The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-03

Adams, and he has continued in the practice
there ever since. In 1882 Mr.. MicheneB
was elected chairman of the Republican com.
mtsee of Shelby county, ami in that year the
county went Republican for the first time IN lta
history by large majority, the Republicans
electibg seven out of nine men on the county
ticket The Democratic majority on the State
ticket was reduced 500 votes, and Hon. Stanton
j. Peelle, the candidate for Congress, made q
gain of more than 700 votes in Shelby county.
In 1884 Mr.. Kitchener was elected delegate
from the Seventh district to the national Re-
publican convention mt Chicago. In the same
year. without solicitation his part, he was
elected secretary of the Republican State CEN
trail committee, and reelected this year
upon the reorganization of the committee AT
this time he is grand warden of the Grand
Lodge, l. o. 0. F. of Indiana. Mr.. Kitchener
has wife and children.
William T. Noble, nominated for Clerk of the
Supreme Court. comes of family we'll known
in the history of Indiana, being nephew Of
Governor Noah Noble. He was born in Center
vile. Wayne county, Nov 20, 1916. He was
raised upon farm, and received common
school education, to which was added term of
instruction at tho Whitewater College. Shortly
after the breaking out of the war he acted az
messenger in the Office of the Adjutant general
of Indiana, but left that place to enlist, at the
lie served In that regiment as a musician, and
afterwards in the Northumberland thirty sixth
Indiana, which he entered as
private InIi to be promoted to the high
rank OF corporal After the close of the war he
went into the Office of his brother. Gen. Lag
Noble. then Clerk of the Supreme Court remain
ing there until the close of his brothers term.
returning to Wayne county he served as a
deputy In all the county Offices except that of
treasurer The ensuing FIVE years were spent in
Indianapolis, where he was employed in the
office of the Woodburn-Sarven wheel works.
Going back to Richmond ne engaged in manu-.
featuring In 1880 he ran for clerk of Wayne
county and was elected, being the first in Wayne
county to break the two-term rule in county
Offices. In 1884 he was candidate for Auditor
OF State, before the convention, but was de-
feated by Bruce Carr. He has wife and ona
child and is esteemed as q genial, earnest bust
ness man and gentleman.
Harvey M La Toilette, nominated for Super
intendent of Public instruction, born in 1858, in
Madison, Wis As Mr. La Follettes name would
indicate, he is of French blood, though his
father and mother are natives of Indiana.
When but two years old he was brought back to
this State to Thorntown, Boone county which
has ever since been his home. He went through
the Thorntown Academy, and then went to
Charlottesville where he attended Wabash
College, but did not complete the course. When
eighteen years old, being of French race and
tongue, he went to France, where he entered the
polytechnic school at Paris, graduating at that
institution. He took two years work
at the College of France, Paris,
and afterward went for one year
to the university at Gottingen. where he con-
tnued and completed his studies in German.
After this he went to Italy, where he spent the
greater part of the year in further studies Mr..
LaFollette has natural taste for languages,
and reads and speaks German French and
Italian as well as English. He also reads and
speaks Spanish and Portuguese. He has a
library of over 1000 volumes, which is consid-
cred one of the best private libraries in Indiana
1t contains works in eleven languages, ali of
which tongues Mr. LaFolette reads. He has
had four years experience In high-sehool work,
and is now in his third term as superintendent
of Boone county, the people preferrng him on /.
account of his high qualities, although his
politics adverse to the dominant Rarty of
that county. Mr.. LaFollette has a practical
knowledge of the condition and wants of the
common schools of the State.