The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-27
0 BIT Z A R Y .
Henry G. Thayer.

I1Ciiiy VI. ldyCi'
For six years he served as
chairman of the Republican dis
trict committee of the thirteenth
district and has frequently presi-
ded over district conventions and
meetings of many kinds, politi-
cal and otherwise in Plymouth
and other cities. In 1880 he was
elected Presidential Elector for
the thirteenth district voting for
Garfield and Arthur. In 1888 he
was an alternate delegate at large
to the Chicago National Republi-
can Convention and contributed
his work and influence to the
nomination of Harrison as Presi-
dent. In 1896 he headed the Re-
publican Electoral ticket of Indi-
ana and was chosen by the state
electoral college to deliver the
vote of Indiana for Mckinley and
Hobart to the Vice President,
Adlai Stevenson.
In 1898 Mr.. Thayer was ap-
pointed by Governor Matthews
as one of the trustees of the
Worlds Fair in Chicago and dis
charged the duties of his position
in manner eminently creditable
to the state.
From the first organization of
the Republican party in Indiana
he has taken an active part and
became a man of large influence
in party councils enjoying the
frienship and esteem of the great
men whom the Republican party
has given to the nation.
He was a believer in the doc
trine expounded by Henry Clay
when the Wing party was in ex-
istence, but became a Republican
in 1854 and has since been an
earnest supporter of that party.
He was convincing and
pleasing public speaker and was
in great demand in campaigns,
especially in this county and dis
trict where he was so widely
known and respected. He has
spoken at many great political
meetings in Indianapolis and 9TH
er large cities especially in north
ern Indiana on political and other
subjects. He had unusual power
as an orator and his natural gifts
OF a strong, sonorous voice. of
great carrying power, pleasing
and magnetic personality, quick
wit and lively fancy were supple
mented by strong and intuitive
powers of perception which en-
abled him to grasp the elements
of a problem quickly and conrpre-
hensively. He loved mankind
and they knew it. This sympa-
thetic quality was one element of
his success as speaker. He was
especially strong as an extempore
speaker, but he prepared many
addresses carefully, and has
spoken eloquently and effectively
on great many occasions of
general interest in Plymouth,
Indianapolis and many of the
large cities of Indiana, in Chicago
and elsewhere, always eliciting
the interest and holding the at
tention of his hearers. Many
of his speeches have been printed
with most hearty commentator.
He made two trips to Europe,
in 1883 and 1891, and after his
second journey wrote a brochure
on the countries visited-Great
Britain, Ireland, France, Italy,
Switzerland, Austria, Prussia and
Belgium. He has delivered
many popular lectures from the
knowledge thus gained in foreign
countries.
When in Rome he visited the
Mamertine prison, the traditional
place where the Apostle Paul
was in prison, as we'll as other
memorable places with which the
great Apostles name is associa-
ted. His lecture on St. Paul's
Journey to Rome was delivered
by him in most of the churches
in northern Indiana for the bene-
fit of the churches and received