Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 266, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1910 — HOW THE ELECTION WILL GO; CLAIMS OF THE CHAIRMEN [ARTICLE]

HOW THE ELECTION WILL GO; CLAIMS OF THE CHAIRMEN

Democratic Claim. Chairman Nehemiah Littlefield, of the Democratic County committee, thinks the republican majority on the state ticket will be greatly reduced over two years ago, when Taft carried the county by 444 votes. He thinks this majority will dwindle down to a third. He believes William Guthrie will run about even with his opponent, John Brown, and that John B. Petersoon will hold Congressman Crumpacker about level. In the local ticketr he thinks the democrats will elect four candidates, viz. William Hershman and Charles Stackhouse, commissioners; William l. Hoover, sheriff, and Felix R. Erwin, clerk.

Republican Claim. Moses Leopold, Republican Count> chairman, is of the opinion that the majority on the state ticket will be cut down to about 250. He thinks John Brown should have this majority over William Guthrie. He believes that the county ticket will be elected entire, although he admits a considerable uncertainty as regards the county commissioners, while it is evident that William I. Hoover, who was only defeated two years ago by 61 votes, will give Sheriff Louis P. Shirer another hard tussel. “While there was a lot of scratching,” Mr. Leopold says, “some of it will favor the republican candidates, helping the entire ticket.