Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1902 — THOSE NORTH END “DELEGATES.” [ARTICLE]

THOSE NORTH END “DELEGATES.”

Goodland Herald: As the only representative of Goodland and Grant township, we witnessed the preliminaries of the so-called “judicial convention” held by Jasper county at Brook Thursday. Not an authorized delegate from Newton county took any part in the affair. The few outside of Jasper county who were present contented themselves with standing on the curbstone and watching the antics of the “one lone county.” Although it was reported that Beaver township had sent a delegate just before Jhe “convention” a score of hnsky republicans arrived from Morocco with the records of the mass meeting held there last Saturday to show that the proposition to send a delegate to the convention had been voted down, and that the alleged representative was a rank fraud. It didn’t require very keen observation to note that the Jasper county machine was not speeding along as merrily as an automobile, as .the Newton county material to reason with was conspicious by its absence. We left the quiet and uninteresting scene before the “assembling of the hosts.” Of course Hanley was named for judge, and John D. Sink wns named for prosecutor after the votes had been divided up in such minute fractions as to make the other aspirants believe they wore in it.

From the Brook Reporter: The judgeship case being settled, the ‘smooth’Jasperites called “upon Newton county to select the prosecutor candidate ” John D. Sink of Rose Lawn and R. O. Graves of Morocco were placed in nomination by their “self selected” delegates, and on a ballot Sink received 12 and 3-10 votes from Jasper and 1 and 8-10 from Newton, Graves rdceived 11 and 8-10 votes

from Nowton, and Sink was declared the nominee of the convention, and in a speech of acceptance said he would “pledge himself to honestly and faithfully perform ‘his duties.” So ended the “machine” convention, a disgrace tp the Republican party of Newton and Jasper counties. The candidates nominated at this convention are not entitled to the least support from Newton county republicans, and mighty little they will get. True, several delegates from the north end were in attendance, but with no authority from the county central committee or their townships, and as a consequence they will not be recognized as delegates by the Republicans of this county. The candidate for prosecutor, after fair warning from the county chairman, has seen fit to cast his lot with the Jasper county ‘ring’ and he should be beaten at the polls. Jasper county politicians may control a convention by unfair means, but they will realize next November that they connot control the honest Republican vote of Newton county by such means.

From the Kentland Enterprise: The Jasper county papers assert that four townships were represented in the convention. This they well know to be false in every particular. It is a too patent fact not a single legally elected delegate in the county attended the rump convention. Several persons were there claiming to represent the townships in question but no caucus selected them, except possibly in Lincoln, and in three of the townships the proposition to elect delegates was voted down by the people. Yet several gentleman attended and of course were seated by the Jasper county crowd. That convention would have seated anybody from anywhere. When it comes to stealing nominations and ignoring the rights of the people, the Jasper county machine is in its element, and a few more or less acts of larceny make no difference. It is useless for the Jasper county papers to longer attempt to distort the truth with reference to this county. Newton county protested in time, and in a dignified manner, against the illegal attempt of Jasper county to disfranchise the voters of this county. Every act of this county was marked byregularity. All protests were set aside, all remonstrances unheeded, all counsel rejected. Mr. Hanley intimated it was a matter of indifference to him whether this county affiliated or not. The result of these high-handed proceedings has been to anger the voters of this county beyond control. They will not accept Mr. Hanley or his stolen and illegal nomination. He cannot come into this county, made up of intelligent voters, and cram a stolen nomination down their throats.