Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1914 — STATE PROBABLY DEMOCRATIC [ARTICLE]

STATE PROBABLY DEMOCRATIC

Jasper County Elects Every Republican on County Ticket and Ten Out of Thirteen r Trustees—Most Sweeping Victory of Recent Years in Jasper County—Even Will I. Hoover Defeated When His Election Had Been Generally Conceded. Will R. Wood Defeats Peterson for Congress by plurality of 4000, while Will H. Ade was ' probably defeated by 15,000.

, REPUBLICANS ELECTED: U. S. Representative, Hon. Will R. ' Wood. Indiana Representative, William L Wood. Judge,. Charles W. Hanley. Prosecuting Attprney, Reuben Hess. Clerk, Judson H. Perkins. Auditor, Joseph P. Hammond. Treasurer, Charles V. May. Sheriff, Ben D. McColly. Surveyor, Clifton, J. Hobbs. Assessor, Green L. Thornton. Coroner, Dr. C. E. Johnson. Commissioner First District, H. W. Marble. | Commissioner Third District, Ohas. 1 A. Welch. County Councilmen, H. W. Jackson, Emmet Pullins, George May, Washington Cook, William Meadle, S. T. Comer and C. E. Kersey. REPUBLICAN TRUSTEES. The following trustees were elected: Carpenter, Burr Porter. Gillam, James W. Stevens. Hanging Grove, Warren-Poole. Kankakee, Richard E. Davis. Keener, Clifford Fairchild. Marion, Harvey W. Wood, Jr. Milroy, George W. Foulks. Newton, John Rush. 1 Union, George H. Hammerton. Wheatfield, Albert S. Keen. Democratic trustees were elected In Barkley and Walker townships, namely, Grant Davisson and Joseph fialrin. In Jordan township, John Kolhofi, democrat, and Emmet Fidler, progressive, each received 55 votes, while William Morris, republican, received 50. Lots were cast and Kolhoff was chosen. Thus the democrats will have three trustees, and all are worthy and well qualified men. Mr. Davisson) has previously served as trustee of Barkley township and the success-: ful manner in which he conducted) the office was largely responsible for his large vote. ! The vote on the trustees and assessors will be given in a later paper. The campaign which closed with Tuesday’s election brought a great surprise in the volume of republican success. It can be described in no manner except as a landslide. The very first"returns when the state ballots, were carried gave evidence of the marvelous change since two years ago and the early indication proved a true horoscope Of the general result, not only in Jasper county but almost all over Indiana and generally wherever elections were held. While the results in Indiana and irNnany other states are meager at thp hour this report is printecb—thcre is from every hand the report of great republican gains, of democratic losses and of the annihilation of the progressive party movement. That the result of the election will mean the practical finish of the party started two years ago by Theodore Roosevelt is quite certain and today many are the assurances

of'ardeht’ followers of Roosevelt and Beveridge that they are now coming back to the old party, to take part in its counsels and to help direct it along its pathway. The result in Jasper eoujity, where every county officer was elected is nothing short of remarkable. While the republican poll showed a plurality over the democrats no one expected that the pluralities would be large, and the fact that they grade upward from the small vote Charles V. May had over Will I. Hoover to the magnificent vote given to Judge Hanley, proves that the people are well pleased with the ticket. The personal popularity of some of the candidates swelled their votes to enormous size and the result was a great surprise in many cases to the candidates themselves. Hon. Will R. Wood, of Lafayette, who has served eighteen years in the state senate and whose record is. of high class, defeated John B. Peterson by a plurality of about 4,000, possibly more. William H. Ade, of Newton county, did not run nearly so well as had 'been expected and iri Newton couhty he received only about 521 votes. It is probable that he will be defeated by 15,000 to 25,000 votes. One of the most pleasing results to Jasper pounty people was the great vote given to Judge Ijanley, who not only carried Jasper county by some 800 votes but also carried Newton county by 152. The election of Judson H. Perkins and Joseph P. Hammond by pluralities of 350 to 400 shows that the in keeping men in ooUnty office to*, a second term if they are qualified and the right sort.

B. D. McOolly’s plurality was not quite as large as had been expected, but John Culp, who made the race against him, is a man of excellent qualities and made a i very active campaign, as also did Joe Kolhoff, the progressive candidate, who is likewise a fine young I man. I The only real hard race was between Charles V. May and Will I. Hoover for treasurer.* Hoover’s popularity as demonstrated by the large vote he received two years ago 1 helped him materially in this campaign, but it was not enough to ■ make him a winner and Mr. May, ' present trustee ot*Carpenter town- . ship, will be the next treasurer. j Mr. Hobbs, the surveyor, is an engineer of ability and worker and la certain to prove one of the 'best officials the county has ever had, I Green L. Thorntoji surprised his friends and pulkd up almost with tiie balance of the ticket, while Rev. ( Charles W. Postill, a recent convert to the progressive cause, who was j expected to be the strong man on that ticket, ran only a little ahead and was third by several hundred votes. I C. Arthur Tuteur, the democratic 'candidate for prosecuting attorney, . bad made an active canvass among

