Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1909 — NEW GARY ELECTION SUIT [ARTICLE]

NEW GARY ELECTION SUIT

Crolius Democrats Claim the Right to Crowing Rooster Emblem. Gary, Ind., Oct. 29.—Gary Democrats are at sea. Both sides are claiming victory as a result of a decision in the mandamus proceedings brought by the Crolius Democrats. * The proceedings were started to compel Oliver Holmes, town clerk, to appoint John O’Donnell, the Crolius man. Instead of P. J. Finerty, the Knotts man, on the board of election commissioners. The decision was that the right to make this appointment Is discretionary with Oliver Holmes, the city clerk Holmes has already appointed Finerty. A mandatory injunction suit has been filed in which Crolius seeks to compel the election commissioners to place his name under the party emblem—the rooster.