The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-18
IN THE SENATE.
Eloquent Speakers Nominate MIR. Bev-
eridge-The Vote.


eridge-The Vote.
At 1926 o'clock in the Senate chamber
Mr. Joss arose and made the formal nomi-
nation of Albert J. Beveridge for United
States senator. For over an hour before
this time people had been pouring into the
galleries until it was filled to the doors,
while the portion of the Senate chamber set
aside for spectators was filled and standing
room was at a premium around the tables
of the clerks and newspaper men. Every one
felt instinctively that the important moment
had arrived and as Senator Joss arose from
his seat the hum of voices stopped and his
first words, delivered in a low tone, were
plainly audible throughout the chamber. He
said:
'Thirtysix years ago, on a little farm
in the state now famous as the birth
place of Presidents a little boy lay in his
cradle. He was born neither in luxury, nor
yet in want, but destined for great things,
for nature had a mission for him to per-
FORM and she equipped him for it with all
possible care. And after she had given him
rugged frame personal magnetism that
grips his friends with hoops of steel, clear
and active intellect, integrity of thought and
action, a lion-like courage both physical
and moral, she said to him. All these gifts
are good and necessary, but here, my son,
is the sine qua non of accomplishments and
on you l bestow it in abundance. Use it
without stint and you will accomplish all
that has been planned And she endowed
him with tireleSS industry.
THUS equipped, the boy followed the for
tunes of his father to Illinois, where the
family had gone to seek new fields. after
misfortune in Ohio caused by the civil war.
There the young mans character developed
only as could he expected, for his treless
industry and personal magnetism bringing
him success and also friends But when the
thousand desires for development that con-
stantly sprang up in him, like seeds in the
Springtime, were fertiliZed by the oppOr-
tunity of a university education, furnished
by the aid of a friend, his career began. His
success in the interstate oratorical con-
test was only the climax of a college life, or
which nothing more could be asked. After
short period of recuperatiOn among the Wild
and hardy men of the West who found him
one of their own kind, same as Teddy Roose-
Velt he came to Indianapolis, where in
prominent law office, and later in an office
of his own, he engaged in the first real
struggle Of his life work, and the true spirit
of the man in its quiet determination and
courage was shown. But there are no doors
that open not to the key of rugged integ-
rity, matchless thought and eloquence and
tireless industry, and the young lawyer won
steadily along until now there are none TO
ga1nsay his position at the forefront OF the
Indiana bar. Wherever he went and what
ever he did, those who came to scott re-
manned To nraise
His oratory is as the voice of the mother
unto her child; it unConSciously conVinces
And there he stands, the caucus nominee of
the Republican party for United states sen
ator-honest, firm, able sturdy as an oak,
full of purpose to progress along those pr1n-
ciples which have always stamped the Re-
publican party as party of action, with
courage to urge in an address to the labor
unions that both labor and capital could
find their only deliverance in clinging to-
gether, giving and taking in good part
rather than dealing at arms length; that
the prosperity Of the labOrer is not to be
found in the ruin of the employer; with
courage to deal honestly with the people
and talk to them of what they want to hear
and know-the war and our future-rather
than an issue as thoroughly settled as if
If wonder
the ideal of the young Republicans and is
fast becoming the pride of the old?
PATIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
ST know that his course will be marked
by patience and industry, and that his voice
will ever be raised to smooth away difficult
ties and conflict and keep the ship of state
in peaceful and pleasant waters, and yet he
is no fair weather sailor, and in time of
trouble and sore distress, when the rains
descend and the winds blow about the de-
voted head of Columbia and the darkness
of night comes down on the Republic, there
will be none more stanch and courageous,
none more lofty in sentiment or firm in con-
viction. When the gloom of a crisis in the
Nations affairs settles like pail over the
people can see him, as by lightning Ilasn,
steadfast, in his white, keen face the resolu-
ton of right and in his eye the CLINT of
steel. In the hour of trouble and battle In
diana need never fear for her son.
II am not unmindful of the great and
noble men who have SO faithfully served
Indiana in the United States Senate, nor
OF him who now serves us with such dis
tinction and will soon be our senior sena-
tor, and yet 1 make bold to say that none
of them need blush for him whom we place
by their side to-day. But whatever the
future may bring forth it is at least proven
that the memory he has imprinted in the
hearts of the people of Indiana will be fresh
and sweet when the granite of the eternal
hills is dust"
Senator Lambert seconded the nomination
of Mr.. Beveridge in an excellent speech.
He paid q high tribute to his ability and
attachments, and referred to his rapid rise
in the world. He referred to the affection
which exists for Mr.. Beveridge by people IN
all walks of life and said he would repre-
sent not the corporations but humanity.
Il take especial pleasure and pride" said
he lin seconding the nomination of Albert
j. Beveridge for the high office of United
States senator, because, in my judgment, he
possesses all the attributes necessary to en-
able him, in our national legislature, to dup
licate the career of the foremost men our
great country has produced. His rapid, brill
liant, almost romantic rise to distinction and
eminence awakenS and justifies the highest
expectations for the future especially in
view OF the fact that he has built upon
solid and most enduring foundations.
Blessed with rare natural talents, he has
studied and toiled like not one in ten thou
sand ever did, and as result, he stands
to-day, in the morning of life, an accurate,
thorough, erudite lawyer, a Veritable liter
airy scholar, and an orator of almost unriv-
aled brilliancy :, and power He stands
to-day splendidly equipped for vast
usefulness in wider fields than those
in which he has been heretofore
employed. He has won his spurs. He has
richly merited the proud honor which we are
to bestoW. He has triumphed over difficult
ties that would have appalled, the common
mind, and has achieved success by persist
ent, dauntless, heroic effort. He has loved
ard trusted the common people; has APP
pealed directly to them; has touched their
hearts; has challenged their admiration, and
won popular following In Indiana such as
no other son of the Hoosier State has ever
enjoyed. The farm hands and farm own
shops, the merchants and clerks in the
| stores, the masses everywhere throughout
our Commonwealth have been charmed and
| inspired by his political addresses, and are
now rejoiced at his great promotion. They
! see in him man OF transcendent ability
! and genius, whose heart is aglow with
warmest sympathy for his folowmen. In a
| Venal time an exalted office has come to
| him untarnshed, and he goes to the federal
4 Senate, not as the agent and paid attorney
| for millionaires and trusts and sordid inter
| ests of every kind but for humanity, for
4 he loves. He goes, untrammeled to give
! the best efforts of a highly FURNISHED, in
| cisiYe, powerful and original mind to the
| solution of the great problems of the hour
and TO the patriotic service of his country
| All honor, then. to the man of our choice
Albert ]. Beverage, fearless champion o.
| the right brilliant tribune of the people"
Senator Gilbert also seconded the nomina.
ton in a short. well-worded speech, the
closing words of which stirred the audience
deeply. Said he: