Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1917 — JUDGE ED JACKSON WILL SPEAK TONIGHT [ARTICLE]

JUDGE ED JACKSON WILL SPEAK TONIGHT

Patriotic Address to Start Recruiting Company M Will Be Made By Secretary ,of State. Ed Jackson, Secretary of State, and one of the ablest orators in Indiana, will deliver the address at the big patriotic meeting to be held tonight. Mr.* Jackson readily agreed to come to Rensselaer when an invitation was presented to him by Major Healey Saturday evening. He had been making speeches of this sort in a number of the larger, cities of the state and Governor Goodrich has sent him to fill a number of his speaking engagements when the state’s chief executive was preventd from (going by a stress of business affairs. Mr. Jackon will arrive from Indianapolis on the 6:50 train. The plans for the outdoor meeting have all been completed and the meeting wild take place on the north side of the court house if the weather permits, but if it should continue to rain then the meeting will be held in the Christian church. Captain Tuteur will have a number of his soldier boys in uniform and they will igive an exhibition of the manual of arms .drill. The band will play, D. H. Yeoand other music will be provided. Mayor Spitler will preside at the meeting. If the weather is favorable a shelter tqnt camp will be laid out on the court house lawn. At the meeting tonight an organization will <be formed with a representative from each township in, the . county to promote enlistment in Company M, of Rensselaer. 'Tt is 'hoped to have their company one of the first in Indiana to report that it has compliedl with the requirement to bring its membership up to war strength, which is 150. The credit that will come to Jasper county in having an entirely volunteer company will be a matter of great pride, and an organisationof patriotic men can bring this desired result about. Let the citizens of Rensselaer and vicinity turn out and make this one off the most rousing meetings ever held.