Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1904 — EVERYTHING REPUBLICAN ONCE MORE. [ARTICLE]

EVERYTHING REPUBLICAN ONCE MORE.

The Nation Endorses Roosevelt’s Administration add Gives Him Every Doubtful State By Increased Pluralities. REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET ELECTED BY SMALL MAJORITIES.

Democrats Elect 8 of the 13 Township Trustees, Insuring a Democrat County Superintendent to Succeed L. H. Hamilton in 1908. election has come and gone and the result is now before the people. Roosevelt is elected by a large plurality, carrying every doubtful state. Indiana goes republican by 50,000. In Jasper county the republicans only made slight gains on the state and national ticket and elect (heir county ticket by small pluralities. Of the thirteen township trustees the democrats elect 8,

also 5 assessors. trustees were elected in Gillam, Walker, Barkley, Marion, Jordan, Newton, Milroy and Union, in some instances overcoming tremendous majorities. Especially was this true in Marion, where Charlie Stackhouse was elected trustee over Geo. W. Goff, republican, by 55, against a republican plurality on the state ticket of 190, and in Gillam where Theodore Phillips was elected over Craver by 68 plurality against a republican plurality on the state ticket of 38, giving him more than two to one. Peter Hordeman, Jr. was elected assessor in Marion by a majority of 12, which is, also a great record for himself.

The democratic county ticket made an excellent showing, hundreds of republicans supporting it, but the large amount of money dumped into thecounty on the eve of the election, augmented by the big corruption raised by the local machine, together with the large majority in their favor, carried the day, and boodle won. The democratic trustees elected are: Theodore Phillips Gillam Albert Bouk Walker Grant Davisson Barkley C. F. Stackhouse Marion Chas. E. Sage Jordan W, B. Yeoman Newton W. C. Huston Milroy Harvey Davisson Union In Newton township the republican and democratic candidate for assessor tied, 77 each, and on casting lots Green Thornton, Republican, won out. This gives the trustee to the democrats and the assessor to the republicans in that township. NOTES. The gall of the McCoy outfit is still undaunted. Dr. Berkley, the son-in-law, who sold his business and property here and moved to Chicago some weeks ago, came down Tuesday and attempted to vote. His vote was challenged and we understand that he did not swear it in, although he left the polls with the avowed purpose of filling out the necessary papers, but he did not return with them, it is said.

The vote in Gillam township for several miles of gravel roads, carried by a vote of 135 for to 35 against. Republican trustees were elected as follows: Carpenter, A. A. Fell; Hanging Grove, Washington Cook; Keener, Henry Feldman; Wheatfield, R. A. Mannon; Kankakee, Chas Stalbaum. If the same tactics were adopted in other counties that was carried on here, practically every man who had lived in Jasper county, and some that never had gained a residence here, werq brought in and voted. Indiana is nominally a close state, but such methods, of course, would wim most anything. After a con pie of sleepless nights,, County Superintendent Hamilton is said to have hit.upon a plan to perpetuate himself in office. Representative Wilson is to try and get a bill through the next legislature providing that county superintendents shall be elected by a direct vote of the people.

Uncle Lewis Davisson enjoys the honor of having had two boys elected township trustee in this county in the recent election, in Barkley and Union respectively. Uncle Lewis was once trustee of Barkley township, some twenty years ago, and made one of the best trustees that township ever had. His boys will make equally popular officials. The republican candidate for treasurer run about 75 behind his ticket in Barkley township, his old home, losiijg the township by 23 votes. In Marion township, where he has resided the past year, he run 141 behind his ticket, carrying the township by but 59, a net loss of 53 over his vote here two years ago. He run 524 behind his ticket in the county, and was the low man on the ticket. f

The republican challengers of Marion township acted very foolishly about some of the faculty and resident students of St Joseph’s College, all of whom were residents and legal voters here and some of whom had voted here twice before at previous elections, and challenged practically every man. But all swore in their votes and will probably not easily forget the indignity offered them. * The democrats had up an exceptionably good lot of. men for the county and townshiq officers, it is due the better class of republicans to say that hundreds of them voted for them. In Marion township the country people thought that the trustee should come from the country, rather than from town, and as a result they were practically solid for Mr. Stackhouse, and, of course, he also got many votes from town. In Barkley the fight was Barkley township vs. Gifford, and Barkley won. In Union there was quite a fight between the north and south factions, and party lines were not closely drawn. In Newton .county the democrats elected the treasurer and auditor by good majorities, Char-

les Spinney of Goodland being elected treasurer by 200 majority, A. E. Purkey of Morocco, auditor bv 150 majority. The democrats also elect 5 of the 10 township trustees, Walter Ponsler, of Jackson township formerly of this county, was defeated by Wm. Crisler by a plurality of three voters. Walter made a goodrace, however, as Jackson is strongly republican. Democrats, take off your hats to Marion township. Notwithstanding the influences at work in certain alleged democratic qnarters for a part of the republican county ticket, Marion did fine all the -way through, showing that there are many republicans here who want to see a better condition of local affairs brought about. Thanks to Marion, and mayshe continue to do the right thing only a little more so. Laporte county, heretofore democratic, was carried by 545 for Roosevelt, and the entire republican county ticket elected. White county gives a republican plurality of about 500 on the state ticket and elects entire republican county ticket except Stephens, democrat, for sheriff. In Benton county the republicans, as usual, carry the state ticket through by some 600 plurality but the democrats elect their entire county ticket, including the county commissioners, except Wallace Evans, republican, for county treasurer. The county has become awfully rotten under . long continued republican control, and the tax-ferret imposition was recently perpetrated on the taxpayers. Benton county has not the large purchasable vote that practically controls politics in Jasper, and the better class of people there are able to right the more flagrant wrongs when they set about to do so. Bro. Robey of the Review has waged a persistent warfare on corruption in that county, and we congratulate him on the result. 150 bbls. fancy N. Y. apples, Baldwins, Greenings, Gillflower, Russetts, Kings, Spitzenberger. Seek-no-Further, etc. Chicago Bargain Store.