The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-15
Putnam County Republicans VIII
Select Delegates TO the Fifth Dis
trict Meeting of Next Tuesday.
OTHER FIFTH DISTRICT NEWS
MIR. ROYsE SAYS HE WILL NOT OP-
POSE MIR. BRICK.
Plans for the JAY County Convention
-GreencnstIe City Ticket Named
Other Political Matters.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LEBANON, Ind. Feb. 1A-Boone county
Republicans honored the memory OF Abra-
ham Lincoln tonight with banquet in
Lochinvar Hall. This is the sixth annual
banquet in memory of the great eman-
cipator given by the Republicans of Boone,
who claim to be the first distinct county
organiza ton in the State to inaugurate
these annual observances of Lincoln's
birthday. The first banquet was given
without a thought of making it an annual
affair, but it proved such a success that
each succeeding year has witnessed the
usual gathering. All of the banquets have
been uniformly successful, and the inter-
| est in the annual love feasts seems TO have
grown with each year.
This years banquet, in point of attend
ance and enthusiasm, was the best of all.
Every township in the county was repre-
sented and, besides the state officials and
candidates for state offices, visitors were
present from nearly all the adjoining coun-
ties. Among the state officers present were
! Secretary of State Hunt, Auditor Hart,
Deputy Auditor Martin. Treasurer Levy
and Superintendent of Public instruction
Jones. A number of the candidates for
state offices also attended.
The committee having in charge the en-
| tertainment of the visitors was composed
of prominent Republicans selected from the
various townships, as follows: Marion
township, Henry Singleton and Joseph
Clark; Clinton, A. b. Silver and George
| Cassidy; Washington, DIR. Charles TIMBER
shine and Joseph Jaques; Sugar Creek, G.
II. Hamilton and Edward Beesley; Jeffer-
Il
ter, S. R. Artman. C. NJ. Zion, E. G. Oar
nell, DR.. w. H. Schultz. IL. r. Matthews,
A. r. Brown, David Terhune and S. n.
| Cragun; Union, James Dye and John p.
| Stark; Eagle, DR.. Forest Brush and Bert
Smith; Perry, John Herr and Elias Larsh;
Harrison, A. s. Robinson and John Huff
man; Jackson, DR.. f. H. Austin and
| Thomas Siberia; Worth, James ii. Kelley
and Alex. Hull.
Lochinvar Hall, where the banquet was
given, deliberately decorated in the
national colors. Bunting was strung along
the side walls, hung in festoons from the
ceiling and draped from the chandeliers.
On the wall back of the speakers table
hung pictures of Lincoln, Mckinley and
Roosevelt draped i'm flags and fanked with
pictures of Senators Fairbanks and Bev-
eridge. The tables were decorated in red,
white and pink carnations The guest ia
BILE extended along the east side of the hall
/ and the remainder Of the tables were set at
| right angles to it.
The doors of the hall were thrown open
| at 1870 o'clock. and by o'clock nearly
] every seat in the large hall had been taken.
| When the time came for the evenings
! programme TO begin five hundred persons
/ were seated around the festal board. At
| 8 o'clock the Lebanon orchestra, which
| furnished music during the evening, struck
up a march and the reception committee
/ with the guests of honor filed into the
| room and took their places at the long Ia
! BILE reserved for them AT $50 the assem-
| blage was called TO order and Elder II. j.
| Frank, pastor or the Central Christian
| Church, pronounced the invocation. An
| elaborate menu had been arranged for and
! the dinner was served in courses by the
! ladies of the Methodist Church.
After the banquet Mr.. Ira NJ. Sharp, a
| well-known attorney OF ThOrntown, who
| acted as POSTMASTER, raped for order and
! in a few well-chosen words introduced the
! Hon. Union B. Hunt. secretary of state
/ as the speaker Of the evening. Mr.. Hunt
! has been an annual visitor at these dinners
and has not missed a single one. He is
| great favOrite with Lebanon and Boone
| county Republicans and always receives
an enthusiastic greeting whenever he APP
pears before an audience here. His recep-
| tion tonight when he arose to speak on
Abraham Lincoln" was very fattering.
Mr.. Hunts address was brief review of
| Lincoln's life, his career as lawyer, a
! politician, a public orator and as Presi-
/ dent. The speaker paid a glowing tribute
/ to the character and life of Lincoln, and
| gave comprehensive estimate of his life's
]
| referred to the struggle in the Philippines
and brought forth storm of applause
| when he said: Wherever the American
/ flag goes there Will go progress and free
| dom. I believe in my country, in it's in
! tegrity and constancy of purpose, in the
| devotion and answering loyalty of large
| ma jority of it's people. There are some
! who pretend to think the American flag
| means tyranny instead of liberty. While
| our soldiers have been trying TO uphold the
| principles of freedom these disgruntled pes
| mis- have
/ should come down and that the dream Of
/ liberty in the isles beyond the sea should
! become but a memory. These men are
! parasites on the body polite, and blush
| TO say that they are my countrymen. We
/ say to these prophets of evil: Our flag is
still there, God reigns and the government
| at Washington still lives and will live so
| long as we are true to the principles of
the party of Abraham Lincoln and Will
liam Mckinley"
Mr. Hunt spoke for only thirty-fve min
utes and was followed by r. A. Brown,
! clerk of the Supreme Court, who spoke
| at considerable length on the glory of In
! diana's achievements in the country's his
tory.
Attorney General William L. Taylor spoke
| briefly. but made one of the finest adj
dresses of the evening, his arraignment of
! the Democratic party as a party of retro
gression was severe and his exposition of
Republican achievements was complete.
r. r. Neal. of Noblesville. candidate for
/ clerk of the Supreme Court; Merrill MOores,
! of Indianapolis candidate for attorney
| general; Frank Martin. candidate for audi
| tor; Daniel +. Storms. of Lafayette. can
| didate for secretary OF state. and j. r.
| Henry. of GOsport, candidate for auditor,
/ also spoke L. S. Baldwin, candidate for
member of Congress in opposition to c. b.
| Lands, was present and made a brief
| speech. Mr. Lands was unable 10 attend,
much to the regret Of his friends. Mr..
Baldwin made a good impression, and his
! speech was we'll received.
Among the other out-of-tOwn guests
were George w. Krietenstein and w. II.
| Freeman, secretary of the State Board of
Forestry. The speech-malSing continued