Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1910 — JUDGE PETERSON MAKES BIG HIT. [ARTICLE]

JUDGE PETERSON MAKES BIG HIT.

The Gary Evening Post, speaking of the recent democratic meeting at that place, says: “Democrats who heard the speech of Hon. John B. Peterson, delivered at the party rally held in Englehart hall, Saturday afternoon, could not help being filled with new hope of a democratic victory at the polls next November. Judge Peterson began by saying that some people had said he would receive the democratic nomination for congress as a compliment to himself, and would not get down to work as a candidate should. “Any one who has that idea,” said the judge, “wants to disabuse his mind of it, for I am 1 in the harness now, and will remain there until the last hour on election night, and until after the entire democratic ticket is victorious.” Mr. Peterson told about the campaign he was endeavoring to make. How he canvassed the district as thoroughly as he know how, not once, but several different times. How he had met thousands of voters, and had been promised the votes of hundreds of republicans. He has found much dissatisfaction in the republican party everywhere he has been, and feels that a great percentage of that party are determined that a change will be for the best, and that they will do what they can to bring about that result in November.

judge Peterson then paid a compliment to his undaunted democratic press of conservative manner, so far as the tenth district was concerned, and said that he believed that much of the success which he believed and hoped would result in the November election to* candidates of the district would be due to the democratic newspapers which were endeavoring to educate the people as to the reasons for certain changes in our present system of government that were not for the good of the people as a whole.” The Post says that tfie impression made by Mr. Peterson was very satisfactory and that he is certainly a vote getter.