The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-18
NoMINATEs DAVID TIJRPIE

NOMINATES DAVID TURPIE.
Senator Drummond made the formal nomi-
nation of David Turpie for the Democrats
for reelection, saying:
The Democratic party of the State of
1ndlana OFFERS to you as its candidate for
United States senator that great common
er, the Hon. David Turpie. No euogy is
necessary to make him great. Panegyrics
JeWeled with all the beauties of language
cannot add one jot or little to his fame
his long years Of public service are liv-
ing monument upon which is inscribed
more than human tongue can give His
every act, every deed has been an act, a
deed, OF honest devotion to his trust. His
transcendant ability, his craftsmanship
and sterling integrity we offer as his Gu
logy
honored by the people in almost every pO-
sition of trust, he has never been ashamed
10 acknowledge them as his sovereign,
guide and support. He is one of the old
fashioned patriots whom, in these imperial
times, the Rough Riders and the hot spurs
in politics would send to the rear. He
believes in those basic principles of gov
eminent upon which a republic rests and
is dependent for it's perpetuity He be-
heVes that a peaceful, and not warlike,
people are the best conservators of a re-
pubic. he believes that all government
derives all its Just powers from the consent
Of the governed He believes in equal privi-
legeS to all and special privileges to none, a
doctrine which, in these monoply-fostered
and monopoly-infested times, is rapidly fad
ing into an irridescent dream. He has stood
as the champion of right and the relentless
enemy of wrong. With his bludgeon of elo-
quence, satire and scathing diction he has
time and again struck down the dragon of
jobbery, and mammoth greed has fled with
out hope from his vehemence.
'All in all, he is a man-rounded, full,
complete-upon whose like this Nation will
seldom look again. A statesman in the
golden age of maturity, so needed now to
solve the mighty questions of state. The
man upon whose shoulders shall fall the
official robe will find it resting with the
weight of the coat and armor OF Richard
the liOn-hearted.
but. MIR. President, we well know that
the official career of David Turpie is draw
ing to it's end. The close of the life of a
great old man is like the sitting of a sum-
and clamor, is mellowed in the soft hueS
and stiffness of the twilight which precedes
the long night. And when that long night
comes to David Turpie, he may fold his robe
about him and lie down to peaceful sleep,
conscious that in all positions of life he has
done his entire duty by his fellow man.
Mr.. President, feel that not only the State
of Indiana, but the Nation, is honored by
the nomination of David Turpie."
Speeches seconding the nomination of MIR.
Turpie were made by Senator's Winfield
Minor, Ryan, OConnor and Shea. Senator
that he would infiict only one page OF 1t on
the triumphant majority. He said:
For the past forty years and more have
enjoyed the personal acquaintance Of the
candidate for whom 1 shall cast my vote
on this occasion. With his personal charac-
ter and political record am thoroughly ac-
while my second choice under unfortu-
nate circumstances. might be Albert j. Bev-
erdge for United States senator won my
seat in this Senate chamber to vote for my
first choice, David Turpie, the peer of any
member of the United States, Senate.
He was followed by several other Demo-
Gratis. who echoed the sentiments of the
first speaker in seconding the nomination.
Senator Gill; the only Populist in the Sen
ate. nominated AlonZo G. Burkhart, of Tip
ton county. In his speech he gave less at
tention to the qualities of his candidate
than to the principles of the Populist party,
''While / am on the floor 1 might as we'll
second Mr. Burkharts nomination, for
there is no one else here to do 1t. held
a caucus with myself before coming in here
and Mr. Burkhart is the unanimous choice
Of that caucus"
lowing result: Beveridge, %; Turpie, 10;
Burkhart, l.