Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1920 — JOHNSON, FESLER and WILLIAMS WIN [ARTICLE]

JOHNSON, FESLER and WILLIAMS WIN

Contest for Republican Nomination Uncomfortably Close

MANY FORMER DEMOCRATS VOTE REPUBLICAN TICKET

NEWTON COUNTY REPUBLICANS CAST 861 VOTES FOR JASPER COUNTY FOR JUDGE AND BUT 420 FOR NEWTON CO. CANDIDATE. More than 1700 Republican and lea* than 300 Democratic votes were cast in theJa*percpuntyprimary eiection held Tuesday. The outstanding and surprising feature of the election was the small Democratic vote and the large number of former Democrats who called for Republican ballots. The evenly matched’ strength of the four Republican candidate* for the nomination of judge in this county against the one Republican candidate in Newton county fired the supporter* of the judicial candidate* here with enthusiasm and determination to put a Jasper county man over the top • if possible. The rivalry was intense and spirited, but clean, fair, good natured and dignified. It was not until the last precinct of the two counties, Newton and Jasper, composing the thirtieth judicial circuit had been received was it possible to decide who was the nominee. Williams won in this county with a plurality of ten votes over Hal-

leek, who was second in the race. In Newton county Williams’ vote exceeded Halleck’s by forty-seven. The vote of Dunlap in Newton county was thirteen more than Williams’ lead over Dunlap was 217.__ liams ’lead over Dunlap was 217. The following is the vote for judge in the two counties. G. A. WILLIAMS— I Jasper county __ _ — 550 Newton county __252 ! Total 802 I ABRAHAM HALEECK— Jasper county _ 540 'Newton county _______2os Total' 745 1 JOHN A. DUNLAP— Jasper county __ — _ 233 Newton county 265 Total - 498 EMMET M. LARUE— Jasper county 255 Newton county _________ 139 'Total I___394 R. R. CUMMINGS— Jasper county 61 Newton county 420 Total - 481 Williams’ plurality over his near-

est competitor was 57 votes. For president the Republicans of the county gave preference to Senator Hiram Johnson of California, with Leonard Wood second, Frank Lowden third and Senator Warreif G. Harding fourth. The vote in the county was as follows: Hiram Johnson _: 628 Leonard Wood 499 Frank Lowden 425 Warren G. Harding ---- 118 •j For joint representative from the counties of Jasper, Newton and Benton, Jacob Rich of Brook yas a decided favorite in this county and received enough votes in Hie other two counties to win the election. The vote in Jasper county was as follows: Jacob D. Rich. — __B79 Warren D. Simpkins 248 Richard C. McCain- __225 Alexander B. Tolan .188 for delegates to the Republican state convention there were four contests resulting as follows: Precincts three and four Marion township: Louis H. Hamilton 150 Charles C. Warner- 91 For East precinct Carpenter, Milroy and Hanging Grove townships: "Claude May .__ ____7l John R. Phillips g— 70 East Barkley and Gillam townships : Charles P. Moody . ______s7 Edward Rose . 25 Precinct Two Marion and Barkley West: Ben D. McColly -1 157 Floyd Meyers -X i—.--- 59 Charles W. Hanley, of Rensselaer, John Greve, of DeMotte, Ernest Comer of Union township, H. W. Marble of Wheatfield and Charles Meadel of Carpenter township were unopposed for Delegates to the Republican state convention and they, with the four winners in the contests, L. H. Hamilton, Ben D. McColly, Claude May and C. P. Moody, will be the nine delegates from this county. It is thought that the delegation stands four for Wood, three for Johnson and two for Lowden. There was one contest for precinct commi'tteemdn in the county. This was in North Uniop township. F. M. Goff was elected over his opponent; N. A. McKay, the vote being 28 to 27.