Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1912 — A Regular Monkey and Parrot Time [ARTICLE]

A Regular Monkey and Parrot Time

It developed at the republican primaries Saturday that there was more Roosevelt sentiment in Rensselaer and Jasper county than had been supposed, and the delegates to 1 the state convention being held in 1 Indianapolis today to select dele-j gates to the national convention' stands 4 Taft; 4 Roosevelt. In the district they are said to stand 79 Taft; 42 Roosevelt. The accredited standing of delegates from the Tenth district to the state convention is' as follows: j Taft Teddy Lake . 37 2 Jasper .......... 4 4 Newton ......i.... 6 1 Warren ........... 1 7 Porter ............ 12 Benton 1 7 Tippecanoe 7 20 White ............11 1 Total .79 42 They were having a hot time in the state convention and wrangles were the rule Tather than the exception fn the preliminary district meetings held Monday night. The Roosevelt faction, is charging the Taft faction with all kinds of fraud and is contesting every point. A rump convention, it was thought, would be held after the Taft faction, who are slightly in the majority, got through, in order to file a contest in the national convention. A part of the delegates' from Indiana are sure to be for Roosevtlt. In the local primaries held here Saturday the Roosevelt faction won' nearly all the congressional convention delegates. The convention meets at Hammond tomorrow. Crumpacker, who will be renominaan ardent Taft man. Come and see J. V. Collins for Buckeye Grain Drills, Seeders, Buckeye Cultivators and Superior Fertilizer Disc Corn Planters. Also Miller Manure Spreaders. West side of public square. 10a