his republican friends and almost carried Jasper county. He Jost Newton county, however, and Reuben Hess, his republican opponent, whose home is in Kentland, wilK be the prosecutor of the thirtieth judicial circuit. His home is in Kentland. It is probable that C. M. Sands will 'be his Jasper eounty deputy The proposition for a constitutional convention was lost by a vote of about 10 to 7 in this county, while the appropriation .for a memorial building <was overwhelmingly defeated. It is probable that the propositions will be defeated throughout Indiana.

ELECTION NOTES.

All aboard for the Maine woods. We’re going right on, progress sives; get busy and catch up. Jim Stevens received a majority of only five votes over Alva D. Hershman in Gillam township. At Shelby it is said there were not enough ballots by ten and that number were uhable to vote, The Taggart-Fairbanks machine is in a state of collapse. Make the republican party so clean that no machine can exist. George H. Hammerton had a close race in Union, defeating J. W. Smith by only one vote. Frank Goff, for assessor, was elected by four. I Over at Medaryville the voting ' machine got out of order and a hundred or more had voted when it was found that only the first ballot had been recorded. Albert S. Keen defeated G. D. Gregory in Wheatfield township 165 to 95. .Mr. Keen is serving out an unexpired term and the big vote he received is a high compliment to - him. W. Log "in Wood, of Parr, will represent White and Jasper counties in rthe state legislature. He seems to have held nis own with Pat Hays in White county and to have carried Jasper county by more than 200. It will be Magistrate Dean Magistrate Spitler henceforth, Delos Dean and Wood Spitler having been elected justices of the peace. Schu'lyer C. Irwin and John F. Bruner will retire at the expiration of their terms of office. Ben jam. t’. F. Shively was prob-li-ly elected U. S. senator by a plurality of 25/60 over Miller. Beveridge was probably 150,000 behind. In Indianapolis, where IM eridge lives, he received less than half the vote whidi Hugh Miller received, while Shively was ahead of Miller. Some think that Miller has a fighting chance to be elected. Harvey W. Wood, Jr., has made a good trustee during the two years he has served and he was elected over two good men, Ed Herath, democrat, and ; Newt Hendrix, progressive. True D. Woodworth was elected assessor, defeating W. R. Nowels, democrat, and Henry Gowland, whom the progressives had placed on their ticket, blit who had never lost his republican belief. . Jim Bullis, of Jordan township, seems to be the only progressive who was elected. He went into a democratic stronghold and won out, getting 53 votes to 51 for J. A. Fleming, republican, and 48 for Blake, the democratic candidate. Jim is determined to have the assessor’s job in that township, no matter what ticket he runs on, and he must be giving satisfaction for he is a wheel horse when it comes to running. The official total vote in Jasper county is as follows: U. 8. Senator. Shively, D 1230 Miller R 1597 Beveridge P ....... 611 Miller’s plurality 367 Secretary of State. Cook D ...........1190 Jackson R 1557 Pierson P 521 Jackson’s plurality 367 Congress. Peterson D .-...1201 Wood R ~.,...1521 Ade P 676 Wood’s plurality 320 JointißepreaenUtive. Hays D ....V... .1199 Wood R Jfcj , 1539 Kinney P T 7. 475 , Wood’s plurality 340 Judge. Darroch D ~ 1090 Hanley R ...1856

- Rogers. P-. 403 Hanley’s plurality 766 Prosecuting Attorney. Tuteur D .............1401 Hess R 1442 Freeman P 422 Hess’ plurality 41 County Clerk. Maloney D .... t....... 1058 ; Perkins R .1706 ' McCurtain P .....I .439 ■ Perkins’ plurality 648 * County Auditor. Sayers D . Hammond R .... .... 1641 Elmore P 413 Hamnjond’s plurality 420 County Treasurer. Hoover D ...'. 1408 May R ....... ..,1493 Halstead P 416 May’s plurality 85 County Sheriff. Culp D .*.13201 MeColly R' 1497 Kolhoff P 509 McColly’s plurality 177 County Coroner. Rainier D .1 1242, Johnson R J 1537 Sauser P 491 Johnson’s plurality 295 County Surveyor. Bostwick D 1162 Hobbs R 1503 Gamble P ..617 Hobbs plurality 459 County Assessor. Thomas D 1163 Thornton R ’....,...1397 Postill P 699 Thornton’s plurality 234 These figures are substantially correct. The full tabulated report will be published tomorrow: Logan Wood’s plurality in White county was 49 and in Jasper county was 340, making his total plurality 389.