Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1914 — POLITICAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL NOTES.

I S. Wade of I-afayette, spoke at the court house Wednesday evening on the political issues from a prohibition standpdint. William Darroch of Kentland, democratic candidate for judge of j the Jasper-Newton circuit court, was j in Rensselaer a short time Wednesday. VOTE NO on proposition of the. state appropriating $2,000,000 for a centennial celebration in 1916, and YES on holding a constitutional convention. Hon. Wiii. L. Newbold of R<ushville, spoke at Remington Wednesday night and at Wheatfleld Thursday night, for the democrats, having very nfee meetings at each pl^ce. The prohibition party faited to file its certificate of nomination for the county picket in Jasper county and as a result will have no county ticket in the field. They will have but two names on their county ballot, that for representative in congress and for joint-representativ.e of Jasper and White counties. The rest of their ticket is blank.

Jasper county democrats should not give any credence to the many false reports that the republicans are starting in regard to democratic candidates, in the hope of winning away democratic votes from our county ticket. The republican candidates are becoming desperate and are resorting to the most despicable methods to do their democratic opponents harm. Exercise your good common sense and you will pay no attention to these stories. The democrats have up a good ticket and it is deserving of your hearty support. The mistake most commonly made by voters in marking their ballots is to stamp the little square in front ot the first name on the ticket, thinking that this }s the way to vote a straight ticket. Don’t do it; sueh a ballot is only counted for the one name marked. To vote a straight ticket mark the emblem circle at the head of the ticket and leave all the little squares unmarked. If you wish to vote a “scratched” ticket, DO NOT mark within the circle containing the emblem, but make an X within the small square at the left of the name of every candidate for whom you desire to vote.