Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1901 — WANTS THE CHAIRMANSHIP. [ARTICLE]

WANTS THE CHAIRMANSHIP.

Indianapolis Sentinal: Joe F. Sleeper of Oxford, Ind., lawyer, real rstate man, politician and farmer, wrote his name on the Denison house register yesterday afternoon and proceeded to announce that he will be a candidate for member of the republican state committee for the Tenth district. “I shall have to lock horns with Tom McCoy of Rensselaer,” he said. Mr. Sleeper said that he will not be surprised if Congressman Crumpacker, after serving another term in the house of representatives, becomes a candidate for the nomination of governor in 1904. “His friends are promoting such a movement,’’ said Mr. Sleeper.