Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1912 — Party Politics Enlivened by New Candidates In the Field. [ARTICLE]

Party Politics Enlivened by New Candidates In the Field.

Republican party politics were enlivened today by the addition of two candidates for county office. George W. Scott, assessor Marion township, announces himself as a candidate for the Republican nomination, for Recorder. George is a bustler, a competent young man in every way * and ranks high in citizenship. The only other candidate for this office so far announced is Frank E. Lewis, of-Keener township, also highly qualified. Either would make a strong man on the ticket. D. S. Makeevel, of Newton township, announces himself as a candidate for the Republican nomination for Commissioner of the Second District Swaney is a good business man, a man of wide acquaintance and will make a great campaign if placed on the ticket. Thus far no candidate for Commissioner of the Third District has been‘announced but a name will probably be brought out shortly.

George Ketchum has been in a Chicago hospital for the past week and will remain there at least a week more and when he returns home a nurse will accompany him and he will be required to remain in bed and adopt the rest cure. George has been running down for some months but has continued to feel much better than he has looked and recently when examined by a Chicago specialist his blood was fqund to be in a serious" condition and the treatment is the result. Mrs. Ketchum was with him at the hospital Sunday and states that he is still feeling very well and if he had bis way about it he would be up and out