Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1910 — PETERSON ON FIRST BALLOT [ARTICLE]

PETERSON ON FIRST BALLOT

At Congressional Convention at Hammond Wednesday. WINS OUT BY ONE VOTE. Names of Duffy and Honan Also Before Convention, But the Latter Was Not Anxious for the Nomination.—North End Votes Almost Solidly for the Crown Point Candidate. The democratic congressional convention at Hammond Wednesday was largely attended and passed off very nicely in every way. The north end of the district had -united on John B. Peterson, the well - known Crown Point lawyer, and his nomination was- secured on the first ballot.

Michael Duffey, the well known stock man and ranch owner of Fowler, was an active candidate for the nOmina'tfon, and at the earnest solicitation of delegates from several other south end counties E. P. Honan of, Rensselaer allowed his name to gu before the convention, although he was not a candidate in the generally accepted sense. The preliminary 7 meeting of the convention was held'at 11 a.‘ m., at which E. P. Honan of Rensselaer was made temporary chairman and J. W. Schooler of Lafriyette, secretary. The chair appointed the various county chairmen on the committee on rules and permanent organization, and J. B. Faulkner of Laporte, John A. Gavit or Lake. William Spooner of Porter, Lemuel Shipman <?f Benton, F. E. Babcnrkof Jasper, William Darroch of Newton, Mayor Geo. R. Durgan of Tippecanoe, Tod Kent of White, and William Durbarrow of Warren, on the resolutions committee. The meeting then adjdurned until 1:30 p. m., when the committee on rules and permanent organization reported, Mayor Lawrence Becker "of Hammond for chairman and H. L. Sammons of •Kentland for secretary. The resolutions committee reported the following: • We, the Democrats of the Tenia Congressional District Of the State of Indiana in Convention assembled, do hereby renew our allegience to the time-honored doctrines of the Democratic party as expressed in every platform from the days of Thomas Jefferson, an<k we heartily and unequivocally endorse the platform *of the Democratic party adopted by the Democratic State Convention at Indianapolis on the 28th day of April, 1910, hereby pledging our support to every principle embodied in every declaration of said* platform. • .

We desire to go on record before the state and' the nation in the hearty endorsement and most cordial approval of the state administration of Thonjas R. Marshall, Governor of Indiana. In Governor Marshall all people recognize a man or sterling worth, of integrity and honesty, whose pure motives for what is best for his fellow man cannot be questioned. As chief executive of the great state of Indiana he has given us an honest, capable and business-like administration, and his official acts typify the highest spirit of pure Democracy. We heartily endorse and approve of the public accounting law passed by the last Democratic Legislature of the We favor the enactment of a law granting to every honofably discharged soldier of the Civil War a pension of at least one dollar per day. - We hold that tariff duties should be levied for purposes of revenue. Ruch duties to be limited to the needs of the government economically administered. We denounce as disturbing to business and a menace to the interests .of the whole country the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, of which the present representative in Congress from the Tenth Indiana District is one of the chief apostles, and we demand its repeal for the reason that its tendency is to breed trusts and monopolies and enrich the few at the expense of the many, and increases beyond reason the daily cost of living. But reports wefe adopted, but

owing to. the fact that many of the delegates desired to get away on the milk_train, the permanent chairman dispensed Avith the address included in, the report .of the committee, arid nominations were made On call of counties. Benton presented the name of Michael Duffey, ’Jasper, E. P. Honan, and Lake, John B. Peterson. The vote by counties was as follows, 67 votes being necessary to a choice: • • ci COUNTIES = 7 w os H a 5 1 O ■ 4) •a a a Benton ......... . 8 Jasper 8 7 Lake ........... 3 27 LaPorte ......... 29 Newton ......... | 3 3 Porter 9 Tippecanoe .... . . 13 13 Warren 5 White . . . . . 5'52 Totals T. ...... 3 4 32 67

On the announcement of the vote both Mr. Duffey and Mr. Honan moved to make the nominationof Mr. Peterson unanimous, which was carried with a whoop. John B. Peterson, the nominee is a prominent and highly respected attorney of Crown Point, wljere he has been located for a number of years, and has built up a fine practice. He is highly spokeq of by. all who know him. He is a very able man and his record is said to be above reproach even by the opposition press. Mr. Peterson has never mixed in politics and only after repeated urging by prominent • democrats of the north end of the district, where he is best known, did he consent to accept the nomination at all. Owing to the fact thaL-he had some cases in the appellate court set down for oral argu-, ment Wednesday, Mr. Peterson I was unable to be in attendance at the convention, but it is understood that he will make' a thorough canvass of the district I and make at least two speeches in every county in the district during the campaign.