Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1912 — REPUBLICANS NAMED A SPLENDID TICKET [ARTICLE]

REPUBLICANS NAMED A SPLENDID TICKET

Lively Race for Recorder Results in the Nomination of George W. Scott, of Rensselaer.

PADGITT FOR SHERIFF Frank E. Lewis Made Good Race for Recorder, and Lwt Ont by Only Two Votes —Charlea A. Welch Defeated Berger * for Commissioner, Third District. t ■ ' - The Republican county convention was called to order by County Chairman Charles C. Warner, who asked Secretary H. J. Kannal to read the call for the convention. After he had completed the reading of the call, Chairman Warner called tor a report of the committee on organization. W. E. Peck, of Remington, chairman of the committee, made the following report: Mr. Chairman —Your committee on organization begs leave to recommend that John W. 1 Tilton be selected as permanent chairman of this convention, Harvey J. Kannal, secretary and all Republican editors present assistant secretaries. That the following pbrsOns act as tellers: W. B. Leonard, Garfield Burget, J. W. Allman; S. C. Irwin, George A. Chappell, Charles Bowman, G. W. F. Michaels and J. F. Hardman. Signed: W/’E. Peck, Chairman. Moses Leopold, Secretary. /

Frank Babcock, of Carpenter township, made the following report as chairman of the committee on order of business: If any delegate is not present, that the delegates of that precinct or ward cast their full votes of such precinct or ward. Each chairman of each precinct collect the votes and carry the ballot to the teller. We wwnimamd that . thfiTg nominating speeches, except name of candidate, And township may be given. F. Babcock, Chairman. George F. Logan, Secretary. George A. Ctiappel, of Remington, as chairman of the committee on contested delegations, replied .that there were no contests. Frank Babcock, responding to the call for nominations for county treasurer, placed the yarne of A. A. Fell, of west Carpenter township, in nomination. He was nominated by acclamation. - Moses Leopold placed A. L. Tadgitt, of the 3rd precinct of Marion township, in nomination tor sheriff, and R. D. Thompson! placed the name of Charles Morian, 4f the 4th precinct of Marion township; tn nomination and Chairman John W. .Tilton instructed the. convention to with the ballot v

At the first ballot there were 5 more votes cast than there were dedegates in the convention and Chairman Tilton announced that another ballot would be taken. On the second ballot there was one vote top many and a third ballot was taken with the following result: - , A. L. Padgitt .i . Charles Moriah rrr.~...... C. J. Dean F. E. Lewis ... v 1 » •Total ... The two ballots that were not counted because of the excess rotes resulted as follows: Morlan ♦•••. Padgitt ... 4s ....SO Total .... ........ ->-159 Morlan .. Padgitt .. x. ..88 Total -*-150 Mr. Padgitt wan called to the stage and thanked the voters lor the nomination. For recorder the following names C. a Spencer, of Keener taumship, placed Frank Lewis la nomimUion

and B. J. Moore placed George W. Scott in nomination and Moses Leopold placed C. J. Dean in nomination. The first ballot resulted.: Lewis • • ,57 Scott ~.. Dean 26 Total 153 Second ballot: Lewis -- 7 i Scott .......................<TJ Dean 12 - Total • ... ~153 Mr, Dean withdrew from’the race at the end of the second ballot, The third ballot resulted as follows: Scott • • •’• • • • • •'• • • 77 Lewis «-75 . W ... . Total 152 W. Frank Osborne was nominated for surveyor by acclamation. W. J. Wright was nominated for coroner, also by acclamation. Ed Goetz placed D. S. Makeever, of Newton township, in nomination for commissioner of the second district and on motion Of John Nowels his nomination was made by acclamation. The only other contest was for com missioner pf the third distrfdt, the candidate being Fred Berger and Charles A. Welch. They had participated in a lively conttst for delegates in Carpenter township on Saturday and there Berger got slightly the best if it. The convention, however, nomin ated Welch with the following vote: Welch .......84 Berger 55 Total •••139 The convention then adjourned. There was no passing of rtgars by the men who were successful, as this is how prohibited by law. There was a big whoop and the convention adjourned with a general good feeling prevailing.