Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1908 — OUR LOCAL CANDIDATES [ARTICLE]

OUR LOCAL CANDIDATES

Names and Brief Mention of Men Who Grace Our County Ticket.

TIE TO GOOD MEN

his splendid record at the special session, together with his clean, upright,- gentlemanly deportment and his splendid standing in his home county will give him a long lead in the race for re-election in November. His opponent has brought up the< tail of the ticket—swinging on the long hairs at that —in every race he has made for any office he has ever sought. In the special election Abe Halleck lost hundreds of votes where he was best known, and won only by a paltry majority where he was not known at all! STATE REPRESENTATIVE. Guy T. Gerber, the candidate for joint-representative of Jasper and White counties, lives in Rensselaer and has lived here for some years. He is a Nebraskan by birth but has lived in this county for a number of years. He attended the Univerversity of Illinois at Champaign last year. He has also taught school in this county and is well known here. His record as a public official—and a school teacher is a public official—is clean and above reproach. He will make a good official if elected to the office to which he aspires. COUNTY TREASURER.

Election Next Tuesday and the Verdict is Yours MAKE NO MISTAKE ELSE YOU RUE IT Office-Cleaning Is Frequently As Necessary As House-Cleaning and In This Case You Are the Masters.

The Democrat wants to say a few words about our local candidates —district, county and township. The district candidates names will appear on the county ballot, together with the county ticket proper, headed by the candidate for congress. The county ballot will be printed on white paper the township ballot is printed on yellow paper and the state ballot is printed on pink paper. The democratic ticket occpuies the first column to the left on each and eyery ballot. The democrats have not only good national and state tickets, but all along the line, down to township assessor, the candidates are ail right. Below we mention each and all of our local candidates briefly, that the reader may know their names and something of their standing in their home community:

Alfred Peters, candidate for county treasurer, is a farmer and lives in southeast Marlon. He has lived there for a number of years, coming from Illinois here. He is a man of intelligence and a good business man who will take the office for which he is a candidate for the salary allowed by law. The public funds will be carefully looked after if Mr. Peters is elected and the accounts kept in good shape.

COUNTY RECORDER. Charles W. Harner of Remington is the candidate of the democratic party for county recorder. Mr. Harner is a furniture dealer, and in that capacity has become acquainted with all the people in the south end of the county. He is very popular where he is best known and will make “a splendid official if the people shall decide the election In his favor. The county will make no mistake if the voters conclude to elect C. W. Harner recorder.

CONGRESSMAN. The Democratic candidate for congress, William Darroch, is so well known to our people that it is not necessary to say a great deal about him. He has lived almost all of his 54 years of life in Newton county, first on a farm south of Morocco, next on a farm on the beach of what was Beaver Lake (12 miles long and three wide) 10 miles north of that town. When he grew to manhood he took up the practice of law, and established an office in Morocco. Later he went to Kentland where he has since resided. He is a graduate of DePauw, having been a student at that school with Lee E. Glazebrook of this county. Judge Darroch was appointed Circuit Judge by Governor Matthews and served out the unexpired term of U. Z. Wiley, who was at the time a candidate for the office of appelate judge and was subsequently elected. This was in 1896. He was a candidate for congress from this district two years ago and his popularity was attested in this and Newton county, by his running ahead of E. D. Crumpacker, the republican candidate, 326 votes as compared with the republican state ticket. Judge Darroch stands firmly on the democratic platform, and will represent this district in every way better than his opponent E. D. Crumpacker, the present incumbent.

COUNTY SHERIFF. William I. Hoover democracy’s candidate for sheriff, was born and raised in Marion township. He is a farmer as was his father and grandfather before him, and he is farming some of the same land that was entered by his grandfather long “before the war.” He alsp engages in the stock buying business at odd times. It appears that the voters have determined to select him for their next sheriff and that they are itching to get a chance to ratify their selection Nov. 3. Mr. Hoover will receive a big vote in his home township, where he is best known, and if elected he will make a good and popular official. COUNTY SURVEYOR. Frank Garriott is the candidate for county surveyor, and he is a teacher living in Union township. Mr. Garriott has lived in this one locality for more than twenty years and is so well known that it is not necessary to dwell on his qualifications for the office to which he aspires. He has a good education and this is backed up with a good business judgment. COUNTY CORONER.

