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When it comes to considering the men who in- fluenced the public mind of Parke county in favor of the Democratic party after the war it is prob- able that John H. Beadle ranks first. As a jour- nalist he had made a name for himself before re- turning to his old home at Rockville in 1879 when he became editor and proprietor of the Rockville Tribune. As western correspondent of the Cin- cinnati Commercial he traveled over all the terri- tories from the Missouri to' the Pacific; later as southen correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga- zette he made three tours of the South. From 1870 to 1880 he wrote three books on the West- "Life in Utah," "The Undeveloped West," and "Western Wilds." Until the tariff became the leading issue he was a Republican, but being a Free Trader he could not honestly advocate a pro- tective tariff. At first he attempted to convert his fellow Republicans, but only met with bitter opposition from the politicians of that party. His paper, the Rockville Tribune, however, was quoted widely, and its influence among young Republic- ans and men open to conviction in Parke county caused a break which ultimately brought to the Democratic party a type of men who greatly strengthened it. Among the young men influenced by Mr. Beadle was Isaac R. Strouse, who as local editor under Mr. Beadle and subsequently his partner, joined in the free trade propaganda, and finally made the Tribune a Democratic paper- the only paper of that faith which has survived in the county.
Mr. Beadle had no intellectual superior in all Indiana. He was an authority on a wide range of topics. He was a graduate of the University of Michigan, from which school he enlisted in the 31st Indiana Regiment. He was a fine Greek and Latin scholar and spoke several languages fluent- ly. His wonderful memory enabled him to retain everything within the scope of his wide reading, and he was familiar with the history of every
country in the world. It was fortunate, indeed, that the Democratic party in Parke county had such an advocate during the years when it was in a hopeless minority after the Civil War.
Dr. Harrison J. Rice was one of the leading Democrats of the county, being associated with Wright, Hendricks, Voorhees and McDonald. In 1874 he was Democratic candidate for Congress, but was defeated, although he made a splendid canvass.
Samuel D. Puett, Duncan Puett, as he was known to every man, woman and child in Parke county, was a striking figure in its annals. Upon his graduation from Asbury College in 1872 he entered the law office of Judge S. F. Maxwell and at once plunged into a legal and political career that made him famous. There being a hot cam- paign in progress and being the only lawyer in Parke county who was a Democrat he at once be- came the idol of his fellow Democrats, as well as their champion. He became the partner of Judge Maxwell and was associated with him until his death in 1877. For thirty years Duncan Puett was an active participant in the politics of Parke county, always attending the public meetings, caucuses of the party and making speeches, yet never holding any remunerative office. His death occurred in May, 1907.
Samuel T. Catlin was another well-known citi- zen. In what is known as "practical politics" he was regarded as a wise and far-sighted manager, both in county and State affairs. Acting with the Republican party on the issue of preserving the Union, he was one of the first to abandon that party when, in his opinion, it failed to fulfill its declared purposes. From 1868 to 1886 he acted with the independent faction called the "Green- backers" and his popularity prompted his fre- quent nomination for office. In 1882 he was de- feated for Legislature by the bare margin of eight votes. Four years later he was elected Auditor of the county in one of the most remarkable cam- paigns, and was re-elected on the Democratic ticket. Upon the expiration of his term he was chosen President of the Rockville National Bank, which position he held until his death, December 7, 1908.
The Democracy of Parke county can surely take pride in the record it has made in both State and county politics. In the days of Howard, Wright, Davis and Bryant it was unquestionably the fore- most county in the State. As has been said, it furnished the leaders who fought the political bat- tles of those days, and for thirty years when it was in a minority its faithful followers never fal- tered in their work of maintaining their organi- zation and doing all they could, with no hope of reward in the way of office holding.
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HISTORY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF PERRY COUNTY
P ERRY COUNTY is one of the thirteen orig- inal counties which existed as the Territory of Indiana when admitted to Statehood, De- cember 11, 1816, having been organized Septem- ber 4, 1814, by an Act of the Territorial Legisla- ture forming two new counties (Perry and Posey) out of Warrick and a part of Gibson. Official returns certified to by the clerks of all' thirteen counties, and forwarded to the Legisla- ture at their session beginning December 4, 1815, showed Indiana's population to be 63,897, of which Perry county contained 1,720, including 350 white males of twenty-one years and upward. Just how many of these, however, were adherents to that Democracy whose living representative was then Thomas Jefferson himself, there is no means of knowing after a century's lapse, and the or- ganization of Spencer county in 1818 soon abridged the limits of Perry county to the space it now occupies, with a consequent reduction in its population and voters.
