Show STORY OF fill AYS LIFE HE HANKED AMONG THE CENTURY CEN-TURY GREAT MEN alndlno an1 nrlrrlnc He urged lIst III Neck In a Jlannee Ilwl ahoel 11 Murk of thlel lie Ita blades l Italy llfn III Ttiity or the life of hellos IMwe dray who died In Mexico the iI J other day In I mum Interesting I ban that ot many 1 Amer Inane who barn A J Knlned llm title of T statesmen or soldier 1 sol-dier Mr dm was brn III Chester count Ipnn Its nla of taker I or cols In moderate cln unulnneM In IMt When a hail of I > cnn hln father with his fatally moved lo UrbAna Young tray remulnrd there until his miir rage when In ilK he locnliil prrinn nentl nl tnlon fit had not many miles distant He resldril there until after the duo of his term nn governor In Ito V when he lined hits domklle In IndlnnnlKills Ills early education was very much that of the nvrrnke farmer lot I of the time nnd nrlghborliiHid having hav-ing been In the main obtained In the public school He anus nludloun nnd Inquisitive however and on rrnrhlng Ida mlnurll was remgnlxnl nn ono of the liest Inforniisl of the young mrn of his vicinity He had nh its twIll un In r 1 rr y r i ISAAC Il hlV tHIAV duntrlou man throughout his very active and exacting public life had con llnunl to Im I a diligent ln < litigator of the history of his state and country and a cloy observer of thrlr progress an < condition Ho wu n lawyer by pin fesslon He wa rtiognUed by lrlue of his long contact with public affair as n high authority on mailer Involving Involv-ing parliamentary or constitutional dear On the outbreak of the war ho de declared warmly for the union cause and In 1S63 aunt enrolled as one ot III defenders In the field 110 served with credit as colonel of the Fourth Indiana cavalry until compelled by 0 III henllh to retire Home what later ho recruited the One Hundred and 1 furl seventh Infantry 111s formal entrance Into the political arena wna mndo In 1 > M when lie was 31 yeas of age Ueorgo W JulIan Jul-Ian one of Indiana most aLl men mint a republlrnn leader of imtlonnl fool > had lung horn this loiignsilonal repre rnlalhe of the radical stronsholl known as the old burnt district Ho wa seeking reelection and It wu generally gen-erally assumed that hlA hold on bin ion ntltucncy win iermnneiilly insured Hut Iho war wn over and new IdeA were working Mr Julian wa opposed 1 Tho element hostile to him looked about them for a new candidate and selected Cui dray The latter hud for soma time before censed to be III accord with the republican party because of his disapproval of It national policy He accepted the nomination tendered I and made n campaign lu sj Irlled a to be yet well remembered It was In this struggle that ho first displayed his remarkable re-markable organizing power and his force as a debater the overwhelming majority to which his oppoiiint hud ao long been accustomed having been reduced to about 300 Two > ears later Col Dray wn lent to Iho stale senate serving there for four > ears wllh signal nblllly and ranking from the outset an a leader of that bud In 1S7D on being nominated and confirmed to bo consul to HI Thorn ho declined limo iiosltlon on tho ground that he wn nut In harmony with the existing administration In 1S72 hln name wa presented to the democratic dem-ocratic state contention for nomination a a conire mnn at large but was withdrawn by him In 1ST he wa presented pre-sented for nomination us attorney gin era but again withdrew his name In 1876 the year of the great Tllden and Hcndrlcki campaign and ono of the most memorable In the history of the late he wa nominated by acclamation acclama-tion for lieutenant governor on thin ticket tick-et headed by Hlue Jean Vllllams Rxornclo he ered an president of thu senate On the death pending hln term of Ion William ho becanio acting governor In 1810 In n very largo convention con-vention he wa beaten In his candidacy candi-dacy for the gubernatorial nomination by but four votes but co Improved was that body that he was Instantly and without a roll call nominated for lltutenunt fcovtrnor This however wa the year of the III starred Hancock campaign and the democracy everywhere every-where lost tho day Joy Qrny on this occasion led the party nominee for covernor by several hundred votes lea 11 + fist oetc in i g popularity semis n lnii I inuiiK ted by hla nomlll nlln ft Kutrrimr un the first ballot allhu toiifnintid by such competitor competi-tor n > 111 11 Tiirplr indlann present Unllol I Htiiti enamor and den Mahlon D lnmiii tn f the stale demor rar > s oldoni and moil eeteeuled leader 1 In thin ih 1 < ilin lv IIray plurality was I at while that of the imldenllnl < nilldale > one of them the lamented llrn < lrlrkn aa 8413 a mnrkeil diner star to the credit of hla popularity when It In observed that the fnillen were m evenly nuitrhed In the state toll that the total I vole was almot HOOW In Ict I Mr 1 Tray wan H prominent din II Inte for the presidency tall lots twin wan fniurntl iiwnllonml l for the innventlun In fldcagu that year Ho hud the suptirt t the Indlann delegation delega-tion nnd It nan thought Iy many that 10 was the one man who could latest hU fell meals lesl flan Ilenjamln llurtl son A strong light wan made by Mr < brays fit mis but It ass ot no avail and Mr Cleveland secured the nomliia tlonAfter After the rlnllnn of lroldrnt Cleveland Cleve-land Mr Urn wan tendered the up polntimnt of minister lo Mexico un oilier which he arr pted and filled wllh dlstlnrtlon and honor He had Imn home on n visit fur some llttlo lime alit nns on his way lack to the Oily of Mixiui when his serf 1 un lllnrM oc currnl Mr Uri larked two Inches of Wing six fet hlKh Hr Was well prop > ortloned and shl l encl with n vemlmllllary carriage nnd weighed lout IM IHiunds Ills hair San black and slight I > lnrllne l lo I mil but wn tinged will grey lie had a prominent forehead with n full rank i > Kn and plump face strongly Indlmtlvv of n high order nf Inteltlgenre soil light blue rye beaming with good nature Ills fan was unhrardiM except with mall cnln whiskers He wan suave and courteous his address 1 of n kind and benevolent benev-olent dlsHMltlon ulivnyn pleasant and ronllnl even with strangers and extremely ex-tremely silnlde among hi friends and aeqiinlntancen He enjnyisl thelrswlety nnd ierhp one of the element ot his real1nnu 1111 inn steadfast hold > ° h balls wan tile freedom from any coldor arlslorratlo reserve and yet no OliO had a keener sense of tho demand of true illgnll He wan n pernon ut great do elslon nf chaiuclcr and ironounrei nrmmiis > et always respectful and gineroutoward those who lIrr1 will iilm The minister family consisted of Mr Hray and two ion Ilaynrd dray who wa lair prlvatn secretory and rierro tray who renldrnlnlndlnnaiHdls |