Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1884 — DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. [ARTICLE]

DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.

For Governor, COL ISAAC I\ GRAY, of Randolph. For Lieutenant Sovernor, GEN. M. D. MAN SON, of Montgomery. For S cretarf of State, CAPT. WM. It. MYERS, of Madison. For Auditor of State, JAMES H. RICE, of Floyd, For Treasurer of State, JOHN J. COOPER, of Marlon. For Attorney General, FRANCIS T. HORD, of Bartholomew. For SupeTintcndentof Public Instruction, JOHN W. HOLCOMB, of Porter. Reporter of Supreme Court, JOHN W KERN, of Howard, Judge of Suprsme Court, J, A. 8. MITCHELL, of Elkhart.

The Democratic Congresslouul Convention for the Tenth Indian District, will be held at Rensselaer on Tuesday, July 22d. 1884. Hon. T J. Wood will bo present and address the people on the issues of the day”. The Chicago Conventionjnext week wi>l name the next President of the United States. The Democracy of Illinois have placed Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chicago, in nomination for Governor.

It is pretty well understood that Mr. S. P. Thompson is the coining man for Representative—Goodland R.-rald. The voters of this Representative District will determine that matter. . Jas. T. Sauderson, Esq., of Kentland I as been solicited aod consents to u nomination for Judge of this Judicial Circuit. Mr S. is well qualified for the position. In iis case the office will seek the man. Peter H. Ward, .n his speech ac cepting the nomination forjudge last Tuesday, an - ounced that be was a thorough partisan, one who had “never bolted the ticket” in his life.— Gccdland Herald. But then we have rumor of a declaration on bis part that he would bolt if defeated in the nomination for judge at tue judicial convention* “The voters wo Id do well to so vote as to promote harmony and unity in the party.” * * * “The voters should each take his choice, leaving out of consideration the writer,” etc—B. F. Thompson in in Republican. The voters, iu their "freedom of choice” ga.e no consideration to the imputation of aDd local * * expressions for official preferment” as the following from the Fiensselaer Republican of last week indicates:

* * * "I*J Rensselaer, itself the t'lace of all others iu which he (Chilcote) is best, known, although a special and determined effort was made against him, on the ground, perhaps that it would be politically inexpedient. to lake the nomination f,«ny from Newton countv, yet he received four-fifths of tho vot s cast, and in many of the towuship* his vote was proportionally even grea'ter.” There was evidently too much “free dorn of choice” to meet the approval of the self-constituted dictator, and be was compelled to cali to his aid parties iu Benton county who had already expressed leai-cut opposition to his favorite, and the vote diverted|from one citizens Jasper county, it was seen, before the convention ass mbled, through the operations of a very few men, would be deprived of u. r choice. Beu*on would be served in line manner. -• Messrs. Streight and Chiicoie refused their names to be passed upon, and to mystify its readers the Kertland Gazette furnishes the following dish: “The Gazette and the Republicans of Newton county, appreciates the action of their roiher Republicans and Hons. M. F. Cbilcote and D. E. Streight, in permitting a unanimous voto of thoir counties for Judge Ward.”

“Permitting a unanimous vote of their counties” is good. They simp, ly refuse to have anything to do with the convention, and are free to act us they ruay think best in the future. * HOW HE TREATED THE SOLDIERS. Logausport Pharos: The following letter received before the Momieeilo •onvention, relates to tli-• candidacy of W. D. Owen. Eor obvious reasons we did not publish it before the nomination of Owen. If the charges therein contained are true, the Republican candidate for Congress does not deserve the vote of a single soldier who served bis country in the ate war. We know of prominent politicians who loaned money at forty per cent, during the 1 tte war, but

we know of no person in this county who tried to defraud soldiers or soldiers’ widows of that which a grateful people had bestowed upon them. Here is the letter: