CHARLES DOWNING, born New York City, Aug. 7, 1857; attended common schools; Clerk Hancock County, 1882-86-90-94; Prosecutor Hancock County, 1893; mem. State Bd. of Agr., 1893-1900; sec. State Bd. Agr., 1900-; mem. Bd. Trust. Purdue Univ. DEMARCHUS C. BROWN, born Indianapolis, June 24, 1857; A. B. Butler Coll., Indianapolis, 1879; A. M. 1880; Univ. Tubingen, Germany, 1882-3; Am. Sch. Classic Studies, Athens, Greece, 1892-3 and 1897, in part; British Museum, 1883; Munich Museum, 1897; Prof. Greek and Greek Art, Butler Coll., 1882-1906; State Libr. Ind., Sept., 1906; Mem. Am. Inst. Arch.; Mem. Am. Philog. Soc.; Mem. Bd. State Char., 1891-. CHARLES E. COX, born Feb. 21, 1860, near Westfield, Ind.: grad. High Sch. of Noblesville and Tipton; studied law with brother, Millard F. Cox and Judge Wm. E. Niblack, at Indianapolis; admit. bar Nov. 20, 1886; Libr. Supreme Ct., 1880-89; elct. Judge Supreme Ct., 1910. DOUGLAS MORRIS, born Knightstown, Ind., Jan. 5, 1861; grad. Asbury Coll., 1882; studied law under Gen. Benj. Harrison; admit. to bar 1883; Circuit Judge Rush, Shelby counties, 1898-1904; elct. Judge Supreme Ct., 1910. JOHN W. SPENCER, born March 7, 1864; attended Central Normal College; began practice law, 1885, Mt. Vernon, Ind.; Pros. Vanderburg and Posey counties, 1892; elct. Supreme Ct., 1912. QUINCY A. MYERS, born Cass Co., Ind., near Logansport; grad. Dartmouth Coll. and Law Sch. Union Univ., Albany, N. Y.; city att'y Logansport; pros. att'y Cass Co.; mem. Logansport Sch. Bd. 13 years; trustee DePauw Univ.; pres. Am. Inst. Criminal Law and Criminology; Judge Sup. Ct. 1910; renom. 1914. . RICHARD K. ERWIN, born July 11, 1860; att. M. E. Coll.. Ft. Wayne: studied law under France & Merryman, Decatur, Ind.; Justice of Peace, 1884; admt. bar, 1887; mem. Ind. Legis., 1890-92; Judge Circuit Ct. Adams Co., 1900; Judge Ind. Supr. Ct., 1912-. W. CARY CARSON, born Falmouth, Ind., March 26, 1887; att. Fairview High Sch.; grad. Ind. Law Sch.. 1908; admt. bar, 1908; Secy. to Judge Douglas Morris, 1910-12; appt. Libr. Ind. Supr. Ct. Law Libr., 1913; res., Rushville, Ind. MOSES B. LAIRY, born in Cass Co., Ind., Aug. 13, 1859; taught sch. Cass Co.; grad. Law Dept., Univ. Mich., 1889; began prac. law, Logansport; Judge Circuit Ct. Cass Co., 1895-96; elect. Judge Ind. Appl. Ct., 1910; res., Logansport, Ind. JOSEPH H. SHEA, born Lexington, Ind., July 24, 1863; grad. Ind. Univ., 1889; began prac. law Scottsburg, Ind.; Pros. Atty. Scott, Jennings and Ripley Cos., 1891; elect. State Sen., 1896; elect. Circuit Judge, Scott and Jackson Cos., 1906; elect. Judge Appl. Ct., 1912; res., Seymour, Ind. MILTON B. HOTTEL, born Harrison Co., Ind., May 1, 1860; grad. Ind. Univ., 1882; pract. law, 1884, Salem, Ind., until elect. Judge Appel. Ct../ 1910; res., Indianapolis. EDWARD W. FELT, born Allegheny Co., Va., Nov. 7, 1859; grad. Central Normal Coll., Danville, Ind., 1884; began pract. law, Greenfield, Ind., 1887; elect. Pros. Atty. Hancock Co., 1890-92; Circuit Judge Hancock Co., 1900: Judge Appl. Ct., 1910; res., Indianapolis. JOSEPH G. IBACH, born Hammond. Ind., March 15, 1862; att. High Sch., Huntington, Ind., 1880; De Pauw Univ., 1883; DePauw Law Sch., 1885; began pract. law, 1886; Dept. Pros. Huntington Co., 1886-88; elct. Judge Appl. Ct., 1910; mem. Bd. of Educ., Hammond, Ind., 1905-10; res., Hammond, Ind. FREDERICK S. CALDWELL, born Meigs Co., O., Jan. 17, 1862; grad. Natl. Normal Univ., Lebanon, O.; prin. Winchester, Ind., High Sch., 188591; supt. City Sch., 1891-92; began pract. law, 1892; appt. Judge Appl. Ct., Sept. 1, 1913; res., Winchester. W. E. LONGLEY, born Noblesville, Ind., Sept. 26, 1854; att. common schl. and Ladoga Acad., 1867; appt. State Fire Marshal March 27, 1913, term four years; res., Noblesville. GILBERT H. HENDREN, born Canal Winchester, O., March 29, 1857; grad. Central Law Schl., Indianapolis, 1880; Dept. Clk. Greene Co. Circ. Ct., 1886-1904; Chf. Clk. State Bld. and Loan Dept., 21⁄2 years, from Dec. 1, 1910; appt. State Exam., June 7, 1913. ROGER W. WALLACE, born Spencer. Ind., Oct. 24, 1888; att. Indpls. common schls.; grad. Shortridge High Schl., Butler Coll.. Leland Stanford. Jr., Univ., Calif., Law Dept.; admit. bar, 1911; appt. Dept. State Fire Marshal, March, 1913; res., Indianapolis. EDGAR A. PERKINS, born Indianapolis, Aug. 1, 1866; att. common schl. Indianapolis; pres. State Fed. of Labor, Ind., 1895-1913; appt. Chief State Bureau of Inspection, May 1, 1913; res., Indianapolis. ELIJAH A. GLADDEN, born Scott Co., Ind., Jan. 30. 