The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-11

In the Indianapolis News of last
evening Col. John w. Ray has an ar
ticle on the recent death of James
N. Tyner, and recalling at the same
time the men who cast the electoral
vote of Indiana for Abraham Lin
coin, of Illinois. The article has a
local significance inasmuch as Hon.
Isaac Jenkinson, Of this city, was
one of the presidential electors and
is still living, hale and hearty, and
has better recollection Of that all
important event than any man living.
The article referred to reads as fol-
lows:
"The recent death of James n
Tyner at Washington city leaves on
ly three of the thirteen men who
cast the electoral vote Of Indiana
for Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal
Hamlin,' said Col. John w. Ray, of
this city. "These three are Maj.
Will Cumback, of Greensburg; Isaac
Jenkinson, Of Richmond, and [. The
two electors-at-large were Will
Cumback, Of Decatur county, and
John L. Mansfield, Of Jefferson
county. The electors from eleven
districts of the State we're: First
district, Cyrus M. Allen, of Knox;
Second district, John w. Ray, of
Clark; Third district, Morton c.
Hunter, of Monroe; Fourt district,
John H. Farquhar, of Franklin !;
Fifth district, Nelson Trusler, Of
Fayette; Sixth district, Reuben A.
Riley, of Hancock; Seventh district,
John Hanna, Of Putnam; Eighth
district, Samuel A. Huff, of Tippe-
canoe; Ninth district, James N. Ty-
ner, of Miami; Tenth district, Isaac
Jenkinson, of Allen; Eleventh dis
trict, David O. Daily, of Huntington.
All Were Young Men.
"All were young men at that me-
morable election in 1860, all about
the same age, and / am now seventy
six. Jenkinson and Cumback are a
little older than I. All except Mans
field, who was the oldest man on the
electoral ticket, were lawyers. He
was civil engineer, and became a
general in the army. After the war
he removed to Illinois, where he laid
out the town of Mansfield, on the l.,
B. & w. road. Cumback was long
prominent figure in the Republican
party. He was a paymaster In the
army. Cyrus M. Allen was Speaker
of the Indiana House Of Represen-
tatives; Ray was colonel OF the For
ty-ninth Indiana, afterward pen
sion agent and registrar in bank
ruptcy; Hunter was a general and a
congressman; Farquhar became q
major in the quartermaster' depart
ment, and held State Office. Trus-
Ter was a colonel, afterward Secre-
tary of State and United States dis
trict attorney; Reuben O. Riley was
captain in the civil war-He was
the father of the Hoosier poet, james
Whitcomb Riley; John Hanna was {
| congressman; Samuel A. Huff was {
noted lawyer and Judge; James n
| Tyner was a congressman and helC
many prominent places under the
government: Isaac Jenkinson was
for many years editor and publisher
of the Richmond Palladium.
"The popular vote in Indiana II
! 1860 was much less than half OF
what it now is. only 272,143. Oh
this vote Lincoln electors received
13O,O33; Douglas, 115,500; Breckin
ridge. 1926; Bell, $500. Lincoln: ,:
plurality over both Douglas ant
Breckenridge was 2,23S; over Doug
las 15,467. The Marion county dis
trict was then composed of the coun
ties of Shelby, Hancock =, johnson
Hendricks, Morgan and Marion.
| Talked Of War Possibilities.
"The Indiana electors: met in th'
House Of Representatives Of our ole
State House in January, 1861. Viii
Cumback was chosen to preside AM
Cyrus NJ. Allen, who was an excel
lent record lawyer, was chosen sec
retary to prepare our proceedings
1t was quite an informal affai
though all were aware of the i'm