Most of the pioneer settlers were representa- tives of Southern blood, having come across the mountains from the Old Dominion along Daniel Boone's trail across the Dark and Bloody Ground, or else down the Ohio river by keel boat, or "broad-horn" flat-boat. Others had journeyed from those colonial States lying still further to the South. Some few of the more prosperous immigrants had brought their slaves, along with other goods and chattels, as is recorded by the tax list of June, 1815, which shows that two negroes were then held in slavery.
To this early influx of Virginian and Carolinian stock may be traced three generations of political affiliation with Southern principles, ultimately asserting itself at the outbreak of the war be- tween the States, although Perry county boasted many "Union Democrats," and was one of the few counties to supply her full quota of soldiers called for by the State as volunteers.
Passing over those first few decades when county politics felt the sway of personal influence more strongly than partisan bias in either direc- tion, it may be noted that the material develop- ment of natural resources toward the middle of the nineteenth century brought into the county an immigration of New England settlers, capital- ists and men of means, no less than the indus- trial workers, and among these was a proportion of Democrats, so that the balance of political power underwent no change.
From Connecticut came a man to whom first mention is due, since he held the highest ranking
national office ever filled by a resident of Perry county. Hon. Elisha M. Huntington, grandson of Samuel Huntington, that signer of the Declara- tion of Independence for whom Huntington coun- ty is named, came about 1847 to Cannelton, set- tling upon an extensive estate, "Mistletoe Lodge," which was his home when appointed in 18 .. by President as Judge of the In- diana District Federal Court, a position which he held until his death.
Perry county's first citizen elected to a State office was John P. Dunn of Troy, chosen as Audi- tor of State (then termed Auditor of Public Ac- counts) in 1852 on the Democratic ticket, headed by Governor Joseph A. Wright. He had been Perry county's representative in the Constitu- tional Convention of 1851, and to his influence contemporary authorities attribute the provision therein contained for forming a new county out of Perry and Spencer, if desired. It was hoped, of course, that Troy would become the county seat of the new organization, but when submit- ted to popular vote at the general State election in 1852, the proposition was defeated by 1,041 to 311.
In 1855 Perry county's representative was Bal- lard Smith, a New Hampshire Democrat, who had settled in Cannelton with two of his brothers. Deserved recognition of his ability was extended by the choice of him as speaker of the lower House for the Thirty-ninth legislative session. Two years later Governor Willard appointed him Circuit Judge, and he was called the most polished man-with the exception of Governor Hovey- who ever occupied the bench of the Third judicial district. After two years of service he moved to Vigo county, where Judge Huntington went about the same time, both spending the remain- der of their lives in Terre Haute.
Perry county's first strictly Democratic news- paper was the Cannelton Mercury, the first of whose seven issues appeared on January 13, 1855, with J. B. Archer as editor and proprietor. This sheet was in lineal succession from the Econo- mist, a notably high-class weekly journal, founded at Cannelton, April 26, 1849. It was of independ- ent politics, as were the Indiana Weekly Express and the Cannelton Reporter, under which names it had variously appeared with brief intervals of suspension. The defunct Mercury was revived in a few weeks, as the Reporter, again independent, and two further changes of ownership and name (Independent Republican and Republican Ban- ner) were undergone before George G. Leming
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and Henry Koetter bought out the plant. They took back the name Reporter, printing, on Decem- ber 8, 1856, their first issue as a Democratic paper, under which allegiance it remained for twenty years. Koetter sold his interest March 14, 1857, to Jacob B. Maynard, who took over Leming's interest on January 30, 1858. Colonel Maynard was a born editor, gifted with a com- mand of language both forcible and beautiful. His writings from the first attracted wide atten- tion, as the nation-at-large was in a period of simmering discontent soon to boil over, and among the border States the sentiment on both sides was of deep intensity. This journalistic skill found a more extended field later on the old Indianapolis Sentinel, of whose editorial staff he became a member during the sixties. He had sold the Re- porter on December 25, 1858, to James M. Moffett and George G. Leming, who very soon sold out to J. C. and J. H. Wade, the former being editor. January 7, 1860, Colonel Maynard again took the paper and edited it during the critical Buchanan- Lincoln campaign. In its columns during Jan- uary, 1861, are detailed the series of resolutions proposed and in part adopted by public meetings of citizens held at various points in Perry county. Cannelton rejected the last paragraph in the series, although the Reporter openly favored its sentiment that the Ohio river should not be the dividing line if the Union and the Confederacy became separate nations, the final clause of the resolution reading that "we earnestly desire, if a line is to be drawn between the North and the South, that line shall be found north of us." De- cember 6, 1861, Colonel Maynard sold a one-half interest to Mr. W. L. Moffett, and December 5, 1863, sold his remaining half to Henry N. Wales, who became editor. He bought out Moffett on April 2, 1864, but sold in turn to Joseph W. Snow, October 1, 1864. April 12, 1866, the paper was sold to Major Thomas James de la Hunt, in whose family it remained until the spring of 1876, when it became the property of Hiram P. Brazee and H. Marcus Huff, who conducted it a little over a year as a Republican journal.
