Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1914 — W. I. HOOVER IS NEW CHAIRMAN [ARTICLE]

W. I. HOOVER IS NEW CHAIRMAN

Of Democratic County Central Committee Monday. CO. CONVENTION MARCH 13, And Precinct Primaries on Saturday, March 7—C. A. Tuteur Elected Secretary, and J. A. McFarland, Treasurer.

At the meeting of the newly elected democratic precinct committeemen Monday, held in the east court room, L. Strong was made chairman of the meeting and F. E. Babcock, secretary. All the precincts were represented except Hanging Grove; Barkley, East; Barkley, West; Milroy; Kankakee and Walker. After calling the roll of precincts the following officers of the county central committee were elected: WILLIAM I. HOOVER, Chairman. C. A. TUTEUR, Secretary. J. A. McFARLAND, Treasurer’ The matter of when the county convention should be held was then taken up, and in view of the State convention being held on March 19, and the established custom of selecting delegates to such convention at our county convention, it was decided to hold the precinct primaries to select delegates to the county convention on Saturady, March 7, and the county convention on the Friday following, March 13, there being no superstitious fears of “Friday, the 13th,” in tho committee. At the county convention delegates will be selected for the various district conventions—Congressional, Representatives and Judicial—-as well as for the state convention. The official call for the precinct and county conventions appears in this issue of The Democrat, and the democrats over the county should get busy and discuss candidates for the county ticket as well as who they will send as delegates to the county convention, for if we make no mistake in our ticket we will do some business in Jasper county, at the November election.