The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-18
FLOW OF ORAToRY IN ROTH
BRANCHES OF LEGIsLATURE.
Nominating Speeches, Followed by a
List of SecOnds-ResuIt
of the Ballot.

with the Democrats The majority for Mr..
Beveridge on the joint ballot was thirty,
! and the vote of the two houses will be can
vassed in joint session in the House Of Rep
resentatives at noon to-day, when Mr. Bev-
| eridge will make his speech of acceptance.
The nominations in the Senate were made
at 1890 O'Clock, and in the House at noon,
so that many members of the former body
attended the House session.
The usual somber appearance of the
House was relieved by the flowers which
some of the members had, and by the
bright costumes of the ladies, who were
present in large numbers to see the House
vote for United States senator. The gall
leries We're filled before noon and all avail
able space on the floor was occupied by
spectators. On the desk of Representative
Stevens were two large punches of flowers,
which he sent to the speakers desk when
the senatorial matter was taken up. Mr..
Blankenship was almost buried behind
large bunch of roses sent to him by the
w. c. L. U. in recognition of his introduce
ton of the woman suffrage resolution the
other day.
MR.. ROOTSS SPEECH.
1t was just noon when the roll call on the
last bill passed was completed, and Speaker
Littleton arose and said: THE day has now
arrived which has been fixed by the federal
law and the hour, which was fixed by res
olution Of this House, for the nomination
of candidates for United States senator"
Mr. Roots, of Connersville, was the first
one recognized and placed in nomination AL
bert j. Beveridge in the following speech:
Mr.. Speaker and Members of the General
Assembly of Indiana-We are gathered here
upon an occasion when to look back upon
the achivementS of our country for decade
thrills, and to look forward to it's possibiii-
ties electrifieS the soul. We belong to
country whose builder and maker is God
We belong to a country which in Divine
hands is destined TO be the instrument and
the means of bringing peace on earth and
good Will TO men, And now, as the curtain
rings down upon the stirring events of the
nineteenth century and the dawn of new
century appears, methinkS | hear the an
them chanted by angels as they look down
upon us, saying Well done, thou good and
faithful servants Gentlemen, this is an oc-
c9slon when retrospect lifts us up to
plane OF highest appreciation and makes
glad the heart because of our mighty
achlYements. We call your attention to the
proclamation made at the beginning of the
new era, nearly two thousand years ago,
when the NaZarene said, My peace l leave
with you. my peace l give unto you-not as
| the world giveth, give l unto you Our
Pilgrim fathers sought New England shores
for peace. Our country twice measured
swords with England for the possession of
that priceless boon-independence and peace.
Our country, in pursuit of peace and happi-
ness, passed through the terrible ordeal of
the civil war, father against son, brother
against brother, in death struggle for the
perpetuation of the Union; 253 900 boys in
blue bit the dust; $1,000 commissioned officers
surrendered their lives in this mighty con-
ftict, but thanks to Almighty God we passed
through the smoke and carnage of battle
and emerged a stronger nation, a mghtier
people, one and inseparable standing as the
champions of right, liberty and Independence
against the combined nations of the world.
When in our infancy we were engaged in
that STTURQlG in6Pnpn6pnGa en-
land, there came the welcome assistance of
France.
EFFETE CIVILIZATION ROLLED BACK
$50 we, remembering the days of our
youth and distress, have listened with SYM
pathetic ear to the pitiful appeal of a
downtrodden, helpless, prosecuted people;
we have heard the Macedonian cry from
Cuba; we sent our fleets; we sent our brave
boys across the sea; he hammered with shot
and shell the battlements of MORO Castle;
we rolled the effete Spanish civilization of
the fourteenth century back over the bosom
of the Atlantic and dashed it against the
rocky shores of Gibraltar, never to return
TO haunt distress or torment the Pearl of
the Antilles or the countries of the western
hemisphere. We placed Old Glory on the
historic hills of Santiago; we uLfurled the
stars and stripes upon the rocky shores of
Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines with
the declaration that wherever the flag of
tee to that land and that people that justice
and mercy shall reign, and that land shall
be known as the land of the free and the
home of the brave
Gentlemen of the Assembly of Indiana
1t is to the Senate of this might country,
country which is to-day the center of the
monetary affairs of the world, a country
which in the brief space of one hundred
years is capturing the markets of foreign
nations, and is one of the most potential
and wealthest nations of the earth; It is
to the Senate of this country that we are
called on to elect a senator to occupy
seat in that honorable body and represent
the great State of Indiana, a State which
shines as a star of the first magnitude in
the constellation of these United States.
We are called upon to elect a man who is
| to give counsel in that body where stood
the great war Governor, Oliver p. Morton,
where has been heard the voice and elo-
quence of our esteemed and honorable citi-
zen, Benjamin Harrison, Lane and others.
Two years ago we were called upon to elect
a successor to the Tall Sycamore of the
Wabash man who, although differing in
politics with the majority side of this House,
was the beau ideal of his party. an able
and honorable man, the late Daniel w.
voorhees, We selected a man who has not
disappointed his constituents who has
graced his office, who has shown brilliantly
as statesman and is an honor to his State
Charles w. Fairbanks And now the pleas
urable and unprecedented duty and priVi-
lege befallS the Republican party to elect
another United States senator and select
man to succeed one of the most learned men
of this Senate, David Turpie. We are asked
who shall serve six years. | pause for one
moment to ask, who shall he be? Shall he
be man OF age, ripe with years of expert
| ence shall he be man who has never been
in legislative halls? We answer, yes the
| successor of David Turpie shall be an UNI
| tried man in the halls of legislation. That
| man who is to receive the senatorial toga
| in the very springtime of his life is Albert
| j. Beveridge, of Indianapolis. He has been
| nominated and will be elected because he
| possesses the genius and ability to foster,
| protect and defend his constituency when
/ gVaA how
| arise. Who is Albert J. Bever-
| idge? Without disparagement to a
| single candidate who contested with him for
senatorial honors and wishing to bear testi-
| mony to the ability of each and all of
| them and compliment them on account of
| paign yet the majority selected Mr. Bever-
! idge as the fairest of them all and abund-
| antly able to represent Indiana in the United
| States Senate. Albert j. Beveridge is five
| feet eight inches high, was born on the 9Th
/ of October, 1862, on farm in Highland
| He worked upon farm; he followed the
| plow; leaving rural life he became a rail-
road employee, and at sixteen went into a
! logging camp. Leaving this occupation, he
! determined to secure an education. and by
| night and by day struggled for the possess
! sion of knowledge. and because of his in
! domitable perseverance overcame every diff
| ficulty and secured that gift of gifts, an edu-
/ cation. He drank at the fountain of man S
/ hardest struggle for success and recogni-
/ ton. He has eaten of the bread common to
/ men in life's great battle of the survival
/ OF the fittest.
/ BECAUSE HE ENDURES
'It may be well said of Albert J. Bever-
| idge that he conquers because he endures,'