Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1904 — WILSON RE-NOMINATED. [ARTICLE]

WILSON RE-NOMINATED.

The result of the joint representative convention here Saturday was a surprise to most of the spectators present, who had not been “tipped off” that a “dark horse” would be sprung. Under the rules adopted by the republican state committee, in counties having a representative of their own, like Lake county, only a part of the strength of the county can vote in a convention-on a candidate for joint-representative. This rule gave Jasper 10 full delegates and Lake but 7. However, Lake selected 23 delegates and Jasper 19, and all voted in the convention on the basis of the correct representation. Jasper county presented the names of J. P. Hammond of Wheatfield, O. A. Yeoman, of Virgie, and Geo. A. Williams, of Rensselaer,while Lake presented Nelson Jacobson and E. W. Wickie from their own county. On the first ballot the vote was: Hammond 3; Yeoman, 10; Williams, 6; Jacobson, 16; Wickie, 7. Hammond withdrew conditionally on the sth ballot, and the balloting continued to the 31st without any material change. Williams reached as high as 11 votes and Yeoman 13 on some ballots. On the 31st ballots one vote from Jasper was cast for Jesse E. Wileon, the old representative, and on the 32 he received 4 votes from Jasper while Lake swung her 23 votes for him, which gave him the nomination. The Lake county fellows were a pretty swift lot, and after the convention, with Mr. Wilson, an impromptu reception was held at “Stricks” at which the hornyhanded fellows in overalls and jumpers were not in it, but could only view the amber colored liquid that made Milwaukee famous from a distance. They also chartered a dray and drove about town, whooping and yelling and making quite a “spec.” Hammond came back in the race on the 31st ballot but he only got four votes.