Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1908 — A STARKS COUNTY VIEW [ARTICLE]

A STARKS COUNTY VIEW

Of the Election of Farmer A. JT. Law for State Senator. , Republican leaders are now loudly accusing some of their men of voting with the democrats. If this be true the democrats are truly-grateful for the assistance. The men, regardless of party, who cast their vote for Farmer A. j. Law made no mistake, and are to be congratulated. They voted for a man whose life and character is above reproach and thoroughly in contract with that of his political opponent, Abraham Halleck. It is said that the republicans down in Jasper county, Mr. Halleck’s home county, are as Jubilent over the results of this election as are the democrats and that a large number of them are talking seriously of trying to have him pull off the ticket and putting' someone on who will stand a better show of being elected in November. Judging Mr. Halleck from his past record it is not expected that he will consent to anything of the kind. Voters should remember that another contest for this high office between these two men takes place at the November election, and that the defeated candidate will then be on the regular ticket and hopes to be carried through by the huge republican majority in the four counties. Let us then be up and doing and administer to him another dose of the same medicine, which will not only be a blessing to the state, but also a favor to honest republicans in Jasper County who are seeking the destruction of the Halleck mat chine.—Starke County Democrat. Speaking of the result in White County the Democrat of Monticello says:

“The belief of the Rensselaer Republican that a full vote would have elected Mr. Halleck is not shared by voters here, either Democrats of Republicans. It is well known that Republicans here made a great effort to get out their vote while the Democrats remained indifferent. Many more Republicans than Democrats came to the polls but many Republicans niust have voted for Law. Indeed, as one leading Republican put it, ‘if we had gotten out a full Republican vote Law would have carried White county along with Newton and Jasper.’ “The result was a very great surprise to all and the Democrat will not attempt to explain all the causes that led up to it. The vote in Jasper county, however, in face of the great claims made, seem to indicate that Mr. Halleck does not stand very high in ‘the estimation of the people who know' him best. Many leading Republicans now openly acknowledge that the delegates made a serious mistake when they nominated him.”