Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1917 — Who Will Step Down and Out in This Case? [ARTICLE]

Who Will Step Down and Out in This Case?

In Rensselaer as well as in all other cities of her class, in Indiana, candidates for the office of city clerk and city treasurer, don’t know exactly where they stand in the race for tne nomination for these offices. The thing that has them guessing is a bill, which has already passed the senate and is now before the house, providing for the merging of the two offices into one, and the question that is agitating the minds of the candidates for the respective offices is this: If the law is passed, who will be “it”? The candidate nominated for treasurer, or the candidate nominated for clerk? * Providing of course, that the law affects the present election- And.. if there is but one office to fill, who will step down and off the primary ballot—the candidate for clerk, or the candidate for treasurer? In some of the cities there are a number of candidates out for the two offices. In Rensselaer there is but a single candidate for treasurer, C. M. Sands, republican. Candidates for the position of Clerk are Charles Morlan and Emmett Laßue, both republicans. If the proposed change had been made before the time for the candidates to announce, had expired, the situation would have been simplified but npw the candidates are in the field and are after the nominations. Should the bill become a law, they are wondering who would have to step down and out.