Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1912 — Less Than 50 Per Cent Registered Last Thursday. [ARTICLE]

Less Than 50 Per Cent Registered Last Thursday.

in the first registration day under the rew registration law, less than 50 per cent of the voters in the agricultural districts went to the polls to register. This was true of Jasper coupty also, as the farmers here as elsewhere were so behind with their farm work, owing to the backward spring and bad weather, that they won Id not leave their work to register. They will have two more chances to register, one 60 days before the election and one 30 days before. Unless registered then they cannot vote at the November election

The average registration over the state was a little better than 50 per cent. Following is the registration by precincts in Jasper county, in the first column and the total, vote in the precinct for secretary of state at the 1910 election, in the second column, for comparison: Barkley, East... 27 117 Barkley, West. 33 121 Carpenter, East 82 159 Carpenter, We5t....... 47 120 Carpenter, South 59 148 Gillam ... .. 35i 115 Hanging Gr0ve........ 39, 86 Jordan 60 114 Kankakee 51 95 Keener . L 61 , 149 Marion, No. 1..132 241 Marion, No. 2....139 280 Marion, No. 3........ 85 175 Marion, No. 4....... .148 209 Milroy .... 22 58 Newton 57 121 Union, . North 48 129 Union, South 55 134 Walker 45. 134 Wheatfield ....120 176 Totals 1345 2881