Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1910 — Scheme of Democrats to Secure a Convert Failed. [ARTICLE]

Scheme of Democrats to Secure a Convert Failed.

Marion township democrats held a convention last Saturday to nominate a township ticket and placed Lyman Zea up for constable. The scheme was to try to make a democrat out of Lyman the same as was done with John Carmichael by nominating him for city council. Lyman would not fall for such practices, however, and when he learned of the act he at once served notice on the democrats that he would not stand for it and he also Informed the county clerk that his name must not appear on the democratic ticket. Mr. Zea was a constable for several years, elected as a republican and could have had the nomination again if he had wanted it. The democrats are doing some funny stunts to secure converts but men like Lyman Zea can not be fooled by such tactics. The Brook Reporter copies from the Chicago Journal an argument against the re-election of Congressman Crumpacker, and calls the Journal a nonpartisan paper. Readers here know that the Chicago Journal is the most ardent democratic paper in Chicagp. And at the same time the most irresponsible, for its articles are all written with that strange bias that does not present any argument but falsifies everything to prejudice Its readers to oppose republican candidates. With the Brook Reporter copying articles against Congressman Crumpacker from the Chicago Journal and the Jasper County Democrat copying articles from the Brook Reporter and calling It a republican paper, the straits the Peterson supporters are in is apparent. Stonehill did not reply to the questions asked by the Republican, chargIng that his opposition to Mr. Crumpacker was based upon his failure to procure the postoffice. Stonehill rattles like a bean in a - boot.