Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1906 — SATURDAY, MAY 26 [ARTICLE]

SATURDAY, MAY 26

Date Set for Democratic County Convention. COUNTY COMMITTEE REORGANIZED By Electing L. Strong, Chairman; G. E. Hersh man, Sec.; and N. Littlefield, Treas. The newly elected democratic committeemen met here Saturday afternoon and reorganized by electing Mr. Lucua Strong of Rensselaer for chairman; Attorney Geo. *E. Hershman. Secretary; and N. H. Littlefield, Treasurer. The new officers are well known and honorable gentlemen, every one, and have the confidence of the party as well as of the community in general. They are men of high character and integrity and the interests of the democracy are well placed. They succeed Mr. U. M. Baughman, N. Littlefield and Smith Newell, the officers who served the past two years, and were the unanimous choice of the meeting, which was presided over by E. P. Honan as chairman and F. E. Babcock as secretary. An executive committee of five was elected from the committee as follows: Geo. O. Stembel, Wheatfield; James Spriggs, Walker; E. P. Honan, Rensselaer; W. A. Lock, Remington, and Frank Welsh, Jordan. The time for holding the county convention was finally set for Saturday, May 26, it being thought this date would best suit the farmer delegates. The delegatee to the county convention will be selected at primaries to be held, no doubt, the Saturday previous, May 19, due notice of which will be officially given by the county chairman. There are no sore places in the democracy of Jasper county and good work can be looked for in the coming campaign, Mr. Hershman, the new county secretary, who was called on for a few remarks after his election, voiced the sentiment of the committee in his remarks. He stated, among other things, that there were longsuffering abuses in the county that ought to be corrected, and that the only hope for the people in correcting them lay in the electing of democrats to office here; nothing could be hoped for in continuing in power the party that had brought about these abuses.