Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1904 — THE NEW DISTRICT CHAIRMAN. [ARTICLE]

THE NEW DISTRICT CHAIRMAN.

• From all sides was heard the complaint of lack of enthusiasm at the republican ratification meeting in Chicago this week. They ought to have had McCoy’s sheepskin band and Sweet Singers of Israel up there. This issue closes six years of the present ownership and management of The Democrat. We hope to be here several times six years more and to continue to merit the confidence and patronage of the people, and trust the paper will keep pace with the growth of the city and county.

Over in Pulaski county a few of the republicans wanted an investigation of the cause of the increased tax rate. To this the democrats assented, and a committee was selected by the republican and democratic county chairmen who will meet July 18 for the purpose of investigating she causes leading thereto. Contrast this 1 action with that in this county, where a petition one thousand strong, signed by democrats, republicans and prohibitionists was filed, asking for a non-partisan investigation of the county offices, and was turned ■down.

The meeting of the various 'chairmen of the county organizations of the Tenth district at Hammond last Friday resulted in the election of A. K. Sills of Monticello being chosen to wear Tom McCoy’s toga. It is stated that Geo. A. Williams of Rensselaer, was offered th e place, but because of Jesse Wilson’s being an aspirant for the honor he was not in a position to accept. The Democrat doesn’t know ve,ry much about Mr. Sills except by reputation, but the Delphi Herald (republican) sa\s of him: Kit Sills of Monticello, was elected at Hammond yesterday to succeed Tom McCoy as chairman of the Republican tenth district committee. It took just six minutes for the meeting to accomplish the work. As a choice between Sills and McCoy it is hard to say which man has the best of the situation. Sills has figured in some senationpi stunts in recent years. The republicans of the tent district could have done just as well, peril ave left Tom McCoy at the head of the committee. The Lafayette Call, the leading republican paper of Tippecanoe county, says: