The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-03-09
THE FIFTH DISTRICT.

HomRn md Hill DefeRt Jordan and Ex-
Senator Hayes.
About the Denison Thursday morning
the Fifth district republicans were kept
moving from group to group at lively
gait by the candidates for the delegation
to Minneapolis. Candidate Holman of
Hendricks county seemed the most az
gressive. He was a Harrison hustler tour
years ago, but because the political pap
was not distributed as freely around his
neigh borhoOd as he desired he became
lukewarm in the faith However, his son
was appointed in the third auditors office
and that spurred him on to new efforts for
Harrison. But severali other gentlemen
living in the Fifth district thought they
had right to go to the national convention
and yell for the present executive, and so
declared themselves, being promised
strong support by the many who had but
weak faith in Holman. During the morn
ing it soon developed that Holman had
enough votes promised to nominate him
and the other three candidates, Silas T.
Hayes of Greencastle, J. II. Jordan OF
Martinsville and Nathaniel L. Hill of
Bloomington began TO hustle, caucuses be-
ing held all over the hotel.
When 1.-THE states were made up the
republicans went to the federal court
room at l 80 to ballot. Jesse Over
street of the Johnson county cohorts as
district chairman opened the convention,
calling for nominations for permanent
chairman. On motion of Morgan county
delegate David +. BEEN of Spencer was
elected to the chair. Mr. BEEN effects the
Hon. BGTdlCeH SlOte style of whiskers and
delivered an Grafton upon taking the chair
not unlike one of the speeches which
made Billy Florence famous. He referred
TO the Mckinley bill as piece of legiala-
tion hailed with delight by even infants in
arms, and growing reminiscent recalled
the battle of Gettysburg. He was sorry
that the convention was embarrassed by
such an ineXhaustible supply of timber
from which to select a Harrison delegate,
but knew that upon whom the lot should
fail would vote for the denomination of
Harrison. The chairman's prophetic soul
waxed warmer and warmer and. predict
ing the reelection of the president, he sat
down while the $50 delegates yelled. Mr.
r. A. Brown Of the Franklin Republican
was elected secretary and all the other
republican editors present were chosen to
assist him.
The chair, upon motion OF J. c.. Orr of
Bartholomew county, appointed that gem
tleman, A. w. Gray of Brown. f. q. Ho-
gate, Hendricks, G. G. Vannuys, johnson f;
z. X. Buskirk, Monroe David Wilson,
Morgan; j. Flawson, Owen, and t. T.
Moore, Putnam, as the committee on
resolutions. These gentlemen walked out
into the hall, counted noses and returned
at once with the following type written
document, which the good brother Orr
had brought up from Columbus the night
before:
The republican party of the Fifth Indiana
} congressional district, in convention assembled,
hereby resolve: That we indorse the admins
tratiOn of President Harrison as wise patriotic
and pure unsurpassed in loyalty TO republican
principles, discharge of administrative duties
and the development of the business interests
OF the country; that his careful and effective