Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1907 — IT’S LAMPSON! [ARTICLE]

IT’S LAMPSON!

Elected to Succeed County Supt. Hamilton. < ELEVEN BALLOTS NECESSARY. New Official Not a Democrat But the Son of a Democrat, and Holds a Five Year License. The election of a county superintendent last Monday resulted in Ernest Lampson of Jordan tp:, receiving the necessary seven votes on the eleventh ballot. He is an old teacher in the county and is a graduate of the State University at Bloomington. He has been running his father’s farm in Jordan tp., this season, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lampson, residing in town*. His age is 29 years, and he is unmarried. He will take charge of the office within ten days from the date of his election. , The vote by ballots was as follows:

Ballots 128456789 10 11 5ayer5......... 6655443431 0 Hamilton...... 6 64666 6'666 6 Lampson 1222223344 7 Fisher... 1110000 0

The vote shows that six of the republican trustees stuck by him to the last. The recalitrant one is alleged to be Robert Mannan, trustee of Wheatfield tp., andwhen it appeared that neither of the democratic be elected—some of the trustees having switched from Sayers to Fisher—the democratic vote was thrown to Lampson and he was elected. The contest for county superintendent here has been quite a lively issue for some time, and the democrats having elected 8 of the 13 trustees three years ago it was generally thought they would be able to name the next superintendent. However, when it came time to elect they had but six votes, by reason of the moving away of two of their trustees and the appointment of republicans in their place. Two candidates had appeared in the democratic ranks for the place, and Supt. Hamilton came up from the republican side for re-election, opposed by Mr. Lampson. The democratic candidates were Lee Fisher of Kankakee tp., and Leslie Sayers of Demotte. It seemed that the chances of success for either of the latter would be enhanced were there but one candidate from the democratic side, and by agreement last Saturday Mr. Fisher withdrew. He had been re-en-gaged as superintendent of the Stillwell, Laporte county, schools for next year at an increased salary, having given the best of satisfaction there the past year and receiving high recommendations from the oounty superintendent of that oounty, therefore from a financial standpoint'it did not make much difference to him. Both Fisher and Sayers are experienced teachers and were each regarded as able men.

There was considerable opposition to Mr. Hamilton in certain quarters in his own party—the machine was against him —and in order that this opposition might be shown, it is said that Mr. Lampson was brought out. Mr. Hamilton is alleged to have been the "man behind tho gun” in the oust* ing of trustee Huston of Milroy tp., and therefore the democrats seemed to feel that they owed him nothing. Others, both democrats and republicans, felt that his action in revoking the teachers’ license of Benbart Fendig last fall was not inspired so much from a desire to better the morals of the schools as it was to remove an opponent from his path for re-elec-tion, and with all these matters to overcome it became evident last week that he would not have easy sailing. The result is pleasing to Hamilton’s enemies and, of course, displeasing to his friends. He has held the office ten years instead of twelve, as stated a few issues ago, we understamd, and has made a very able superintendent, probably one of the most able in the state. His successor has the necessary qualifications to also make

a good superintendent, and we believe he will. We are not advised what Mr. Hamilton intends to do, but with his ability he will not have trouble in getting into something that will no doubt pay him better financially than the office of county superintendent, and in whatever he undertakes he has the best wishes of a large number of friends. County Superintendent Reid was re-elected for another term in White county. In Benton county Charles Dodson, democrat, was elected to succeed L, A. McKnight, republican. /In Carroll county there is another deadlock, and after taking 206 bollots an odjournment was taken until to-day. J. H. Reddick, for the past 24 years superintendent in Pulaski, was re-elected again, while Elmer E. Rogers was re-elected in Starke and E. G. Bunnell in Laporte. Over in Newton county there is a dead-lock. There are five democrat and five republican trustees, and a democraticauditor who casts the deciding vote in case of a tie. The former are standing valiantly by our former townsman, Prof. W. O. Schanlaub of Morocco, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Schanlaub of this city. The republicans voted for three candidates, present Supt. Kellenberger, Prof. Vance of Brook and J. C. Dickerson of Kentland. Up to Thursday morning 334 ballots had been cast, Prof. Schanlaub all the time receiving 5 votes and Kellenberger, Vance and Dickerson generally 2, 2 and 1, in the order named.