The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27

| through and through. He was born in this
| city and received his education here. be-
was born March H. 1858. and his education
was secured in the public schools of thi.
school. He studied law and was admitted
TO practice in ISL His only public office
was that Of deputy prosecuting attorney
under w. n. Harding in 1885 and 1855. He
has been Woodworking Republican all his
life.
Harry S. New was born in this city in
1858, and is therefore thirty-eight years of
age now He was educated in the public
schools of the city and in Butler College.
After leaving school he began his lows
paper career a police reporter on the Jour
nal In 1880 he and his father, John c. New.
and since that time Mr. New has given his
entire time to the managema emit of the prop
board of police commissioners before the
adoption of the present city charter, Mr..
New has never held Office. He did not
seek the nomination which came tc hum
yesterday. He was a delegate to the ma
tional Republican convention at st. Louis
George 3. Elliott who received the high
est number of votes cast, being nominated
on the first ballot was born in this City
son of Taylor Elliott, of Elliott & Butler,
abstract of titles, and is with tnis
the indianapolis public schools gradual
ing from the High School. He
of the founders OF the Marion Club and
has never before been candidate for Office.
Mr.: Elliott is extremely popular, particu-
his good business judgment and sterling
worth. The Marion Club worked enthu-
siasticaly for his nomination.
Frank L. Littleton is about twenty-eight
years old. He is a clean-cut, intelligent
young lawyer and has large following of
Marion county He was born on a farm
in Hancock county, near McCordsville, i'll
sity, graduating in 1891. He removed to
Indianapolis in 1893 and entered the law Of
flee of Elliott & Elliott, where he still is.
John O. Hicks IS well-KnoWn railroad
man, who stands high, both with those
who look to him for orders and those who
he has been in the employ of the Big -Four
railroad and for several years past has
been general vardmaster at this place He
has taken active part in politics for
several years. He has the courage of his
conviction and he believes that under con-
ditionS of general prosperity railroad men
will be better off. He has carried his be-
lief into his work and has talked with his
associates but has always impressed upon
the minds of those under him that what he
says to them is merely statement of
his own convictions and argument given
in the hope of making them see as he does,
but that they must still consider them
selves perfectly free 10 do they please
and in doing so will not incur his i'll will.
He is very popular with all railroad men
in this city, and his nomination will be
ceived by them as that of no other man
Samuel H. Soooner is a son of the late
BENJAMIN Spooner, of I4awrenceburg, and
He is well known in this. city and county
as a campaign speaker, for he has taken
an active part in this work for several
years. He makes a fine stump speech and
has that rare faculty of holding his audi
ence till the last and impressing his hear
with his full and entire belief in what
he says. He is a lawyer who has been sue
cesSfu in business as well as politics. He
has never held office.
Gabriel l.. Jones is one of the best
known young colored men in politics in
this city. He was born in 1858 and came
here from Gallatin. Tenn, early in 1875,
a boy about ten years old. Soon after he
1888. after which he was regularly en-
ployed in the city schools as teacher for
aminations for permanent license as
teacher early in 1885, less than two years
after he began teaching, Mr. Jones re
the late William d. Mccoy TO accept a
position in the Internal Revenue Office
during the administration Of President
isfaction. doing the travelling work for the
Sixth district of Indiana four years and
was stationed at qilIefent times IN mis-
the recorders office of Marion county.
Harry ]. Hubbard was born in Raysville.
this State, forty-four years ago. In 1867
he came to Indianapolis and has lived here
continuously since. He is timer by
trade and has been in the employ of vari-
In 1891 he left the Big Four road, after
working eighteen years. and went to the
L.. D. & W.. where he remained until 1894.
when he changed to the Panhandle shops,
where he is now employed in the copper
room. For the last twenty-one years he
has worked on Saturday nights at the
Hubbard is a self-educated man and OBJ
tanned most of his education by attending
night schools. His wife and two children
are living. He has never held office,
although he made a two weeks campaign
for the nomination for Representative
twelve years ago. He was defeated by a
small ma jOFitV