Bent County register., 1888-06-30
HARRISON AND MORTON.
Notes From the Chicago
Convention.

General Benjamin II. Harrison. of
Indiana. was nominated for President
on the eighth ballot, Monday, June
o5th, amid loud cheering and ap-
plause.
The nomination is strong one.
The candidates public and private
records are good, and his nomination
will give general satisfaction. He
has strength in himself, and his nom
nation places Indiana in the Re
publican column beyond doubt.
Governor Foraker took the plat
form amid enthusiastic cheers and
said: "Gentleman of the convention,
the delegation from Ohio came here
all Sherman men. They are now all
Harrison men. 1t is easier for us TO
be so when we remember that Gen
eral Harrison had the good sense to
be born in Ohio. (Applause.) l am
directed, by unanimous vote of the
Ohio delegation. to move the conYen-
ton, on behalf of the state of Ohio,
that the nomination of Benjamin
Harrison be made unanimous" TAP
plause." The chairman put the mo-
ton of Governor Foraker, which was
adopted with a shout and the chair
man declared Senator Harrison the
unanimous nominee of the conven-
ton and OF the party for President.
The motion to make the nomina-
ton unanimous was also seconded in
hearty speeches by Mr.. Henderson, of
Iowa, and Boutelle, of Maine. Bou-
telle promised that the old refrain
would come down from Maine as it
did in the days gone by, when an
other Harrison was in the field.
"Oh, have you heard the news
from Maine? How she went hell
bent for Governor Kent and Tippe-
canoe and Tyler, too"
Benjamin H. Harrison was born
August 20, 1888, at Hamilton, o. He
attended the university at Oxford,
and gradusted from that institution.
For two years he read law in Cincin-
natl, and in 1854 went to Indianapo-
lis, which has ever since been his
place of residence. He soon acquir-
ed sterling reputation for his ability
in law matters. In 1880 he was
elected reporter of the Supreme Court
of Indiana At the outbreak of the
late civil war ne enlisted IN the Fed.
eral service and was soon after com
missioned second lieutenant. He
was one of the 10 600 men who re-
sponded to President Lincoln's first
call for troops. After the expiration
of the term of his enlistment he or
ganized company of volunteers and
was made colonel of the 10th Indiana
Volunteers. He was commissioned
brigadier general, and was mustered
out in 1866.
In 1876 he ran for Governor of In
diana on the Republican ticket, but
was defeated. In 1879 he was ap-
pointed to the Mississippi River com
mission. In 1881 he was chosen for
Indiana to succeed J. Mcdonald
(democratl in the United States sen
ate, and made host of friends in
that body. In 1854 his name was
most prominently mentioned as the
possible choice of the Republican
national convention, had . break oc-
Cured in Blaine's force he probably
would have been elected. In 1887
he was defeated in the Indiana legis-
lature for reelection TO the senate of
the United States. The contest in
Indiana threatened to end in riot an
arcby. Gross fraud was charged by
both sides; the contest was taken to
the senate and the claim of David
Turpie, Harrison's successor. was al
lowed.
Lew Parsons Morton was born in
Shoeland, VT, sIay l6, 1924. He
became clerk in country store,
soon developed an aptitude for basi-
ness and rose rapidly. In 1850 he
was made a member of the firm of
Eecbe Morgan & Co, merchants Of