Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1916 — WATSON WILL CARRY FIGHT TO CONVENTION [ARTICLE]

WATSON WILL CARRY FIGHT TO CONVENTION

Watson Says He Has Plurality With Marion County Eliminated and Vote Justifies Stand. James E. Watson will carry his candidacy fdr the republican nomination for United States senator to the state convention and will seek his party’s favor at the hands of the delegates. This announcement was authorized at the Watson headquarters in the Hotel Several at Indianapolis Monday afternoon. Watson basis his appeal to the delegates on a mathematical calculation which shows that by eliminating the vote in Marion county Watson received a plurality in the state of about 7,000 votes over Harry S. New, his closest opponent. He says he carried the “substantial and reliable” republican counties of the state in last Tuesday’s primary.