Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1910 — DEMOCRATS WIN FOUR PLACES [ARTICLE]

DEMOCRATS WIN FOUR PLACES

On the County Ticket as Shown By Official Tickets o. , * ■ " (H , AUDITOR LOST BY ONLY 36 Sheriff, Two Commissioners and One Member of County Council Elected by the Democrats, While Majorities of Successful Republicans is Cut to a “Frazzle” Enough Stay-at-Homes to Have Elected Entire Democratic Local Ticket.— Crumpacker Carries County by Only 97.

There was • enough Democrats stayed at home in jasper county Tuesday to have elected the entire local (|emocratic candidates for all the important offices. The republican plurality on the state ticket was 317, about half the normal plurality, and Crumpacker’s plurality was but 97. Capt. Guthrie for representative, lost this county by only ‘211; White county by 226. / Perkins was Elected clerk by 131 plurality and Hammond for auditor by only. 36. FeU’s plurality of 181 came mristly from his 'home township/6f Garpendemocpm, krr sheriff, won out by 99,/and Hershman and Stackhouse for commissioners were elected by pluralities of 76 and 37, respectively. A. O. Moore, democrat, of Barkley tp., defeated Nathan Eldridge for county councilman from the Second district by 17 votes, which gives the democrats one representative in that body, the first in ten yfears.NMr. Moore is a man of excellent /ytisiness ability and we hope he will be patriotic enough to qualify and serve out his term. The office pays but very little, but as a heavy taxpayer himself he can by his office help himself while doing good for others. Prosecutor Longwell had no opposition, and while he was scratched by some republicans he was voted for by a number of democrats, and he received a total of 1495 votes in the county, more than any other man on the county ticket except Wright for coroner, and Lewis for assessor, who received 1508 each. Had it not been for democrats voting for him he would have run considerably behind, many of the old machine politicians of his party voting against him. The official vote of the county by precincts, except county council, appears in tabular form on another page. The vote on council follows: County Council Ist District— George O. Stembel. .. . . 321 - Stephen T. Comer. ..... 345 County Council 2d District — Austin O. M00re....... 280 Nathan Eldridge'. ....... 263 County Council 3d District — Lucius Strong.’ ••. . . 444 John Martindale....... . 540 County Council 4th District — George B. Pox 277 Frank J. Babcock 297 County Council at Large—- ° George Besse. ........ * J 1286 John Hud50n.......... 1477 Joseph Nagel 1285 Walter V. Porter...... 1476 Joel F. Spriggs 1281 Frank E. Lewi5........ 1479

In Lake county the republicans swept everything as usual. The republicans carred Benton courity by 239 and elected the entre county ticket except clerk and sheriff. The democrats carried Pulaski oounty for Congressman BarnKart by 113, but lost everything on the county ticket except sheriff, coroner and surveyor. In Newton county the republicans carried the state Ticket by 188, but the democrats elected the treasurer by 466, sheriff by 309, clerk by 233, and L. H. Keeher commissioner by, 151. Over in White county the republicans almost swept the platter carrying the state ticket by 257 and electing the entire county ticket except the commissioners, surveyor and one couhty councilman by majorities of from 15 to 430.

In the township tickets the republicans generally won out, A. H. Dickinson, democrat, being reelected justice of the peace in Carpenter. In Ohio Governor Harmon’s plurality will reach 100#00, the democrats elect 16 of 21 congressmen and will have a majority of 25 on joint ballot in the legislature. The republican district chairman, Mr. Hickey of Laporte county, who was the candidate for judge, went down in the democratic landslide in that county and was defeated by about 500 majority. Robert Yanatta, son of John R. arid Mrs.’Vanatta of Rensselaer,- escaped L m the wreckage down in Deleware and Grant counties, and was elected- superior court judge on the republican ticket. With the official returns still out in a few counties yesterday morning, it looks like the democratic plurality in Indiana will be about 15,000. Twelve of the thirteen congressmen are democrats, and the democrats will have 33 to 35 votes on joint ballot in the legislature. In Starke the republicans carried the state ticket by 55, elect ed the clerk by 6, the recorder by 166, the surveyor by 94* assessor by 47 and one commissioner by 30. The democrats carried the county' for Barnhardt for congress by 73, elected the treasurer by 83, the sheriff by 98, the coroner by 23 and one commissioner. B. D. L. Glazebrook, democratic candidate for prosecutor, lost Starke by 33 and Pulaski by 255.