The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1888-06-28
BEN HARRISON.
Brief Sketch of the Repnbi;.
can Presidential Can
diIate.


The weeks turmoil at Chicago
has resulted in once more bring
ing the Ohio man to the front, In
the person of Genera! Benjamin
Harrison, the Republican noml-|
nee for President. A native OF
Ohio, he is
THE ADOPTED Son OF INDIANA,
In this respect, if in no other. re
sembllng his distinguished grand
father, who. being native OF
Virginia, became The adopted
son of Ohio.
General Benjamin Harrison
was born at North Bend, Ohio,
on the 20th day of August, 1888.
in the modest but commodious
farm house erected by his grand
father, out of the frugal savings
of years Of laborious and danger
Gus public service on the Wes-
tern frontier.
The Harrison family can date
their history back to the middle
Of the Seventeenth century, when
Major General John Harrison sat
as one of the judges ip the trial
of Charles l., and as such signed
the warrant that consigned
THAT UNFORTUNATE MONARCH
To the gibbet. Upon the access
ion of Charles II to the throne.
he in turn executed The judges
and executioners of his prede-
cessor. John Harrison among Tie
rest, The executions being signal
lied by their brutal ferocity.
The descendants of two of
these, The Harrisons and the
Okeys, contributed largely TO the
great names which grace the
pages of Ohio's history. The
immediate descendants of the
unlucky Cromwellian General
hied themselves from England to
America, settling in Virginia.
The war of The Revolution found
a Benjamin Harrison taking an
active part in the affairs of the
times, and he became one of the
|fsigners of the Declaration of In
dependence, holding many i'm
portant official positions in ad-
dition to being chosen Governor
| of the Old Dominion for three
successive terms.
FUTURE PRESIDENT.
The son of this Benjamin Har
rison was William Henry Harri-
! son, the ninth President of the
United States, whom the Office
seekers killed in the short space
OF thirty days from the date Of
his Inauguration The Presidents
son, John Scott Harrison, was
the father of this sketch, who
was seven years of age when his
grandfather was chosen Presi-
dent. He entered the Miami
University at Oxford. O., at the
age of sixteen, and two years later
graduated. and following the in
clination of his mind, entered up
on the study of law with the
Hon. Bellomy Storer, of Cincin-
natl.
In 1S54-as soon as he had
passed the statutory liInit-he
was regularly
ADMITTED TO THE BAR,
And removed from this city to Indi-
annapolis whore he entered upon the
practice of the law, and there his
modest shingle has hung out ever
since, while he has grown into one
of the foremost lawyers IN the West.
General Harrison married young
and went to indianapolis with a
wife and but little money, and had a
struggle of it for some years. Oi
course, In those days he was a
Whig, and yet the very first en-
ployment TO bring him remunera-
tive and public recognition was Civ
en- him by Joseph A. Wright, the
Democratic Governor of the State.
in legislative investigation then
IN progress. The ability and apti-
tude displayed by hIm not only at
tracted the attention of the public,
ultimately brought him other and
more remunerative employment.
| When the Republican arose from
the ashes of the Whig party, young
Harrison very naturally
FOLLOWED THE PROCESSION,
And began TO take an active part
in politics, and soon became lead
er. In 1860 he was elected Report
or of the Supreme Court of Indiana,
and held that Office until he practic-
ally resigned 1t TO enter the army.
In 1864 he was re elected to the
same Office, and in 1868 declined a
third nomination, t. enter upon
the active and more remunerative
practice of his profession, In 1876
he contested the Gubernntorial of
flee with blue Jeans" Williams,
but suffered defeat.
He was selected by the Republi
Can State Committe as the party's
candidate, after Godlove S. Orth
had been forced off the ticket in
consequence OF the exposed Venezu.
Ella scandal. In 1880 lie was
ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES
| SENATE
BY the Indiana Legislature, sue
ceeding Hon. Joseph E. Mcdonald.
In 1886 the Democrats captured
the Legislature, and General Har'