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

Whitehall, N Y In 1866 he located in Fort
Wayne, where he and his family reside In
1867 he elected city attorney of that place
for two years. In 1868 he was the Republican
candidate for State Senator for Allen and Adams
counties. In 1871 he was appointed register in
bankruptcy, but resigned the position in
1870 and has never since held of
fee. In 1876 Colonel Robertson was nom
mated by reclamation for the Office of
Lieutenant governor. the nomination being en-
tirey unsought by bin. and he having no init
nation, until few days before the convention,
that his name would appear for any Office. The
Republican ticket, however, was defeated. Col.
Robertson is excellent lawyer, and graceful
and forcible speaker He is somewhat above the
medium height of fine presence and the most
pleasant manners. making friends wherever he
goes
Charles L. Griffin, the nominee for Secretary
of State, was born at Crown Point, Ind, in 1856,
and is consequently but thirty years old. and the
next youngest man on the ticket He has lived
N the county of his nativity nearly all his life
with the exception of short time in Henry
county He is q lawyer and actively en-
gagged in the practice of his profession,
in which he has by industry and perseverance,,
acquired enviable reputation. He has the
friend making faculty in high degree and has
a large circle of warm friends, as the work that
done for him in the convention demon
strates. He is said to be an effective speaker,
and his remarks yesterday, though necessarily
BRIEF were apt and to the point.
The youngest soldier furnished by Indianasin
the war for the Union is now the Republican
candidate for Auditor of State Bruce Carr is
of Irish parentage both sides of his house.
One of his grandfathers fought Indians and
British in the war of 1872 taking part in the
memorable battle of Tippecanoe under Gen.
William Henry Harrison. Bruce Carr was born
in Orange county, Indiana, May IL, 1849, and
enlisted when not quite fifteen years old in the
Sixty-sixth Indiana, which was first under Gen.
Mcpherson, and afterwards in Gen. John A. Lo
CANS corps, and served until the close of
the war. After his return. the young
soldier, painfully aware of his deficiencies
in education, attended the State University, but
did not graduate. Following this he taught
school Tor several years, and then engaged in
the school-book business, which takes him
the greater part of the State He was elected
grand master of the Masons of Indiana. and held
the office from 1882 to 1884, and was the young
est grand master ever elected in the United
States He made good race two years ago as
the Republican candidate for State Auditor
against the strongest man on the Democratic
ticket Mr.. Carr is OF genial, open nature, and
everybody likes him. His name is a short and
easy one, and moro people call him Bruce
Carr" than "Bruce" or Mr.. Carr" His wonder
full popularity was shown by the vote he re-
ceiyed in the convention
The candidate for Treasurer of State, j.
Augustus Lemcke, was born in Hamburg. Ger
many, in 1882 Losing his father at an early
age he came to this country, alone, when boy
fourteen years old, and located with an uncle
upon farm in Posey county Several years
later, having accumulated sufficient funds for
the purpose, he sent for his widowed mother
and sisters to come to this country and make
their home with him. On the farm he had the
usual experience of the everyday farmer until
the year 1852, when, with his brother,
he began merchandising at the forks
of Big creek, Posey county. After
two years in this place he went to Evansville and
entered the old Canal Free Bank as teller His
services here were interrupted by his election as
city clerk, but the Office not then being of suf
ficlent Importance to require all his time he
shortly afterwards returned to his place in the
bank, where he remained for several years In
1856 he went into the campaign, accompanying
German speaker through the district. visiting
several counties that then had no Repub-
lcan votes at oil. Mr. Lemckes ca
reer has been of continued bust
ness success, beginning with his experience on
Big creek. in Posey county. He was the first
freight agent of the Evansville 81 Terre Haute
railroad He afterwards became interested as
owner and clerk of a steamboat, before the war
In November, 1861, he engaged by the Illi-
nolS military authorities to patrol the lower Ohio
established posts. IN order TO keep communica-
ton open and prevent the carrying of supplies
across the river to the enemy. He after
wards In the steam boat service at Cairo and Pa
ducah, under Generals Grant and Sherman, and
carried the first boat load of wounded 4
from Fort Donelson. He continued some
time longer in similar service on the
Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. While
thus engaged, in company with Captain Dexter,
he established the Evansville g. Cairo mail line
in in VIII ha afaip iD4a Ha
was Appoin ted member of the Ohio river Com
mission by Governor Baker and for ten years
served without compensation, paving out of his
own pocket his expenses to Washington on
numerous trips, whore he argued before the COM
mittee the necessity of improving the river In
1876 he was elected city treasurer of Evansville
and in 1878 and 1880 served as sheriff of Wander
burg county. Mr.. Lemcke built the ST George
Hotel, of Evansville, of the finest hotel
buildings in the State, in partnership
with ID. j. Mackey, to whom he after
wards sold his interest In addition
to his steamboat interest Mr.. Lemcke is engaged
IN manufacturing, owning factory for the max
ing of jeans. Upon the massage of the metro
politan police bill, Mr.. Lemcke was named as
the Republican commissioner for Evansville and
is now serving his second term of three years
having been recently reappointed by the State
officers. He is also one of the trustees of the
Willard library, an institution which Evansville
enjoys, through the munifcences of the late
Willard Carpenter
Mr.. Lemcke has wife and four children He
is gentleman of culture and means and a few
years ago spent several months in Europe revs-
ting the scenes of his youth
Byron K. Elliott, the nominee for Judge Of
the Supreme Court, was born IN Butler county,
Ohio Sept A. 1885, and came to Indianapolis in
December, 1850. He was elected city attorney
of Indianapolis in May, 1852 and served two
years. He was captain in the Northumberland
thirty-second Indiana Regiment, and served as
aid to Major general Mroy. In 1865 he was
again elected city attorney receiving all the
votes cast at that election. In 1867, and again
in 1862 he unanimously elected CITY attor-
and in l2-l ruhila hcldir, h.