The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-20

country a double-headed ticket Those illustrious
gentlemen are coequal in their Abilities they CO.
equal in their patriotism and co-equal in our conf
dence and admiration When the wires ticked over
the country their nomination the great Republican
party shouldered guns, and we have marched
thirteen days INTO the enemys territory Indiana,
membering the signal victories of the past and
ognlzmg the necessities OF the present proposes to
keep up with the procession Senator Spann has
nominated gentleman for the forefront of col
umn that by his signal ability has introduced himself
TO every man within our State and his fair candid
character has made every HooSer feel that he stood
on speaking terms with him. He is of talent
and mark and like the heart of Bruce thrown for
ward into the battle, the people will follow
him, and to victory Mr.. Chairman, in the
national legislature he has stood ON the right
side of every great question. He has made stand
there for free ballot and fair count He wants an
American navy. He doesn't believe in the principles of
the Golden Club in America. He believes in the
prosperity of America. A brave and gallant soldier
generous and trusted friend and intrepid opponent
an eloquent orator, man whose presence is enthus-
ing, and whose nomination augurs victory Up in
his own congressional district he has there proved
that he is made out of indestructible material out
of metal that by pounding turns to magic and his
columns shattered at sunset rise up the next
ing to certain victory. He is a thrifty growth of
thrifty State Mr.. Chairman, let this convention
pie will take care of him at the polls. Therefore l
second the nomination of VIM. IL. Calkns for Govern
or. lApplausel.
MR.. JoHNsoN's SPEECH.
Mr. Henry N. johnson, of Richmond placed
Col. Dudley in nomination. his speech creating
much enthusiasm. He said:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention:
The popuous and patriotic county of Wayne which
has so seldom asked place upon the State ticket,
comes to to-day through the voices of her chosen
representatives from the eastern border Of this great
State and addressing you as oya Republicans in State
convention here assembled presents to you for your
consideration the name of Colonel William w. Dud-
ley applausel, one of our noblest and most dstin-
guished sons. She that gave to you, to the nation
and to posterity that ndomitabe patriot and great
statesman whose monument rises in bronze and rests
upon the elevated pedestal in of the beautiful
parks of this capital city, and whose monument
erected in your hearts is even more durable than
bronze tsef-the great War Governor of Indiana lap
plauseJ, now comes to you ON this momentous occa
sion, and presents to you for the Office which he
worthy filed for another of her honored sons whose
name and fame has broken over the confines of the
county, and has become your heritage and your pos
session as well as theirs In this campaign, where per-
sonal detracton is to play so prominent part,
ject his life to the severest criticism
and leaders must be selected with the
greatest and caution The whose name
shall suggest to you needs no apology His private life
and his public life far above the shafts of slander
and malice. In his armor there is vulnerable place.
This man puts you upon defensive campaign.
| recordl What scandal hangs upon his garrnentl 1t
is the highest tribute that be paid to him to say
that in this great convention where the campaign for
preliminary advantages has waxed warm no man,
not even his political opponents have spoken the
name of William w. Dudley [applausel save in kind
ness and respectful consideration. But have not
unfolded to you the grandest picture of all. have
YET 10 come TO you as hepuDncanS with credentials
which above and beyond all have suggested. In
that supreme hour when constitutional liberty
sailed in the iron hail of the battlefield he sprang to
arms at the first muttering of the distant and
stood with that dauntless band that then
began the battle for the republic.
His cheek blanched. [Applausel. His heart
never quailed. His courage indomitable and his
faith sublime At the early age of nineteen in
the midst of glorious boyhood he followed the call
of duty leaving the comforts and opportunities of his
home, to himself with glory upon the bloodred
fields of nations conflict, He stood alone under the
hah
ing ram OF southern clouds; he marched with the
weary column the dusty road under the glare of
the tropical he stood with the long line of loyal
blue that remained at their post expectantly waiting
the onslaught of the vicious blow the charge of
lead. bold, fearless boy of nineteen Drawing death
in the tangled wld in the marshes and ravines of the
South, and under the enhlading fire of the enemy
this is the of whom speak. Let his wellearned
record fight for him to-day. Let it come to you for
his speech on this occasion. Remember him at Get
tysburg. When the at Gettysburg in its
dayspendor in the morning it looked upon perfect
man. When the meridian sun, from its exalted
height looked down., it looked upon
of carnage and blood, and when it yelled
its face in sadness at evening, it looked
upon him bleeding the field of battle wounded
MANNED, crippled for life. Gentlemen shall not at
tempt to picture the agonies of the hospital the
crucating fortunes of the surgeons knife. Oh, who
picture the horrors of those scenes But justice
and righteous sentiment will reward those heroes. In
less than few months after this fatal conflict you
that boy soldier at the early age of twentyone
manding his men, with a brevet commission which he
had earned by gallanrv on the field in one hand and
the other supporting the crutch that maintained his
bleeding lacerated body. Applause The over,
he back to meet again the friends that had known
him in earlier youth Wayne county met him the
confines of her great territory She crowned him with
laurel wreathsi she gave him the Office of clerk of the
Wayne County Circuit Court, and he administered it
with fidelity and zeal during the entire term and then,
proof of their confidence in him. he was called to
occupy again the position for another term Af-
country which called him higher, and
he became your United States Marshal for
the district of Indiana After that, he who was
known O Morton WaS called of To
administer of the great branches of governmental
department in this country. He the who
conduct in these various positions attest his moral
worth, his executive ability. The wedding out
measures, all stamp him a man of fitness and ca
pacity for the position to which he now aspires.
Gentlemen of the convention, the Republican party
tion restored, currency placed upon solid basis,
progress in that muchdesired drection-eiv service
reform-and platform adopted by the party lately
assembled at Chicago, to which every loyal Repub-
lican of Indiana give his support. They placed
upon that platform that man of the American people,
man who was of the people and for the people, Hon.
James G. Blaine Applause They put second in
nomination, profting by the experience of the past
as the Republican party alone has profted
Fillmore, Tyler and johnson. they
put in nomination man, the bare mention of whose
and glory ip the national Legislature Gentlemen,
the mission eof the Republican party never be at
an end long the Democratic party lives; so long
there is vestge of the old doctrine of State rights
existing in the land. She lives for the doctrine of
paramount right in the federal government
the State in all national matters, and
until this is recognized the mission of the great Re
publican party is still forward and onward. Now
then, with this platform, give leadership in Indiana
leadership follow to victory; give us a tried
soldier of many battles this citizen-solder; give us
who has administered faithfully and well long
unbroken line of public trusts give this
whose deeds take the place of words. Why, in this
progressive age man is judged not by what he has
said but by what he has done. 1t is deeds that will
win in a m iS not tO he in1g bNy
what he says, but by what the promise Of
his past actions leads to believe he will
do in the future. Give us this man, and
will bear him to victory upon stalwart
arms, and yea if necessary upon broad shoulders
Give us this man to the end that the whole country
may understand that those who battled in and
snffared il, the 1lrvntinns Of