Show HES A FARMER CANDIDATE recoil of caudo matthew nominee for governor Goer nur of In dLinn the democrats of indiana hivo have chosen a 1 farmer fanner candidate for governor in alli tin person of tile hon claude matthews of vermilion county though lie he has held office hitherto arid and been a man mai a of cote noted in the politics of the state for manyi many years he is still distinctively a farmer fanner candidate arid and in it i truer sense than most to whom that title is applied as a farming has been the business of his I 1 life to ile he was as born in kentucky forty eight years ago and received but ft a common school education but habits of close observation and long iong association with soa sohon 0 i P 9 1 IN I 1 11 1 1 I 1 4 i lit I 1 I 1 1 1 I nox HON CLAUDE tive and intelligent men as well as general reading have so far supplied the detects defects of early circa tion aion that lie he is aman amail of considerable culture ho removed to indiana illiana In liana ir il early manhood located in lion county and won soon became noted as a successful farmer and stock dealer mi hit standing with his neighbors s was v as so high that he soon became a power in politics and iu in hat close and very political tate state buch local str entil is never long ion neglected lle was conn iad forche p legislature leg lature in a county comity s of PS hopelessly ro ite pub lub lican licau and his tin unexpected pecked bucce success s mada fiade aim aai a power in th t state in I 1 ho he was nominated for senator aiom ft OM the alic composti COMpO sWI of pa ko and vermilion Vermil wn counties null aul bhough parke usually has a Republic lu om maj majority erity of goo COO and of if uw lio lie cut cat this down about one half iu in 1800 1690 le 19 was nominated again for the fame came place but before the campaign open opened ed thestal a convention nominated lira for of and be was u as elected clec ted that lie he then tho unanimous and aad t of the AllU inco no doubt had much to do with liis ids recent nomination for governor iiii his place in vermilion county in ill tie loveliest pait of the Wabash V abash valley is the alie ideal home of a 1 gAit leman in farmer it ii also the home of a 1 very practical farmer personally mr matthews ii ono of those choso men of whom the hie say bay the nearer you yon get to him the better you liko like lafin ilia tenants and employees are always alv ays iiii most supporters ho he lias has been fairly prosperous in ill bushi cbs enli his falli family fly and social cialli life fois is pleasant and attractive in 11 conversation lio lie is ordinarily pleasant but as a alfer r lie is singularly effective hs his style being plain direct and incisive inc ilic c si yc t occasional to touches of oe homely it eloquence ir in t the kind of espeut i that t at is most moat effective eff octive among farmers fun ners |