Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1914 — Will O. Thomas, of Monticello, Pays Brief Visit to Rensselaer. [ARTICLE]

Will O. Thomas, of Monticello, Pays Brief Visit to Rensselaer.

Will O. Thomas, district chairman of the republican organization, was in Rensselaer a short time this Tuesday morning. He has decided to make the race for the republican nomination for congress in the tenth district and is feeling pulses a little. Friends of Judge Hanley have been urging him to make the race and If he does Jasper county would turn inside out to nominate and elect him, but "Judge Hanley has given little encouragement to the pleadings of his friends.' If Jasper county has no candidate there is a strong probability that the support of the delegates from this county will go to Thomas, who stands at the top notch of good citizenship in Monticello and White county and who is worthy the support of voters throughout the district. Youth and vigor, coupled with a good mind and a clean record, are qualities that recommend Mr. Thomas for the office he seeks.