Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1914 — POLITICAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL NOTES.

Of Interest to the Readers of the Democrat. John R. Gray, of Rensselaer, announces himself in this issue of The Democrat as a candidate for the democratic nomination for assessor. Benton county democrats will meet next Saturday by precincts to select delegates to the state and district conventions. The republicans will meet in delegate convention at Fowler, March 23, for a like purpose and to nominate a county ticket, thetir primaries being held the Saturday previous.

Don’t forget the democratic precinct primaries next Saturday, March 7, to select delegates to the county convention, as per call elsewhere -in The Democrat. Turn out to the primaries and see to it that good representative men are 1 sent to the county convention, that we may nominate a winning ticket. Newton county ‘democYats will hold precinct conventions next Saturday to elect new precinct comwho will meet in Morocco Monday, March 7, and reorganize by electing a county chairman, etc. Delegates to the state convention will be selected at a mass convention in Morocco qn March 7 also. The republican state convention will be held April 22 and 23 Among those who would like to succeed Senator Benjamin F. Shively, a candidate for renomination on the democratic ticket, are: Addison C. Harris, former ambassador to Austria; Hugh T. Miller, former lieutenant governor; W. L. Taylor, former attorney general; Edgar D. Crumpacker, former congressman, and Frank A. Ball, manufacturer, of Muncie.