The Cannelton Enquirer had been founded June 1, 1870, as a Democratic paper by Edwin R. Hat- field, Sydney B. Hatfield and Elisha E. Drumb, the last two being editors. Will N. Underwood bought a one-third interest and became publisher in June, 1873. Drumb and E. R. Hatfield retired in June, 1874, and S. B. Hatfield in June, 1876, leaving Underwood sole proprietor.
The Tell City Commercial had been founded May 3, 1873, as an independent sheet by A. P. Mastin, but he sold it December 3, 1873, to Heber J. May, who made it Democratic and continued the publication until January 1, 1876, when he
sold it to W. P. Knight, by whom it was printed several months longer, or until discontinued and removed.
In 1877 William E. Knights, who had been pub- lishing the Grandview Monitor, came to Cannel- ton and associated himself with Underwood through purchase of the Reporter and its con- solidation with the Enquirer under the style of Cannelton Enquirer and Reporter under the joint proprietorship of Underwood & Knights. The first number appeared June 21, 1877, as a Demo- cratic issue, Knights remaining only until Jan- uary 31, 1878, when he returned to Grandview, leaving Underwood as sole editor and publisher of the only Democratic organ in Perry county. The name of Reporter was dropped from the title after some years, and October 12, 1892, Under- wood sold out to Huston and Miller, who reversed the politics to Republicanism.
Edward H. Schuetz and Joseph Sanderson com- menced publication of the Cannelton Telephone October 25, 1891, as a Democratic paper. The Troy Times, also Democratic, was started about a year later by John B. Bacon, its outfit being owned by Louis J. Early, then residing in Louis- ville. The Times, however, was a losing venture, and Bacon soon suspended publication. Mr. Ear- ly then came to Indiana and, removing his plant to Cannelton, consolidated with Schuetz on No- vember 28, 1892, under the name of Cannelton Times-Telephone. In May, 1894, he became ex- clusive owner, and dropping the name of Times, has been ever since the editor and proprietor of the Telephone.
The Tell City News was established as a Demo- cratic paper on Saturday, April 11, 1891, by Philip Zoercher and its history is perhaps the briefest of any here told, as there has been no change of name, politics or day of issue since its founding, and its ownership was transferred after some years to Louis Zoercher (a brother of Philip Zoercher), by whom it is still edited and published.
Reverting to two-score years ago, it must be noted that John C. Shoemaker of Tobin township, who had been Auditor of Perry county from 1853 to 1857, Joint Senator from 1858 to 1863 and Representative from 1869 to 1871, was elected Auditor of State in 1870, after his retirement therefrom becoming principal owner of the In- dianapolis Sentinel.
On the State Democratic ticket of 1876 the Clerk of the Supreme Court chosen was Gabriel Schmuck of Cannelton, who had previously served in Perry county as Recorder from 1859 to 1864, Clerk from 1864 to 1870 and Representative from 1872 to 1874.
Heber J. May of Cannelton, who had been
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elected Joint Senator in 1882, was appointed by President Cleveland in 1885 as Assistant Attor- ney-General to Augustus H. Garland of Arkan- sas, who was Attorney-General in the first Cleve- land cabinet. Mr. May then made his home in Washington until his death, in 1915.
Philip Zoercher, the founder of the Tell City News, who was elected Representative in 1892, was nominated in 1912 for Reporter of the Su- preme Court and was elected, with the entire
ticket, to the office which he holds at this writing, having removed his home to Indianapolis and established himself as a citizen of Marion county.
Oscar C. Minor represented the county in the Indiana State Senate from 1899 to 1901, and the present State Senator from Perry county is Jo- seph M. Hirsh.
All the present county officials are Democrats- not a single Republican has occupied a county office for fifteen years.
