The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-04
THE INDIANAPOLIS HOG.

Pending the recent contest for the Judge
ship of the United States District Court the
everlasting question of location" was made
to do more than its usual share of duty.
Newspapers and correspondents, both in the
State and out of it, rung the changes upon
the cry that indianapolis had everything"
and, like the daughters of the horse-leech,
constantly cried for more. This has been
the staple talk of many people for years,
and some sincere and honest folks have been
misled by the persistence with which the
assertion has been made and maintained
until they believe there is some truth in it.
The Terre Haute Express and the Richmond
Palladium are two of the best and most
influential papers which have caught up the
echo of this statement within the past few
days, but we are certain that the editors of
these papers will hasten to do the capital of
the State at least justice when the
facts are made known. We pro-
pose to examine this question for a
few moments from the Republican
side both as to national and State politics,
and see what warrant there is for tine slurs
made against, and jealousy constantly ex-
hibited OF, indianapolis. Beginning with
the United States Court Judge Huntington
was of Terre Haute, if we are correctly in
formed, Albert S. White was of Lafayette,
Caleb B. Smith of Connersville, David
Mcdonald was appointed from Indianapolis,
and Walter @ Gresham is OF New Albany,
and was appointed from that city, and all his
life has been identified with that section of
the State. The few years Judge Mcdonald
held the bench are all that can be credited
to indianapolis. The clerkship of the court
in later years was held by John D. Rowland,
and for a short time by Mr.. w. p Fishback,
both of Indianapolis Mr.. Noble G. Butler,
the present clerk, was appointed from New
Albany, by Judge Gresham, who was his
law partner, and of course knew
his eminent fitness for the place
he so worthily and acceptably fills.
The district attorneys since 1861 have been
John Hanna, of Greencastle; Thomas M
Browne Of Winchester; Nelson Trusser, of
Connersville; and Charles L. Holstein, who
may be credited to Indianapolis, though he
is so much identified with Madison as to be
claimed by the papers of that city as Madi-
son man. The United States marshals have
been General Ben. Spooner, of Lawrence
burg Colonel w. W. Dudley, of Richmond;
and General r. S. Foster, of indianapolis.
Certainly in this record there is not so much
of Indianapolis as to cause heart-burning
on the part of any other section of the State.
In national administrations, Schuyler
Colfax of South Bend, has been Speaker of
the House OF Representatives and Vice.
president. Caleb B. Smith, of Connersville;
John P. Usher, of Terre Haute; Hugh Nc
Culloch, of Fort Wayne; James n Tyner, of
Peru; Richard w. Thompson, of Terre
bany, have been in the cabinets of the
several Republican Presidents Thomas ].
Brady, of Munce, was second assistant
Postmaster-general. Thomas HI. Nelson, of
Terre Haute, has been minister to Chill
and to Mexico; John w. Foster, of
Evansville, to Mexico, Russia and Spain;
Godlove S. Orth, of Lafayette, to Austria;
James f. Wilson, of Charlottesville, 10 Ven
ezuela; Thomas N. Stillwell, of Anderson, to
Venezuela; General Alvin P. Hovey, of Mt.
Vernon to Peru; General Lew. Wallace. of
Charlottesville, to Turkey; William Williams,
of Warsaw, to Montevideo In the consular
service there have been Mr.. Beardsey, of
Elkhart county, consul to Egypt; Isaac Jenk-
inson, of Fort Wayne, now OF Richmond,
consul to Glasgow; John A. Bridgeland, of
Richmond, consul to Havre; John B. Glover,
of Bedford, consul to Havre; Benjamin s.
Parker, of Newcastle consul to Sherbrooke;
Emory p. Beauchamp of Terre Haute, con-
sui to Cologne and to st. Gale; Mr.. Bullock,
of Rockport consul to Cologne Thomas J.
Brady, of Muncie, consul to St. Thomas;
Charles Kahlo, of Logansport consul to
Sidney.
In the Territorial service there have been
General Tom Bennett, of Richmond, Gov
ernor of Idaho John A. Burbank of Center
vile, Governor of Dakota; General Nathan
Kimball, of Martin county, and General
Sol. Meredith, of Cambridge City, sorveyo7s-
general; while James P. Luse, of Lafayette;