The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-20
WHO THEY ARE.
The Men Placed Before the People by the
Republicans of Indiana.

The Men Placed Before the People by the
Republicans of Indiana.
Hon. William II. Calkins, the nominee for
Governor, was born February Is, 1872, in Pike
county, Ohio. He came to Indiana, with his
father, in 1858, locating in Benton county, where
he did farm work for three years, when his
father was elected auditor of the county, and he
became a deputy in the Office. He was city ed
itor and book-keeper of the Indiana Daily Cour-
Ter, at Lafayette, from 1858 until early in 1861,
when he enlisted as a private in the
company of Captain w. J. Templeton, of
Benton county, for three months service. AT
the expiration of that time he joined the Four
teenth Iowa Infantry with a friend, and was
made first lieutenant of Company H. Early in
this campaign he, with the other officers of the
regiment, was taken prisoner, and, after lying
in prison at Libby, Macon and Madison for seven
months, he was released on parole in October,
1862, when he again joined his regiment and
went to Springfield, Mo, to repel
the invasion of Marmaduke, the confed-
crate general. He left the regiment at
Paducah, KY, in 1868, his health having been
seriously impaired from exposure and imprison-
ment. In October of the same year, however,
he again entered the army and was assigned
temporarily to the l29th Indiana Infantry. He
was promoted to the rank of major of the
Twelfth Indiana Cavalry in February, 1864.
He was mustered out of the service in December,
1865, and for meritorious conduct he was
breveted n Northumberland During his more
than three years service, besides the brutal
treatment which he suffered during the seven
months of his Imprisonment, he was in the bat
ties of Fort Donelson, Fort Henry and Shiloh.
He entered upon the practice of law at Val
paraiso in December, 1865, and in October Of
the following year he was elected prosecuting
attorney for the district composed of nine OF the
northwestePn counties of the State. He was
reelected in 1868 He represented Porter county
in the Legislature in 1870. In May of the follow
lowing year he removed to LaPorte, and
he was nominated for Congress by the Repub-
lieans in 1874, but was defeated by DIR. Ham
mond, of Monticello. He was q candidate again
in 1876, in opposition to DR.. Hammond, and was
elected by a majority of over 100. In 1878 he
was reelected. In 1879 the district was gerry
wandered, with the hope of defeating him, but
he has been twice elected since. His public
career has been a brilliant one, and, politically,
his nomination is well merited. He is a man OF
remarkably handsome appearance, and his pop
ularity is something marvellous He is over SIX
feet in height, and has a magnificent physique.
His hair, which is light in color, is streaked with
gray, and curls slightly. His face is a pleasing
one, and he has a magnetic way which draws
men to him. He is a fine speaker, and his
canvass of the State will be one
of the most brilliant ever made
by any candidate for Governor. Mr.. Calkins
was married in January, 1864, to Miss Hattie
Shipley Holton, a daughter of James N. Holton,
of Maysville, Kentucky, and a relative of Hon.
John S. Robinson, who was United States mar,
shall of Indiana under the administration OF
President Buchanan She is a lady of excep-
tional intelligence and charming social qualities.
They have several children.
HON. EUGENE BUNDY.
Eugene Bundy was born in Henry county, this
State, in 1876 He has been in the practice Of
law for several years, and his first appearance
in political life was when he made the canvass
that resulted in his election as senator for the
counties of Henry, Delaware, and Randolph, in
1880. His course during the stormy session of
the last Legislature brought upon him the ad-
hiring gaze of the entire party, and the opposi-
ton saw in him a rising man. His course was
marked by dignity, by a clear perception
of honesty and right, by wise counsel,
and a steadfast and intelligent devotion to Re-
publican principles. He is a fitting representa-
tive of the firm, pure Republicanism of the
Burnt district, which is about the best article of
the kind to be found in the State. During his
term in the State Senate he frequently presided
over that body and showed marked efficiency in
that position. His nomination will arouse
much enthusiasm among the younger men of
the State, with whom he is very popular.
HON. ROBERT
Robert Mitchell was born in Scotland in 1880,
and when less than one year old iinmigrated to
America and has been a resident of Gibson
county, this State, nearly ~ifty-four years. A
stanch and earnest Republican, he has never
asked nor held a political elective office, though
in 1852, for the only time, he appeared as a can
didate for the State senate from his county, Sut
was defeated by Mr.. Mccullough. Mr.. Mitchell
is the beau ideal of a Hoosier farmer, a man six
feet high, of portly, well-knit frame and a solid
heartiness of manner that has made hun
thousands of staying friends. He is a scien-
tifc agriculturist, of almost national repu-
tation. He has been a member of the State Ag-
ricultural Society, one of it's most progressive
members. for twenty-eight years, and a member
of the State Board of Agriculture for nine years,
during three years of which time he has been
president. He is also a member of nearly all
the scientific agricultural societies of the United
States; a member of the Wool-growers, Swine
breeders, and Short-horn Breeders aSsocia-
lions, and it is doubtful if any man in tie State
has q more thorough knowledge of lndiana's ag-
ricultural resources or has done more to eneour-
age and develop them than Robert Mitchell.
HON. BRUCE CARR.
Bruce Carr is Of Irish extraction, and was
born in Orange county, May IL, 1S49, his father
being a farmer in exceedingly moderate circum-
stances. Young Carr was one of the youngest
| soldiers sent by Indiana to fight for the preser-
walton of the Union, being one month less than
fifteen years old at the time of his enlistment,
and serving until the close of the war. He after
wards lived on the farm, and taught school at
Martinsville, New Albany, GOsport and Bedford.
He attended the State University, but did not
graduate, being compelled to quit school in order
to furnish bread and butter. For the past eight
years he has been general agent for Van