Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1914 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports from Many Parts of the Country SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL ilapi>eniiigs in Distant and Nearby Cities and towns —Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. I STOTSENBURG OUT OF IT. Decides Not to Be Candidate for Nomination—Three in- Field. Indianapolis, Jan. 10,—State Senator E. B. Stotsenburg, of New Albany, will not be a candidate for the democratic nomination for.attorneygeneral. He made the announcement yesterday afternoon before leaving for home, after attending the democratic love feast. “I am not going to be a candidate,”’ he said. “I have so much private business that I can not afford to fool around with anything else. From now on T shall give my entire time to my law practice.” He was asked if he would be a candidate for any other nomination, and he said he would not.

Adam Wise, of Plymouth, who also was talked of as a candidate for nomination for attorney-general, also said he would not be in the race. This leaves three candidates in the field—State Senator George W. Curtis, of Mt. Vernon Richard Milburn, of Jasper, and Edwin Corr, of Bloomington. Curtis was democratic floor leader in the senate last winter. Milburn was state senator some years ago. Corr was a piember of the house of representatives from Monroe county, and is now assistant attorney-general. All three candidates are from the south half of the state.