Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 258, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1916 — ENTHUSIASM PREVAILS THROUGHOUT COUNTRY [ARTICLE]

ENTHUSIASM PREVAILS THROUGHOUT COUNTRY

Republican Meetings Being Hfeld Nightly Throughout County Met With Enthusiasm by Voters. The nightly meetings of the republican party of Jasper county continue, and each and all of them are met with the greatest of enthusiasm by the voters of the county. Each night the sefene of action in the county changes and by election time there will not be a single community that can say it has been passed up by the republican party. Foreign speakers have been secured for each night, along with a local county speaker, to talk to the voters on the vital issues of the day. The meetings abound with enthusiasm and good fellowship. Everywhere the speakers are greeted by good crowds, and if Indiana should happen to go democratic, no one ca.i say that it has been the fault of the Jasper county voters, for the local -coimiiittee~lg~<ioing~its pafTwoHTThey are working hard and with a county normally republican should have ho trouble in rolling up a greater plurality in the county than they ever have before. County Chairman McLain and D. D. Dean, chairman of the young republican organization of the county, are working untiringly for the interests of their party. .... Practically all the county candidates frre attending these meetings and are helping to make them a success. Thursday night’s meeting was heid at Kniman. Roscoe Wilkey, of Covington, and Frank Foltz, of Rensselaer, were the speakers of the evening. Tonight’s meeting will be held at Newland, with Mr. Wilkey and W. H. Parkinson as the speakers.