Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 222, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1916 — HUGHES MAY STOP IN RENSSELAER [ARTICLE]

HUGHES MAY STOP IN RENSSELAER

G. 11. McLain and D. D. Dean Write Letters Asking That Republican Nominee Stop Here.

Geo. H. McLain, republican county chairman, and D. Delos Dean, head of the young republicans of Jasper county have written letters to* Jesse Eshbaugh, chairman of the speakers’ bureau of Indiana, and Will H. Hays, state republican chairman, asking that Charles E. Hughes, republican nominee for president of the United States, speak in Rensselaer a few minutes Thursday morning, Sept. 21. Mr. Hughes is scheduled to open his speaking campaign in Indiana on that day and will be enroutc to Lafayette where he is to make an address. Mr. Hughes’ campaigning in Indiana lasts for three djiys and thirty-some towns are included in his itinerary. *He is scheduled to make his first speech in Indiana at Monon, where he will arrive at =8:30 and leave at 8:45. The Hughes special will arrive in Rensselaer at 8:00 a. m., and provided the Rensselaer committee is successful in their attempt to have the presidential candidate’s train stop here, it is probable that it will be for about fifteen minutes. An answer is expected frqm Indianapolis this evening or tomorrow morning, and provided the reply is favorable, Rensselaer citizens and many people from the surrounding towns and country will be on hand to hear him in his short address. Rensselaer has not had a presidential candidate in her midst for several years and this should prove to be a great treat. An excursion will be run from Rensselaer on the 21st to Lafayette, tne train leaving this cit' at 7:45, arriving in Lafayette at 9:00, making stops at all stations. The fare for the round trip from Rensselaer will be $1.50 and will be graduated from all intermediate stations. Many not going to Lafayette on this day will probably go to Gary on the 23rd, where Hughes will be for about two hours and a half.