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HISTORY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF PIKE COUNTY
By Philip D. Abell
P REVIOUS to 1817 the territory now com- prising the county of Pike was included in Gibson county. By the act for its forma- tion, December 21, 1816, Pike county included a much larger area than it now does. Examination of a map will show that Pike county at that time included all of its present territory, except a part of Clay township, and in addition took in all of what is now Columbia township and a large part of Barton township, Gibson county, a small part of Warrick and Perry counties, all of Dubois county and that part of Martin county south of Lick creek. By acts of the Legislature in re- gard to the formation of Dubois county, passed during the session of 1817-1818, the present east- ern boundary of Pike was established and the General Assembly of 1823 and 1824 fixed the pres- ent western limits. Later, at indefinite periods, parts on the north and south were taken off and formed into the present territory comprising the counties of Krox, Warrick and Gibson, respective- ly. Previous to 1824 the territory now included in Clay township, except the eastern row of sec- tions which were added in 1825, belonged to Gib- son county. In that year it was annexed to Pike county and organized as a separate township. In September, 1838, Patoka township, comprising its present territory and what was afterward formed into Marion township, was organized. The others organized were Logan in 1846, Lockhart in 1852 and Marion in 1857. So that not until 1857 was the county completely organized into its present form and size.
The first Board of Commissioners was elected in 1817.
The first Democratic county chairman that we have any record of was Dr. Alexander Leslie and next was William DeBruler. These two men served the county before the war. During the war William Barr was chairman. The following is the list since 1872:
1872. Daniel C. Ashby. 1876. Ansel J. Patterson.
1878 and 1880. E. P. Richardson.
1882. Mart Fleener.
1884. E. P. Richardson.
1886. Henry W. Wiggs.
1888. Daniel C. Ashby.
1890. T. K. Fleming.
1892. Geo. C. Ashby.
1894. M. L. Heathman.
1896 and 1898. W. J. Richardson.
1900. John Cary.
1902. W. A. Battles.
1904. David D. Corn.
1906. Frank Ely.
1908-1910 and 1912. Geo. D. Hollon. 1914. W. H. Scales.
Democratic Sheriffs of Pike county :
1840. Meredith Howard (two terms).
1844. M. L. Withers (Dem.) and J. C. Graham (Rep.) received the same number of votes. The latter became Sheriff (two terms).
1848. David Miley (one term).
1850. Marquis L. Withers (two terms).
1854. F. M. Whight (two terms).
1858. H. Gladish.
1863. H. Gladish.
1870. J. W. Humphrey (one term).
1874. Wm. C. Miller (one term).
1878. Thos. J. Scales (two terms).
1884. W. J. Shrode (one term).
1890. J. W. Stilwell (one term).
1896 and 1898. Wm. Ridgeway (two terms).
1900. Richard Bass (one term).
1910. Marion Nance (two terms), present Sheriff. He was succeeded in 1914
election by Peter R. Miller (Dem.), who will take office Jan. 1914.
Democratic Treasurers of Pike County since 1847 to 1914:
1847. Alexander Leslie.
1857. James Crow.
MeCrillus Gray appointed 1860. Crow having resigned.
1864. Alexander Leslie.
1870. MeCrillus Gray.
1877. Jefferson W. Richardson.
1880. Perry W. Chappell.
1884. Fred H. Poetker (one term).
1886. (Rep.).
1888. (Rep.).
1890. Owen O. Smith (one term).
1892. (Rep.).
1894. (Rep.).
1896 and 1898. O. O. Smith.
1900-1902 and 1904. (Rep.).
1906. O. D. Harris (one term).
1908. W. H. Scales (two terms).
1912. Christian D. Henke. Present Treasurer and succeeds himself in 1914.
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Clerks of Pike county :
1855. John B. Hannah.
1863. Albert H. Logan.
1865. Wm. Barr was appointed, Logan having resigned. 1871. J. W. Richardson.
1874. (Rep.).
1878. Dan C. Ashby. 1882. Dan C. Ashby.
In 1886 a Republican was elected to the Clerk's office and continued to serve in that office until 1914, when Edward Scales, a Democrat, was elected. He will take his office in Jan. 1915.
Recorders of Pike county :
1851. David Miley.
1858. John McIntire.
1863. (Rep.).
1868. Dan C. Ashby.
1876. Mark Powers.
1884. Joseph C. Ridge.
1888. (Rep.).
1892. (Rep.).
1896. Nathaniel Corn.
1900. William A. Battles.
1904 and 1908. (Rep.).
1912. Philip D. Abell, present Recorder.
Pike county's Democratic Auditors:
1855. W. H. DeBruler.
1858. David H. Miley.
1862. Wm. C. Davenport.
1866. (Rep.).
1874. Ansel J. Patterson.
1878. Frank R. Bilderback.
1882. W. J. Bethel.
1890. F. R. Bilderback.
1894. (Rep.).
