Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1890 — CAN OWEN BE BEATEN? [ARTICLE]

CAN OWEN BE BEATEN?

He Is Badly Soared and Like the Drowning Man Grasps at Straws. Logansport Pharos. W. D. Owen oarried this distriet for Congress in 1888 by a plurality of 1,150 votes and by a majority of 343 votes.— The total Republican vote oast in thiadistriot two years ago for Owen was 19,540. Tho total Demooratio vote oast for Hon. Valentine Zimmerman was 18,390- In four of the counties Mr. Zimmerman reoeivea the following majorities; Cass, ■ • • ■ ■ oou White 87 Fulton, Pulaski, 209 Total, Owen carried five ooonties by the following majorities: £ arr fii 60 Newton, Jaap ol £■*«• Forte* Totai “mr As will be learned from the above figures Owen’s majority over Zimmerman in a presidential year was 1,150. To defeat Owen this year Col. Patton must ohange nearly six hundred votes. Such a thing has been done and it can be done again.— There is opposition to Owen In nearly every county In the district. We believe that Cass county will easily make onethird of the required gain. He is going to make heavy gains in Jasper, Newton, white and Porter counties, and the Democrats of Pulaski county should largely increase their vote over two years ago. Many Republicans are tired of Owen, and Col. Patton is a man in whom men |of all parties have great confidence. Col. Patmaking a personal eanvasa of the district, and his brilliant army record is is all the introduction he need*; The old soldiers are rallying to his standard with a unanimity that makes his prospects of eleotion most hopeful. Owen’s closest friends are uneasy and the government office holders are willing to eaorifioe everything else to help him along. Owen i* making the hardest fight of his life, and if defeated he will never return to Logs nsport and will make no farther effort to secure us a government building.

Clothing for the thousand at the Chi. caga Bargain Store. * ■ » es> The Valparaiso Vidette a republican paper, says, “The new election law will cost Porter oounty a cool three thousand dollars before a vote is cast." Yes, and it seems to be the intent of the Republican party to make the new system as expensive as possible in order to render it unpopular. Here in J asper county, which gave Owen the largest majority he received in the district; in Porter, whioh gave him the second largest, and so on, the republicans have applied for the appointment of supervisors of eleetion.-*-This will add very heavily to the oost.

Federal Supervisors are authorized under the act of 1871, says the Indianapolis Sentinel, to “scrutinize and count each ballot” after it is cast, and while the returns are being canvassed. (See. 2,018 R. 8., 1878.) Theyareaulhorizedtotak auoh position “either before or behind t h ballot box, ” as will enable them to see eaoh person offering to vote. (Sec. 2,019, R. S., 1878.) Butthey are not authorized to take position at the ballot-box, or any nearer to the same than any other oitizen, but only to take position in front orlin the rear thereof whence they may see voters.