Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1900 — No Reform Wanted. [ARTICLE]

No Reform Wanted.

Indianapolis Press: ’ It is said that the defeat of John B. Conner for the nomination for state statistican was due to the action of the township trustees of the state. B. F. Johnson, the Benton county man, who received the nomination, was president of this association for two years and it is claimed that in this way he received the nomination. Conner was a member of the commission that helped to form the laws relating to both county and township reform and it was well known that he fayored the enactment of these laws. As a general thing the trustees are against them and for the reason stated above defeated Conner. There were many trustees at the convention as delegates and mapy of them acted aa chairman of the delegations.