Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1894 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

No platform was constructed for Landis. The republican congressional convention held at Hammond Thursday, was a circus and a menagerie combined. Hon. V. Zimmerman is being urged by many friends for the Democratic congressional nominal tion. Hon. D. H. Patton is being Dressed to the front for the Democratic nomination for congress for the Tenth District. f The way of the transgressor is hard! The theft of the Landis train at Hammond by the Johnstonites opened tne way for Landis to wedge ia contesting dele* gates for Lake county. The chairn an of the Carroll county Democratic committee tek egraphs us that Judge Pollard of Delphi will be a candidate before the Democratic congressional cod-> vention.

The “rule or ruin” characteristics of the would-be-congressman Johnston cropped out at the Hammond convention yes'erday.— When his supporters found themselves outvoted they withdrew in a body. A majority remained and continued business, Discing in nomination Landis, of Cai rail county.

A majority of the delegates of the Johnston-Landis convention continued in session and placed in nomination the candidate, just as they would have done had there been no‘bolt’. Landis is certains ly, and legitimately, the republican candidate for congress r r - *— l » * Call at John Healy’s new shoe shop, on Vanßensselaer st, south of McCoy’s bank, when needing any l oot or shoe repairing, or other work in his line. Good work guaranteed, al fair prices. Ternis cash. 12-4tp. Johnstonites are loud in their denunciation of the Landis steal which gaye him control of the convention. We have frequently heard many of these same fellows in times past loudly applaud the steal which placed fraud Hayes in the White House, and it was a much less legite steril than that perpetrated by Landis’ followers. Boys, take your medicine!

In order to piss time during the session of the committee on credentials, a number of short speeches were delivered. Our Simon P. Thompson was the first speaker. A fervent supporter of Johnston, strong in the conviction that he would be the nominee, he aimed m his remarks to prepare the Landis men to take their medicine. He told them it was a principle with him, and should be with every true republican, to stand by. the nominee, even though he were the meanest man in the party, rather than support tVe best Democrat that ever lived. His allusion to the “meanest” man was taken by his heareis to have reference to Johnston, as there were same mighty hard stories concerning him afloat. He concluded by stating that as W. B. Austin, an orator of high m?nt, was instrus mental in calling him up, he wo’d su £g es t that the audience be eni tertsined by that gentleman. Acs cordmgly, our Will was called forHe arose, rem irked that Mr. T. tad done him too high honor, pro ! ceeded to in torse the propositions iof the gentleman who had just preceded him, and then subsided. Othe. s were called for but did not , respond,among them parson Owen, i But the parson sniff d trouble in the air, and ‘he c»ll fell upon deaf t ars.

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