The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-06-06

partner in the business. About the same
time he began to make speeches against the
liquor traffic. He was also an inveterate
enemy to slavery and took a prominent
part in aiding escaped slaves to cross over
into Canada. As business man he arose
rapidly and was soon engaged in an ex-
tensive insurance and banking business.
lie moved to Missouri, and in 1861 en-
listed as privafe in the Northern army.
In 1864 he was commissioned by Missouri
as brigadier-general. In the next year
he was promoted to the position of brevet
majorgeneral by the United States. In
In 1866 he returned to st. Louis and was
soon vice-president and treasurer of the
Missouri Pacific and the Atlantic & Pacific
railroads. He has been intimate in the ed
ucatiOn OF Southern negroes. He founded
the Fisk university at Nashville, Tenn,
which is one of the oldest and most sue
cessful cOlored colleges in the country
President Grant appointed him to the
board OF Indian commissioners in 1874,
and he is now president OF that institu-
ton. He is trustee in five colleges in
the country, and has been much con-
cerned in the interests of the methodist
church, having been a delegate to the
general conferences for many years. In
1856 he was a candidate for governor on
the prohibition ticket IN New Jersey,
and polled 10000 votes. Previous to this
he had been a republican since the days
of Fremont. Since 1876 he has been en-
gagged in the banking and Investment
business in New York.
Dr. John A. Brooks, the nominee for
the vice presidency, is one of the most
eminent prohibtionists in the country.
He is tall and portly. with q large head
onvaraI With boaxrx- n of bair cl,
is slightly tinged with gray. His face is
full with heavy crop of whiskers. He
was kept very busy receiving cOngratula-
tons last night He was born in Mason
county, Kentucky, June 3, 1886, and is
now fifty-one years old. His ancestors
were Nirginians. His father was a dis
tinguished preacher Brooks was brought
mp in the country. He went to the village
schools and afterward completed his educa-
ton at Bethany college, Virginia. He then
became president of johannesburg college
in Ken lucky, but resigned at the end of
two years to enter the university. As
minister he has been very successful both
asan evangelist and "a pastor. The churches
over which he presided in Kentucky and
Missouri, especially those in st. Louis and
Kansas City, hold him in the highest esti-
nation. Besides his work in the church
he mas OeNOleu nllnSeH 10 Deneucent,
political and jubilee interests of all kinds.
He was once president OF the ancient
Order OF United Workmen," an associa-
ton that dispenses over a million an
nually to widows and orphans. He is a
close student likewise. His temperance
work dates from the time he was fifteen
years old. From the commencement of
the prohibition movement in Missouri he
has been at the head He hoped
with the mass of the Southern prohibi-
tionists he hoped to accomplish prohibit
ton through the democratic party, but
finally giving that up as bad job he be-
came an avowed prohibitionist in 1884.
He was then nominated for governor. His
opponent was Gen. Marmaduke. After
hot campaign Marmaduke was elected by
vote of 420. although Cleveland carried
the state at the same time by $4,000 votes.
Since 1884 DIR. Brooks has been ardently
engaged in the lecture field. As an ora
tor he is excellent. His residence is in
Kansas CITY.