STATE SENATOR. , Algie J. Law, the democratic candidate for Joint-Senator for the counties of Newton, Jasper, White and Starke, was born in Newton county, and has lived in Washington tp., op the same farm all of that time. In January, 1890, he was married to Miss Mamie Shafer of Morocco, and they havg one daughter, 17 years old. He looks after the diversified interests of his farm himself, and is capable of turning off as much work as any min he has to assist him. <He was elected trustee of his township some years ago by a good round majority, although the township was republican by some 20 votes. He gave the township

Dr. Albion J. Miller is a Rensselaer boy, having been born and raised in this town. By dint of the hardest kind of work and self-denial he got through college and graduated as an M. D. He has practiced medicine here for a number of years and is well qualified to fill the coroner’s office. It is not very lucreative at the best unless there should be a considerable dumber of “cases” to sit on as a result of the election of Bryan and Marshall. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. The office of commissioner of the county is one of the most important offices to fill that the voters will have to determine at the November election, and the democrats have selected two men to fill this office than whom there is not two better in Jasper county regardless of politics. Thomas F. Maloney, candidate in the first district, is a farmer living in Kankakee tp., and has had large experience in public affairs, especially in road and ditch matters, which includes bridges and public Improvements generally. He has served his township as trustee and his splendid administration of that office is all the proof necessary that he possesses the requisite business standing that would make our tax-ridden people sit up and take notice. Then, when Geo. B. Fox of Carpenter tp., is taken

the very best administration it had had before or since. Since he has been a candidate for senator he had a try-out of his popularity in the special election held on the 17th of September last, in which he carried his home county by 162 and Jasper by 66. Two years ago Newton county went republican by 423, and Jasper county 436, adding to these majorities the majorities Mr. Law received at the special election, and there was a change of I.SOr votes in the two counties. In 1906 the four counties, Jasper, Newton, Starke and White gave Fred A. Sims, republican, a majority of 1,492. At the special election Mr. Law changed that vote into a majority of 55 the other way, a change of 1,547 votes! As compared with the vote of >1904 the change was a thousand more, or 2,547. It will be seen from the above that Senator Law is a race horse that can go some, and

into consideration, the team would be strongest that has sat "in the court house in 25 years. Mr. Fox is a farmer, a graduate of Purdue University, and a business man who stands at the head of his class. He has lived in Carpenter tp., for more than thirty years, and is highly esteemed where he is best known. It will be a misfortune if thesei two men are not elected to this important position that the enormous burdens of this county may be lightened and the county given at least oite business administration of its affairs. TOWNSHIP CANDIDATES. The Marion tp., ticket is manned by Edward Herath for trustee and James Donnelly for assessor. All anyone needs to do is to look over Mr. Herath’s farm and he will be convinced that any man who can produce such a harmonious system of orderly arrangements out of what was a chaos of stone piles, brushy fence rows and'weeds, can continue the efficient administration of the township of the last four years, and has the requisite judgment to make the public improvements necessary In a substantial and economical manner.

Of James Donnelly it need only be said that he made the last assessment of real estate in this township and that it was so well done that not a single change was made in the whole work by the Board of Review. Jim has been tried and has proven nil right. He needs no introduction to the voters of this township and his election means that the voters are satisfied to let well enough alone. Carpenter township presents the names of George Besse for trustee, and James H. Green for assessor.

Jordan township democrats have nominated William Wortley for trustee, and Frank Nessius for assessor. Milroy township has presented the old reliable Charles M. Smith iu. trustee and William E. Culp fcr assessor. Newton township nominated E. P. Lane for trustee and Joseph Thomas for assessor. Kankakee township nominated William Fitzgerald for trustee and John Behles for assessor. Barkley township has presented Thomas M. Callaghan for trustee and John Norman for assessor. Hanging Grove township has nominated Wiliam R. Willits for trustee and Charles A. Lefler for assessor. Walker township nominated David M. Peer i for trustee and Joseph Fenzel for assessor. Isaac Kight was nominated for trustee of Union township and Soloman Norman for assessor.

Wheatfield township presents the names of S. D. Clark for trustee and Henry Misch for assessor. Gillam township democrats have nominated John W. Selmer for trustee but did not put up a candidate for assessor. The above named candidates are among the most substantial men in their respective townships, and will give the people an administration of public affairs that will be a credit to themselves and to their constituents. They ' are entitled to and should receive the undivided support of every man in their townships who believes in good government.