Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1912 — LONGWELL ELECTED BY 135 MAJORITY [ARTICLE]

LONGWELL ELECTED BY 135 MAJORITY

Carried Newton County by 236 and Lost Jasper by 101—Was Strong In Home Town. Fred Longwell was re-elected prosecuting attorney of the Jasper-Newton judicial circuit over Arthur Tuteur, of Rensselaer. Each candidate ran strong at home and while Jasper county gave Tuteur, democrat, a majority of 101 .votes, Newton county gave Longwell, republican, a majority of 236, making Longwell’s majority in the two counties, 135. Mr. Longwell is the superintendent of the Brook schools and is a mighty popular man at his home. He not only received the support of all the republicans and progressives there but also some fifty of the democrats voted for him and in Iroquois township he received 315 votes, to 87 for Tuteur. Mr. Longwell is an able and conscientious officer and ran in two counties that are ordinarily strong republican. The Newton County Enterprise says of his election: “Prosecuting Attorney Longwell emerges from the landslide with a tight grip on the office he has digni fled by efficient service.”