The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-17
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No johnson Talk.
The caucus decided to send out
of "feelers" to try TO dis
cover what the sentiment was among
other delegations The "feelers" came
back and reported that they had heard
no Johnson talk. This puzzled the
Hoosiers all the more. They were I'm
structed," however. and decided to
stand pat for Johson on the first bal
lot
When the roll call of states for the
nomination of a candidate for Vice.
President began the next day there
were scattering votes for both candi-
dates, Johnson and Dickinson. When
Indiana's turn came the State voted
a solid delegation of twenty-six votes
for Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee.
The Hoosier vote caused surprise in the
convention. Instantly there was a
commotion. The leaders of the Iowa
delegation, next on the list, ran over to
the Indiana section of the hall and ask
ed II that was their instructions. On
receiving an affirmative reply they
w
few minutes later Iowa voted solidly
for the Tennesseean. Ohio came next
and followed the lead of Indiana and
Iowa. This brought the convention to
an uproar and a bandwagon stampede
to johnson followed.
81 believe that Indiana was respon-
sible for Johnson's nomination" de-
clares Mr.. Jenkinson. II was dele
gate to that convention and knew why
Indiana had been instructed for john
SON. 1t was purely compliment to
Judge Gooding. 1t was our intention
to go to Dickinson on the second bal
oft, and we did not dream that John
son would be nominated. But when
we handed out that complimentary
first ballot the stampede began and
Johnson was nominated"
Mr.. Jenkinson has had much to do
with the political and educational af.
fairs of Indiana. 1t is interesting to
sit with him in his home here and lis
| ten to his stories and his experiences.
He is now in his eighty fourth year,
having been born in Piqua, O., in 1925.
When a small boy he moved to Deer
field, Randolp county, Indiana, a town
now extinct. and settled there with his
parents. 1t seems long ago-and it is
long ago-to hear him tell of his ap.
pointment as postmaster of Deerfield
by President Tyler. Jenkinson was
only seventeen years old then. When
he was twenty-one he was elected a
justice of the peace.
During his young manhood he NOV.
ed to Fl. Wayne and became identified
with that growing towns interests. In
1856 he was one of the organizers OF
the Republican party In Allen county
and made his first Republican speech
in FIT. Wayne then a hotbed of Democ
racy. When the war of the rebellion
came on, Governor Morton made him
q recruiting officer in the state, and
he devoted all his time to the cause
In 1863, in partnership with David w
Jones, he founded the Fl Wayne Ga
zette, now the Journal-Gazette, and
continued it's publication for severa
years. Jones did not remain long in
the journalistic harness. The Gazette
j u.
Publishes Richmond Paper.
Mr.. Jenkinson's next journalistic eff
fort found him in Richmond, where hi
became a publisher of the Palladium
already being printed weekly and nov
the second Oldest newspaper in In
diana. 1t was founded in 1881, but wal
preceded several years by the Western
Sun, of Vincinnes. Mr.. Jenkinson es
tablished the Palladium in the daily
field and continued to be it's editor fol
twenty years, during which time HI
served as postmaster Of Richmond. L
Is matter of local history that ever,
editor of the Palladium has, with tn,
exception of the present editor, Ru
dolph G. Leeds, been at some time Of
other the postmaster of Richmond.
Mr.. Jenkinson was assigned to al
important post by President Grant il
1869, that of consul to Glasgow, Scot
land. He remained there until 1874.
1t is in educational affairs that Mr.
eJnkinson has made what he term.
hts happiest record. Prior to tw,
years ago, when he retired, he was fo
lthirty-five years a member of tn,
board of trustees of Indiana universit.
at Lafayette, having been presen
when the site for the first building o
that now magnificent institution wa
selected.
One feature Of his educational worl
holds first place in his pride-that o
having first advocated making indiana
university coeducational institution
He fought long for that cause and fin
ally triumphed in 1867. when he sue