Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-11
THE NOMINEES.
Brief sketches OF the Men Whs VIII
Lead the RenubIicans.

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BENJAMIN Harrison Was born al North Bend.
Ohio. in his grandfatheFss house. Aug. -. 1873.
Physically and mentally vigorous. he early
manifested desire 10 begin an active and
independent career. AZ 10 he entered Miami
university Al Oxford o.. and two years later
was graduated. On leaving college he began
In Cincinnati. with the Hon B. Storer as hrs
preceptor. the study of law. and in 1854 he en-
tered upon the practice of the profession In
Indianapolis A Legislative investigation. in
which he secured employment through the
Democratic governor. Joseph A. Wright.
brought him into notice.
Naturally he drifted into politics. and
amazed the Democrats Of the state by chal-
longing Thomas A. Hendricks 10 Joint debate,
and Il WAS afterward said by the chairman OF
the meeting that he had never heard q man
skin an opponent as quickly as Ben Harrison
did Hendricks that day" In lS09 he was q
candidate for reporter Of the supreme court.
and in the Lincoiss campaign Of that year he
was elected.
The outbreak OF the Rebellion soon took the
young lawyer from the life OF the citizen TO
that Of the soldier. and in Is62 he became sec
ond lieutenant of an Indiana regiment. He
soon deceived the appointment OF colonel, aud
was sent 10 join the army under command OF
General ID. G. Buell., at Bowling Green. KY.
On Jan. q. 1865, he received the brevet OF
brigadIer general. In 1876 he ran for governor
of his state. but be was defeated by small
majority. In lSS0 General Harrison was chosen
Tor United states senator, which ONCE he held
until March 3, 1851. At the national Republic
can convention held in Chicago in 1888 he was
nominated by his party for president and sub
sequently elected
Whitelaw Reid, the candidate for vice presi-
dent, was born at Xenia, o., Oct. y, 1857. and
graduated at the Miami university in 1855.
After acting Tor time as superintendent of
the graded schools at South Charleston, o.,
he bought the Xenia News. editing IL for two
years He joined the Republican party at its
birth, speakins for Fremont. Subsequently he
became editor of the Cincinnati Gazette, and
at the outbreak of the civil war went to the
front as it's correspondent. He served on the
staff OF General Morris in West Virginia,
with the rank Of captain. At the close of the
West Virginia campaign he returned to Gin
cinnati and at the opening of the second cam
paigh went to the front with Rosecrans, writ
ing Of battles over the signature of agate"
In 1862 he was appointed as librarian OF the
house of representatives at Washington. still
acting correspondent of The Gazette. After
the war he made a tour Of the south, accom-
panied by Chief Justice Chase. and subse-
quently published after the War: a Southern
became one of the leading editors of The
Gazette. Soon afterward he accepted an offer
from Horace Greeley as managing editor of
the New York Tribune, and on the death of
Mr.. Greeley became owner of the paper.
His appointment by President Harrison as
minister TO France. his efforts in behalf Of
reciprocal trade relations and his resignation
Of the position matters of receut history.