Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1910 — A FINE MEETING AT GARY. [ARTICLE]

A FINE MEETING AT GARY.

A rousing organization meeting was held at Gary Saturday, attended by District Chairman Charles J. Murphy, State Chairman Stokes Jackson, most of the county chairmen and democratic editors of the district, nearly all the democratic candidates on the state and district tickets, county candidates and many prominent democrats district. - The meeting was for the purpose of talking up organization for the coming campaign, and similar meetings have been held or will be this week, in all the other congressional districts, the object being to perfect a complete and compact organization to carry on the work of the campaign. Brief talks were, made by State Chairman Jackson, Lew G. Ellingham, candidate for secretary of state ; Wm. H. O’Brien, candidate for state auditor; 'Thos. M. Honan, candidate for attorneygeneral; Ohas. E. Cox, candidate for supreme judge from the Third district; Joseph G. Ibach, Andrew

A. Adams and M. B. Hottel, candidates tor appellate judge, and John B. Peterson, candidate for congress from this district. The state chairman and candidates spbko of the strong sentiment in favor of the democrats found in every district visited, and they were confident Indiana would roll up an immense democratic majority if care was taken ’to see that the vote was gotten to the polls on election day, and this could only be looked after by the thorough organization down to the precincts. Mr. Peterson spoke of the encouragment he had met everywhere, and while he had the hardest prospect before him of anyone who had spoken, he stated that he had thoroughly considered the matter from all sides before agreeing to accept the nominaiton, and that 'he proposed to leave no stone unturned to land the persimmon in November; that he expected to be “on the job” every minute of the tim>e from now until the polls closed on election day. His remarks evoked much applause, and all felt that in Mr. Peterson the democrats of the Tenth district had the livest candidate they have had in many years. * E. P. Honan and F. E. Babcock attended the meeting from this county. We are still, spiling old wheat flour, White Star $1.40 and Acme $1.50. Every sack guaranteed to please or your money refunded. —Rowles & Parker.