Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1912 — Says Jesse E. Wilson Denies Candidacy Report [ARTICLE]

Says Jesse E. Wilson Denies Candidacy Report

Hammond Times. Attorney Jesse E. Wilson, former assistant secretary of the interior, under the Roosevelt and Taft administrations, denied that he has announced his candidacy for congress on the bull moose ticket. He said that he understood that he had been selected as a delegate to the national convention of the progressive party at Chicago, but - he has not yet been officially appraised of the fact. He said that his presence in Lafayette was due to the fact that he was trying a lawsuit there. However, he says that he subscribes to the principles of the national progressive party. The Indianapolis Star came out with a statement day before yesterday to the effect that Wilson had announced his candidacy for congress on the progressive ticket Wilson was a great friend and admirer of Gifford Pinchot, the ex-chief forester, and has been a progressive for years. He is probably the most representative progressive in the tenth district