFnn Is, hnmolo origin to business
nvv 9. ~, 1nGGts ~. w % LID: a. y. 1 M ETH p Waeis
1npa g II s nssc ~ y; u III t axnsdr tn ,t;e
sec1, I'l cxteile! or accurate sketch Uf the fe
0f lntlla1tI. it hns been my fortune
to know something of ills carly lfC, and 10 i,o
fap'tar, mr., VIII th Inter years Of his success;
tic incidents Of lis career. ~ ''s' e"'''' ~
HIS FAr,1sr.
,ss"a yaa s e y xs;ssq, snstsa Il 4 s ,s
War ut ists. iie wis very i,atiiy woupJetl, IN
wtat vas thon kown ~ THO E5rtgry Or l
W.T. s. as en9 10 ,Se ~ @ "s MssnnGwy & Ht H
wound ,vo hs never resossrea; ana ycats nttor,
inv. hs fnther stiI{ trm.nit,c1 r. s,,frrramr'
Tho elder Porter. 1T tic Grid 0f tho
War VI l8l, snttlcd IN, 1ndiarn,
It l.nwrclGcbiirg; M Tho pnrtcr family ro1naincl
therc Until thu dc1th OF tho grandfather Of
yoMnE rartcr 9 9n big m,othor's st'e. WHOM his
father: Attached to ihnt homestead tllcro was
= ferry across tho OHIO river, tcArly apposit
tho fnthor, who waa then in motle.1lte cfnctlm-
fcrry which 5 cosIsted bot II l,orsc.Soat % nj @ nnd
sklr, to young Porter aud hlH brother. Tho
young Torter, i and tho lo @ secosaty @ IL gcMt sp
NluaKtlre OF cunning his own livelihood
bE tlln'inf nbor. developed IN httl fose TRACES
ated n a'er Ill., Yox s Tnia ort.r ="
hs XIII wb Penpr @ aetS sye S Ss Un ot yer sdoy ~
enonsh Tar the borso. @ liant. "'e' nun ''o' A'"'s
~'e~+e @~e wv 'AOs ho 'o'"t
InIsrits 1NnusTnv.
onoEh t o weh he sccs9e
for running tho ferry to start for college, At
tho eurllest t.prUrtllnIty hp lert tho little skllr
und the OLD horse ferry -6,nt iuv Haniyor Col
ieEn, lntlnt,a, yYheru lis entered tho prcpnrutory
iepnrt1nunt. TleTo ho ruluuineI lit1tii tho
exhausted. Thc tluya then grcw dnrk
fpr tho future uoycrnOr or lj}Gltlu, Ills lttIo
pittance 1saH gone. hit thor wins unable to As
s1st MN. his fhthera fntll1y Wus equally tcsi-
MIN exrept to Kn ~ buck to th9 hUrso forry-bont
anu tao Ii!te sk1l1, nr 70 seek ano othor Inc4na
to SECURE th9 lllntls nactssary TOR thu education
that he wla tseersntslc4l t., hnyc At this 1tinc-
tsro @ ~ uae!e, WIZ wits " KnM slrc'tmstaiCEs
wrote to him, telling him th.t ho had heard tsat
MS little nieuns wGn exhausted, thAt hc ut,tlcr-
ht0tlu that he was determined to hays ~ el,tca-
uot u: In t!!n lnnKtnKsl Of tho letter, ho would
"kED h5U fhfuuR7js' IEItt WIN tho hInbfrHt (jnS