Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1902 — NEWTON COUNTY PULLS OUT. [ARTICLE]

NEWTON COUNTY PULLS OUT.

Republicans of That County Refuse To Submit To Jasper's “Methods'* of Selecting Judicial Delegates. A meeting of the Newton county republican central committee was held at Morocco last week and the “method” of selecting delegates to the judicial convention by the Jasper county republican machine was discussed at length. Chairman Little, as a result, was instructed to confer with the Jasper county chairman and if possible, have him modify his call so that the delegates might be selected by the people of the county instead of by the machine at the county convention, and in the event of the latter gentlemen refusing to make such modification, “then, in that event, the chairman of this committee is directed to cancel without further action of this committee the call made providing for the selection of delegates to the judicial convention to be held at Brook on April 10.” The result of this conference is shown in the following card appended to the resolutions of which the above is a part: “In accordance with the above instructions from the Central Committee, I have personally conferred with the Chairman of Jasper county, who refuses to modify their call In any manner whatever. 1, therefore in compliance with the further instructions from our committee, hereby revoke the call or agreement for the judicial convention to be held at Brook on April 10th. f Z. F. Littlb. Chairman.” “The above statement by Chairman Little,” says the Newton County Enterprise, “made by direction of the central committee settles the judicial convention set down for April 10th. So far as Newton county is concerned there will be no convention; no delegates will be selected, as the call for the selection of delegates has never been issued, and in pursuance of the action of the chairman and the central committee the voters will not assemble for that purpose.” The Democrat has interviewed some of the machine politicians here and they say that Jasper county will go ahead and select delegates and hold a convention in pursuance to the call, which they say was regularly issued, and make the nomination anyhow, that Newton w’ould have “cut verv little ice” at most, as Jasper has the delegates and can and will dictate the nomination; neither will they allow their man to be side-tracked. If might makes right we presume they can do this, and the overwhelming republican majority will elect Mr. Hanley in spite of everything, they say, even though Newton county should later hold a convention of her own and put a candidate in the field