Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1920 — JASPER WILL LOSE JUDGE CANDIDATE [ARTICLE]

JASPER WILL LOSE JUDGE CANDIDATE

At this time it seems almost certain that Jasper county will not have Hie privilege of nominating a candidate for Circuit Judge on the Republican ticket. The reason is very easily seen. Jasper county now has four candidates while Newton county has* only ONE. Every one of the candidates here feel that they have a most excellent chance of winning, but the Newton county men say that that county will stand almost solidly for Cummings. Jasper, in that case, hasn’t a chance in the world unless three of the four candidates now ohx the list withdraw from the race, and even then it would be a matter of WHO was the candidate that stayed on the ticket. People of Newton county and especially around Mt. Ayr, and to the' north are pretty sore over the fact that they did not get the state road. They say everything had been arranged for . this route, which was eight- miles nearer Crown Point than the north route but some wealthy land owner of Northern Jasper pulled the wires that located the road that way.’ We don’t blame them for feeling some sore, and the withdrawal of at least three of our four candidates is the-only solution to the nomination of a Jasper county man. Probably each one of the four have some friends who will stay by them, and all together will be enough to throw the majority vote to Newton county. It’s time some of the “wise men” from the north took. warning.—Remington Press.