The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-06-24
JASPER, INDIANA. FRIDAY. JUNE "a. ts92.
JOY TO JUDGE HOLMAN.

| JOY TO JUDGE HOLMAN
He and His wife Celebrate Thei
Golden Wedding.
indianapolis sun.
WASHINGTON, June 16.-"The watcl
dog OF the treasury took . day on
Fifty years ago, June 10
1e43, William Steele Holman and Abi
gail Knapp were married in Aurora
Ind, ana that Vas Why the watch dos
was Cd duty. lie. his wife, chiIdrer
and grandson quietly celebrated ths
golden wedding day in their apartment
10 the II hamilton here There was nc
display, no pomp. just . simple little
family meeting. VI course. the couple
|recelved congratulations and . number
'of calls, but the society world was not
excited BY the event. The judge and
|his wife would not have II So
Judge Holman Is 60 years old. and
doesn't look IL His wife is 67. When
they we're welded be was ls and che ~
They we're both orphans, and looked 50
young when the wedding hour came
that the officiating clergyman at first re-
b00S0 " 0uAt0 &0pWe - tNAon<<@ <4<
presence Of their mothers TO c0Dvince
the preacher that I'll was right From
that pioneer time the couple have walked
down the years hand in hand. honest
and true, loved and loving. They are
devoted TO each other now, - Of yore.
and each seems TO have drank OF the
fountain OF perpetual youth. After quit
ting school In 1870, Judge Holman
studisd Law and wss admitted 70 the bar
in 1el2 In l643 be was elected probate
judge In Dearborn county. In l64s be
wss county prosecutor. In 1e50 be
served in the state convention that
Framed Indiana's present constitution
From 1882 TO sc be was common pleas
judge, and in 1858 be wss elected g
congress-
On Dec. IL. ls60. hs introduced In the
house . set Of resoluti0us-the firss ol
their kind to b offered in either hous<
the doctrine Of secession
and declaring it 20 b the duty Of ~
,federal goveru0ent to maintain ths
union Of The states BY the empIoymcn
OF sll il powers. In 1854, having -
sdently supported the var managemen'
Of Psosident Lincoln, and brought for
ward many measures afterward enecte<
into laws IN the interest Of The SOLDIER
- suuion Democrat be peremptoril!
refosed % rsn for congress On . plat
forn prepared By the nominating con
,vootioo. a which Il uas soooitfoo the
Ieho ~ 90 : failure Ihe oeoocao
'inon1neo Who oocepsed thae pleefoea
ivas ingIoriously delsaied e The polls
Iand two years aflsgusrd Judge HoInal
lwas ensreated again 70 become n
!party's standard bearer He did 90 40
was trinmphantiy elected. Alter ihs
he was returned to congress regnlari
until 1876 aud 1873 when be failed q
:, election BY reason Of : gerry msnder Q
his district; but In 1880 bis district ~
disappointed again, and since then he b
carried IL with steadily incre Asing ms
l iorities. or late years the nomlnatio
I has come 10 him almost invArisoiy q
sccIaoation. In alls be has spent =
\ years In cOngress-yeers that we're ~
of historical interest, trying times. an'
/ mighty struggles for the life Of the %
ltion. He 10 now the "fstber Of ID
house, and also known ss -tho wstc
! dog and s.the great objector-" HE vai
ue 70 the country 10 nOn-psrtisan ssns
\ through his long career in The single c.
pacity OF -objector' TO al schemes
jobbery o. corruption can Be eompute
] only 10 hundreds Of millions Of dollar
actually saved 90 the taxPsyers- In
late samuel J. Randall. when chairrsl
! Of The house appropriations committe
in 1876. saved to tho government n 70
;. matter o. appropriations for one yea
alone $4,000 OCO. Jndge Holman. o
succeeding him 10 1851. foliowe
\ |closelv IN his footsteps, and "wsnt hir
better" BY 6l0.OO00c0 Of further recus
zion. The only bills that ho does nc
pare down are those giving pensions :
old s0ldiers.