The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01
WHO THEY r.
sketches Of the Nominees ON the Prohibi-
ton Ticket.

sketches of the Nominees ON the Prohibi-
ton Ticket.
Clinton B. Fisk, the nominee for President,
was born in GriResville. r. l., on Dec. /. 1928.
His father was . man Of local reputation. He
was blacksmith, wagon-maker and miscellans-
Gus manufacturer. When Mr.. Fisk was but
two years Of age his father removed to Michi-
gan. Soon after the removal his father died,
and young Fisk was put out to earn his own
living. When in his teens the widowed mother
of Fisk removed to Albion, Mich. While .
young man at school in that place he
met Miss Jesnnette A. Crippen, to whom he was
married in 1850. He entered into partnership
with his father-in- law in the mercantile bust
ness, and grew very prosperous. He lost his
fortune ia the financial crash Of 1857, and
removed TO ST. Louis the following year, where
he became the Western financial agent Of the
Etna Insurance Company. When the war came
on he enlisted as q private. and was on duty in
the Department OF the Tennessee until the
close of tho war. In Feb. 1865 he was made
major-generai Of the Missouri militia and a
month later Andrew johnson commissioned him
major-general by brevet for faithful service.
He was made assistant commissioners of the
Freedmans Bureau, with Kentucky, Tennessee,
Alabama and Mississippi under his jurisdiction.
He resigned from the army in 1866. and since
that time has been busy with railroad, banking
and ecclesiastical affairs For eight wears he was
treasurer of the Missouri 81 Pacific railroad;
since 1879 he has resided in New Jersey, with
headquarters in New York. In Missouri he de-
clined oil political honors when urged upon him.
In 1884 he came out from the Republican
party, whose great leaders-Lincoln. Grant
Greeley ana others-had been his intimate
friends. and supported st. John. Two years
ago he consented, as a matter Of duty and sacri-
fee. to lead the Prohibition campaign in New
Jersey, and as candidate for Governor polled
about 20, 600 votes.
The Rev. Dr.. John A. Brooks was born in
Mason county, Kentucky, June 3, 1886. His
father and mother were both Virginians. His
mother was related to the Cooks and Andersons
OF Virginia, many Of whom have figured in Do
litical life. His father was a prominent preacher,
but young Brooks was brought mp on a farm.
He was educated at Bethany College. Virginia,
then under the charge of Alexander Campbell;
graduated from there in 1856. receiving after
ward from his alma mater the degree Of A NJ;
was for two years president OF Flemingsbure
College, in Kentucky, and, resigning that posi-
ton. entered the ministry. When fifteen years
old be became . public advocate of temperance
under the direction Of Elijah Currans, q. w. P.
of kentucky. He was among the early support
ers Of prohibition.
In 1880 DIR. Brooks and thirty five others. at a
meeting at Sedalia, organized the Prohibition
Alliance Of Missouri DR.. Brooks was chosen
president, and for four years, without salary. he
canvassed one hundred counties of the State in
the interest Of submission. Seeing that neither
of the old parties was likely to adopt prohibl-
ton he began to look with favor upon the Prohibi
ton party. and when the canvass of 1884 opened
he declared himself q member of it In tina,
ernor. both by the Alliance and the party Pro
hibitionistsL He polled a good vote-fve times
a. large as that given St John.
Since 1884 DR.. Brooks has been actively en-.
gagged in the lecture field, speaking from Maine
10 Texas. and from Wisconsin to Alabama. al
the general agent of the National Prohibition
Bureau for the Southwest. and much of the
rapid advance made by the Prohibition party in
the States OF Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and
Alabama, as well as Missouri, 10 the result o,
his personal influence. He Is an exconfede ar
ate, having served for a number of years in the
rebel army.