Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1914 — Republican County Convention Next Monday. [ARTICLE]

Republican County Convention Next Monday.

The republicah county convention will be held in Rensselaer next Monday, the primaries for the selection ot delegates to be held this coming Saturday. The liveliest contest promises to be over the nomination for sheriff. There are four candidates for this nomination, Jack Wells and W H. Gratner, of Barkley tp.; C. A. Gundy, of Fair Oaks, and B. D. McColly, of Rensselaer. The latter, who has been a resident of Jasper county fpr less than a year, and had not gained a residence here so that he could vote in the city election, last November, has been making the most active Campaign for the nomination, auditis thought by most people that he wild.

be able to land the place, as he is considered an expert wire puller. The only other announced opposition is for county treasurer and county assessor- Charles V. May, of Carpenter tp., and John T. Biggs, of Wheatfield are the avowed candidates for the nomination for treasurer, while J. E. Moore, of Barkley tp., G. L. Thornton, of Newton tp., and John O’Connor, of wensselaer, are candidates for the county assessor nomination. J. P. Hammond for auditor, J. H. I erkins for clerk and Charles Welsh for commissioner, all present incumbents, will probably be nominated without opposition. H. W. Marble, of Wheatfield, and C. J. Hobbs, of Kersey, are the only announced candidates for county commissioner from the first district and county . irveyor, respectively, and they, too, ■will probably have no opposition in the convention.