Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1914 — REPUBLICANS NOMINATE TICKET [ARTICLE]

REPUBLICANS NOMINATE TICKET

Third Party Men Held Well Attended Convention in Rensselaer Monday.

The republican county convention was held in Ellis opera house Monday afternoon, with J. D. Allman and A. G. Catt permanent chairman and secretary, respectively. After the various committees had reported the convention proceeded to nominate a ticket. The first two nominations, J. H. Perkins for clerk, and J. P. Hammond for auditor, both present incumbents, were made by acclamation, there being no other candidates. For treasurer tfhe names of Charles V. May, present trustee of Carpenter tp., and John T. Biggs, of Wheatfield, were placed before the convention. A ballot was taken and May received 78 votes to Biggs 76, and the former was declared the nominee of the convention. For sheriff there were four candidates—lsaac Wells and W. H. Gratnet, of Barkley tp.; C. A. Gundy, of Union tp., and Ben D. McColly, of Rensselaer. McColly got the nomination on the first ballot, receiving 100 votes to Gratner 35, Gundy 15, and Wells 4. For county assessor three names were placed before the convention, G. L. Thornton, of Newton tp.; John O’Connor, of Rensselaer, and J. E. .vioore, of Barkley tp. Thornton was nominated on the first ballot, receiving 92 votes, to 13 for O’Connor, and 19 for Moore. There were two votes east for “Lewis,” presumably John Q. Lewis, the present assessor, who was not a candidate for re-election. For surveyor, C. J. Hobbs, of Kersey, was nominated by acclamation. Two names were presented for coroner, Dr. C. E. Johnson and Dr. E. N. Loy, both of Rensselaer. Three ballots were necessary to nominate, there being more votes cast than there were delegates in the convention. (154) on the first two ballots. On the third ballot 143 votes were cast, of which Johnson received 82 and Loy 61. The nomination of H. W. Marble for commissioner from the first ciistrict and Charles Welch for commissioner from the third district were made by acclamation. For county council C. E. Kersey, of Kersey, was nominated, from the first district; s. T. Comer, of Union tp., from the second district: Wash Cook, of (Hanging Grove tp., from the. third district and Charles Mead el, of Carpenter tp., from the fourth district. At large—rH. W. Jackson, of Marion tp.; E. E. Pullins, of Gillam tp., and George May, of Carpenter tp. Delegates selecteu to the state and congressional conventions were as follows: State—H. B. Brown, of Kniman; John Greve, of Demotte; J. W. Spate, of Newland; D. S. Makeever, of Newton; John J. Porter and C. H. Peck, of Remington, and Rex Warner and Abe Halleck from Rensselaer. Congressional—H. W. Marble, John Greve, Frank Foltz, H. R. Wood, M. Leopold, G. M. Healey. William P. Micbal and W. E. Peck. State Senator Will K. Wood, of Lafayette, who is apparently the leading candidate for the republican nomination for congress from this district, attended the convention and made a very good speech from a .republican standpoint at the close of the convention. Mr. Wood is recognized as one of the ablest lawyers In Indiana and his friends assert that If nominated lne is sure to carry Benton and Tippecanoe counties and probably White, which went

democratic two years ago, in addL tion to all of the counties that went republican in that election.