Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1912 — BALLOT 21 TIMES FOR SENATOR [ARTICLE]

BALLOT 21 TIMES FOR SENATOR

Ed. G. H. McCormick of North JBdson Nominatad at Monon. JASPER WAS LOYAL TO LAW But Other Counties Having Candidates Precluded His Nomination—Captain Hayes for Representative. “ I The democratic senatorial and representative conventions held in Monon Thursday drew out a big crowd and the senatorial nomination was not made until 21 ballots were taken. There were three avowed candidates in the field, A. J. Law, of Morocco, Rev. Groendycke, of North Judson, and Tony Anheier of Monticeilo. Newton county voted her 6 votes solidly for Law up to the 21st ballot, and a part of this time had Jasper county’s 8 votes and at no time less than six votes until his friends gave the word to break to Chester A. McCormick, editor of the North Judson News, when Jasper gave Mcfcormick 6 votes and Anheier 2. Before this for several ballots Anheier had gotten 1 vote from Jasper and McCormick had received 1 and 2 on a few ballots. McCormick's name was sprung on the 15th ballot by Starke, when it was seen that their man Groen dycke got no outside support. White county voted most of the time for Anheier and 1 and 2 votes for Law. A part of the time White voted 11 for Anheier and 1 not voting, one of the delegates absolutely refusing to support Anheier. After the 20th ballotit was seen thaCTt mlist ettlSer b- Anheier or McCormick, the' Law delegates held a brief eauchs and decided to throw the nomination to McCormick. On the final ballot Jasper gave McCormick 6 votes and Anheier 2;. Newton, McCormick 0; Starke, McCormick 6, Groendycke 1; White, Anheier 11, McCormick I. '

The representative convention convened immediately after the senatorial convention and the White delegation was filled up with the machine democrats who had tried tto put Anheier over against the real desire of the democrats of that county, and they got a little re- : venge on Jasper county whose delej gates in the senatorial convention had refused to be bought by disI trict chairman Murphy and the othler machine advocates. and they trotted out a candidate for representative in the person of Patrick Hayes, an old soldier perhaps 75 ; years old. at present one of the commissioners of White county. , Jasper county nominated O. K. Rainier and J. A. McFarland, and gave each four votes, but White’s 12 votes went 11 for Hayes and 1 for Rainier. From a “playing politics” standpoint it would of course been better for Jasper to have deserted Law, who was entitled to the nominai tion. and gone to Anheier, the machine candidate. But ' the Jasper delegates preferred being right and sending the White county machine to the scrap pile rather than naming their representative. Mr. McCormick is a bright young man, clean in every way, and is said to ' k be entirely " free from machine domination.