Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1917 — ROACH SUCCEEDS ED JACKSON [ARTICLE]

ROACH SUCCEEDS ED JACKSON

DELPHI MAN APPOINTED SECRETARY OF STATE, SUCCEEDING ED JACKSON. Wm. (Deacon) Roach, of Delphi, was appointed secretary of state Friday by Governor Goodrich to succeed Captain Ed Jackson, who resigned to accept a commission m tne national army. For some time the choice has been between John G. Bryson, chairman of the Fifth district, and Mr. Roach, but definite announcement of the selection o successful applicant was not made until Friday morning. At one time it was believed Pliny W. first deputy under Secretary Jackson would be given the place. It is understood now, however, that he probably will be retained in his position and the remainder of Mr. Jackson’s office force will be retained practically in its entirety by the new official. , . „ William Roach, or as he is better known, “Deacon” Roach, was bom in Delphi and is the son of Wm. Roach, Sr., one of the proprietors of Roach and Rothenberger’s Delphi Flour Mill. He bears the title Deacon not because of a pronounced religi ous leaning, but because there are four men in the town who are named William Roach. The newly appointed secretary of state is a graduate of the Indiana Law school and for a number of years after graduation was engaged in the real estate business with ex-sheriff William Roach, who, although bearing the same name, is no relative. He is one of the leading republicans of the district and was chairman of the district for six years. His appointment to the office of secretary of state practically makes certain his nomination for that office, and the leading position on the republican state ticket at the next election.