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Show I TODAY IN HISTORY WHAT HAPPENED FEBRUARY 0. "Old Tippecanoe's" Birthday. William llonry Harrison was no striking strik-ing a tlgiire In I lie political and national history of our country. Hint tod.-iy. bclny Ills birthday, a 111 tin look Into Ills character char-acter will no doubt bu Interesting. l'or many years lie was one of iho moat picturesque pic-turesque llgurcs In public life. He euuus from sturdy stock, his father having: been one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, anil both his father and himself were born In Berkeley, Charles county, Virginia: William Henry on February Feb-ruary 0, 17a. Ho was the ninth president presi-dent of Iho United Statcii. and served only ono month, having contracted a cold on tho day ho was Inaugurated, whleb resulted fatally thlrty-ono days Inter, Gcorgo Washington was a clone friend of his father's, and gave young Harrison a military commission when ho was only 18 years of ago. For a number of years ho waged war against tho Indians, who. during ihnt time, were making considerable consider-able troublo in tho section which was then known as the frontier. At the time of tho forming of tho territory of Indiana, In-diana, which Included sevrral of tho .states which now adjoin the I-Iooslcr state. Harrison was made the governor and superintendent of Indian affairs. He frequently held council with the Indians, and In 1809 concluded a treaty with several of the tribes by which they sold to tho United States 3,000.000 acres nf innrl nn Wnhnrli nn,l TVlitfrt i-U'At-c Tn. cumseh and other Indian chiefs condemned con-demned this treaty, and trouble finally resulted and the battle of Tippecanoe was fought, with a victory for Governor Gover-nor Knrrlson, which gave him the popular popu-lar title of "Old Tlpnocanoe." So popular was this victory that Har-rlwon's Har-rlwon's praises were sung In the president's presi-dent's message. In congress and In the legislatures of tho different states. Celebrations Cele-brations In honor of his victory wore held In tho principal cities of tho union, and ho was ono of tho heroes of tbc hour. With tho closo of tho war with England he gavo up his military for a political career, which finally resulted in his being be-ing nominated for tho presidency In 1830. and tho canvass that followed was tho most picturesque of any ever held In tho country. 11 was known ns tho "Log Cah,ln and Hard Cider Campaign." H got Its namo from the fact that tho eastern end of General Harrison's home in Xorlh Bond. Ind.. consisted of a log cabin that bad been built by ono of tho firsl settlers set-tlers of Ohio. The Republican simplicity of his home wor extolled by his admirers, admir-ers, and a political biography of thnt time says that "his table. Instead of lining lin-ing covered with exciting wines, Is well supplied with the best cider." Log cab-Ins, cab-Ins, and bard elder, then, became the party emblems, and both were features of all tho political demonstrations of the canvass, which witnessed the Introduction Intro-duction of tho enormous mass meetings and processions which for many years afterwards were common just prior lo elections. Other events of interest occurring on February 0 were: Tho birthday of William Wil-liam Bartram. the first- noted American botanist (1730) ; Samuel J. Tllden. statesman states-man (ISM); General John A- T.ogun (1S2C)- William T. Sampson, the naval officer of-ficer (IStO); Charles S. Ashburner, who made tho survey of the Pennsylvania coal Holds (1S5I): the day upon which General Bobert K. Loo was made commander-in-chief of the confederate forces (lSfiTO and the day on which Nebraska was admitted ad-mitted Into the union In 1S67. |