1860; att. High Sch. Univ. Ind.: taught school; county supt. Scott Co.. 1893-97; appt. secy. State Bd. of Forestry, July 2, 1913. JOSEPH RILEY, born Jefferson Co., Ind.; sec. Dem. State Com., 1882 to 1908: Deputy Pension Agt. for Ind.. 1894-98; secy. Railroad and Public Service Comm. of Ind., 1914-; res., Indianapolis. THOMAS DUNCAN, born May 5, 1860; att. Central Normal Coll., Danville, Ind.; began pract. law, 1889; appt. chm. Public Service Commission of Ind., May 1, 1913; res., Princeton, Ind. AMOS W. BUTLER, born Brookville, Ind., Oct. 1, 1860; grad. Ind. Univ. (A. M.); secy. Ind. Bd. State Char., 1897-; a founder of Ind. Acad. of Science; secy. till 1893; pres., 1895; Fellow Am. Assn. Adv. of Science: gen. secy., 1892; vice pres., 1900; pres. Natl. Con. Char. and Cor., 1906-7; pres. Am. Prison Assn., 1910; res., Indianapolis. Charles Down своди Douglas Morris Edward W. Felt ६. Joseph'shback Amoow Butter (To be Continued) A PROFITABLE SUMMER WORK Students and Teachers, as well as other willing workers, are making extra money not only during vacation, but all the year, representing the HOOSIER CASUALTY CO. 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Political Antecedents.-A very brief consideration of our political antecedents will help us to appreciate the character of the constitution and laws under which we of Indiana live today. It is, of course, understood and need merely be mentioned, that we are the lineal heirs of those forces in English history that have made for the liberties and enlargement of man. "Magna Carta," or the Great Charter wrung from King John by the barons in 1215, is customarily regarded as the logical starting point for a study of those liberties and their developments. When, four hundred years later, the stream of English history divided, sending forth its minor current in the new world, those who founded the colonies brought with them ideas of individual rights. and of forms of government that all English men had contended for since the concessions of King John, and that all Englishmen shared alike. Then came a differentation in the development, due to the introduction of new conditions. The isolated life of the colonies, remote from the home government, fostered local government; local government fostered self-sufficiency, independence and the spirit of democracy, and a century and a half of development along this line could hardly fail of distinctive results. In brief, the elements that emerge as we examine the unfolding of the American ideal are, the idea of inherent rights, common to all men, the right to realize these through self government, and the right to safeguard them at every point. How far these ideas had progressed by 1776 is revealed by the immortal Declaration of Independence, which startled the world with the bold and radical proposition that "all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." When, in addition to this, the age-honored allegiance to kings was cast aside, the instrument cer tainly took rank as marking a new departure in the affairs of men. The Written Constitution.-The formal written political constitution is peculiarly an American institution,* and is correspondingly dear to the American heart. It is the fundamental law of the land, the ultimate authority, which the legislative power must respect, and its provisions are set forth in explicit language. In its supreme character it was the offspring of the old charter, only, as Fisk says, "instead of a document expressed in terms of a royal grant it was a document expressed in terms of a popular edict." The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, of 1639, is cited as the first written constitution known to history. Similar instruments were adopted in America before. the formation of the federal union, and the full flower of the process was the work of the Federal Convention when, in 1787, it framed the Constitution of the United States, which instrument William E. Gladstone has desig *For an interesting treatment of this subject, see Fisk's Civil Government, Chapter VII. |