1898. Harrison Scales.
1902. (Rep.).
1906. F. R. Bilderback.
1910. John D. Gray, present Auditor and suc- ceeds himself in the 1914 election.
The County Commissioners at present are Charles Robertson, James Bottoms and Frank R. Bilderback, all Democrats.
The strength of the two parties at the presiden- tial elections has been very close. The Democrats have had a small majority in most of the presi- dential elections since 1840. Woodrow Wilson re- ceived the best majority of any President.
Among the men who were elected Representa- tives from Pike and of which Pike was a part of the district were Alvin T. Whight, in 1841; Rob- ert Logan, 1843; A. T. Whight, 1844; James R. Withers, 1849; G. Masey, 1857; W. H. DeBruler, 1863; J. W. Richardson, 1865; Robert Logan, 1869; James D. Barker, 1873; James W. Arnold, 1875; L. W. Stewart, 1877; Joseph D. Barker,
1879; Samuel Hargrove, 1881; Morman Fisher, 1883; L. Hargrove, 1885; M. L. Heathman, 1891; Sasser Sullivan, 1897; D. D. Corn, 1903.
Among the men who were elected Senators were John Hargrave, 1838-40; Benjamin R. Edmund- son, 1844-47; Smith Miller, 1847-50; William Hawthorn, 1852-56; James D. Barker, 1864-68; James B. Hendricks, 1875; E. P. Richardson, 1883-87; Henry Wiggs, 1891-95.
Hon. A. H. Taylor was elected Representative to Congress from Pike county in 1893 and served one term.
Hon. E. P. Richardson served as District Chair- man in 1886, 1888, 1904 and 1906.
Petersburg, the county seat, has been the resi- dence of several men of prominence in State and national affairs. Among the earlier may be men- tioned Major John McIntire, who served with dis- tinction during the war of 1812 in Colonel R. M. Johnson's regiment. Soon after the organization of the county he took up his residence in Peters- burg and from that time for many years filled the offices of County Clerk and Recorder. John Johnson and Thomas C. Stewart were both men of ability. The former organized the county and represented it in the State Legislature for the first eight years. Stewart was agent of the county for several years and was a member of the State Senate from 1835 to 1838. During the "twenties" George H. Proffitt came to Petersburg and engaged in merchandising. He later turned his attention to law and politics, especially the latter. He was a shrewd politician and an orator of great brilliancy. He served two terms in the State Legislature and two terms as Representa- tive in Congress. Upon the ascension of Tyler to the presidency, he championed the President's cause and was made minister to Brazil. He died in the prime of life and was buried in the old cemetery. Hon. John W. Foster, United States Minister to Spain, is the son of Judge Mathew Foster, and it was here that he was born and spent his early years.
Some of the leading Democrats of Pike county are the following: J. W. Richardson, who at- tended his first convention in 1848 when he was twenty years old and for fifty years never missed a convention; John McIntire was for a number of years Clerk and Recorder at the same time. Among others are James N. Weathers, John Cape- hart, Marcellus Chew, Frank White, Jack Davis, John J. Robling, J. J. Bowman, Joseph Morgan, Joseph Hanning, Simeon LeMasters, A. J. Pati- son, Uncle Rote Nelson, George W. Masey, Wil- liam J. DeBruler, John Thompson, James and Dan Crow, Lewis Beck, George Fettinger, James and Joseph D. Barker, Daniel Davidson, Peter Burkhart, Rev. Samuel Thompson, Frank Bilder-
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back, Dan C. Ashby, Samuel Hargrove, J. P. Rum- ble, E. J. Whitelock, John E. Cox, A. H. Taylor, C. D. Henke, A. J. Heuring, Henry J. Wiggs and Charles Robertson.
The first newspaper published in Pike county was called the Patriot, a small five-column folio and the subscription price was $1.50 per annum. It purported to be independent in politics and was owned by a few of the leading men. J. N. Evans was the editor and Henry Stoutt was the printer. It was discontinued after running six months. During the campaign in 1856 Samuel Upton be- gan the publication of the first Pike County Dem- ocrat. It was printed in Washington, Ind., but was ostensibly published in Petersburg. It was discontinued after a few months. In 1865 one McGinnis established a paper called the Messen- ger. It was a strong supporter of Democracy. In 1867 the Messenger was bought by S. T. Pal- mer, who changed the name to Tribune, and con- tinued the publication until June, 1869, when he sold out to Malachi Krebbs. During the cam- paign of 1868 James E. Huckeby published the Democratic Press. He was a stanch Democrat and a firm believer in a "white man's govern- ment."
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