Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1910 — STATE CONVENTION NEXT WEEK. [ARTICLE]

STATE CONVENTION NEXT WEEK.

- The Cincinnati Enquirer’s Indianapolis correspondent had extended mention in Sunday’s Enquirer of the coming democratic state convention. We publish a part of the article because the Enquirer is. now an independent republican sheet, and doesn’t say much in favor of the democrats unless it has to: “The reservation of rooms for the. convention is larger than ever before. The event promises to be a record breaker in many ways. Not since the first nomination of Bryan have there been as .many candidates for places on the ticket. The situation is striking because of the. lamentable efforts the Democrats were forced to make for 0 many years to draft met! for their tickets. No place is going to be filled by default. From start to finish there will be fights. Lew Etlingham, of Decatur, and James F. Cox, of Columbus, are working hard for Secretary of State. Ellingham is believed to have a shade the better of the argument because of the feeling that new

men ought to be 'nominated. “For Auditor Wm. H. O’Brien, of Lawrenceburg has the inside track. For Treasurer there are three lively candidates. The Democracy of the Second District is showing up strong for Wm. H. Vollmer, of Vincennes, for Treasurer. Charles Cooper, a well-known Indianapolis business man, is a candidate. B. T. Merfell, of Crawfordsville, also has entered the race for Treasurer. Jf.' ,- “For Attorney-General the candidates are Speaker Honan, of

Seymour; ex-Senator Richard Milburn, of Jasper, and Representative , Adam Wise, of..- Plymouth. For Clerk of the Supreme and Appelate Courts the candidates are 'Gilbert Hendren, of Bloomfield ; J. Fred France, of Huntington, and Representative Behymerj of Elwood. J William M. Tucker, of Ripley County, is a candidate for Geologist. Edward Barrett, a Hendricks County man, also aspires to become Geologist. “For Judges of the Appellate Court in the southern division

the candidates are O. B. Harris, of Sullivan; Edwin Taylor, t Evansville; Milton Hottell, 01 Salem; J. D. Megee, of Rushville; E. W. Felt, of Gfeenfield. The candidates for Appellate Judge from the northern division are Joseph Ibach, of Hammond, and Andy Adams, of Columbia City. M. Z. Stannard, of Jeffersonville, is a candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court from the Third Judicial Distinct. Charles Barrett and Judge Hefron, of Indianapolis, ate candidates for Judge of the Supreme Court from

the Second Judicial District. “None of the candidates will listen to a suggestion that the Democrats are over-estimating their chances of victory in he coming campaign.”