Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1915 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happening* in the Nearby Cities and Towne—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Place*. ’ * Suffrage Defeated In Three States Tuesday. Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania followed the recent hostile action of New Jersey in hitting woman’s suffrage a hard blow in Tuesday’s elections, returning enormous majorities against ithe proposition in all three states. The new constitution was also defeated, in New York. These three states have a population of about 20,000,b 00» one-fifth that of the entire country, and the verdict against woman’s suffrage must be taken as that of the majority opinion of the voters of the country on this proposition, although a large vote was cast for sufrage.

The Republicans made some gains as was to be in an “off” year, when tbe “outs” usually put it dVer the “ins”, to some extent. In New Jersey they gained two state senators and will control the legislature in that state. In Massachusetts the Republicans elected McCall for governor over Governor Walsh, Democrat. Stanley, Democrat, is apparently elected governor of Kentucky, although the Republicans are loth to give up and it may require the official count to determine the result; In Maryland the Democrats elected the governor and legislature. In Cincinnati the Republicans elected the mayor, and the statewide prohibition amendment to the destitution was defeated by over 60,000 votes in the state.

In the local town elections politics cut little figure, and they went about as usual. In ihany instances citizen tickets, composed of both Democrats and Republicans, were elected. At Remington the Republicans swept the platter clean, as usual. Fred Hicks, Rep., was elected trustee over W. 11. Kenyon, Dem., by 4 0 votes; S. G. Hand, Rep., over D. V. McGlynn, Dem., by 72; G. I. Thomas, Rep., over Dr. A. P. Rainier, Dem., by 27; Charles Hascall, Rep., for clerk, over Thos. Samuels, Dem., by 67; F. L. Lough, Rep., for treasurer had no opposition; Lee Rush, Rep., was re-elected marshal over Len Dickinson, Dem., by 73. At Wheatfield the Democrats elected one trustee and the Republicans got the rest of the ticket; Win. McNeil, Rep., for trustee was elected over Bert Vandercar, Dem., by 13; Joseph Hickman, Dem., over James Keen, Rep., by 11; Joe Hilliard, Rep., for clerk, over Ezra Whitehead, Dem., by 21 ■ E. R. Hight, Rep., for treasurer, over Grover Stembel, Dem., by lb; Frank Johnson, Rep., for marshal, over Lou McKay, Dem., by 42. Som e near by results:

Kentland—Charles A. Rinard, trustee; J. G. Davis, clerk; Roy A. Ross, treasurer; R. M. Monroe, marshal; all on Citizens ticket except Monroe, on Non-partisan ticket. Mt. Ayr—George Corbin, Democrat; J. R. Sigler, rvepubllcan, and Charles Snow, Republican, trustees; J. W. Merry, Republican, clerk; H. S. Hufty, Democrat, marshal. Brook—Dr. C. A. Wood and O. B. Stonehill, trustees; \V. R. Wooley, clerk; J. B. Low’e, treasurer; Henry Deardiiff, marshal; Citizens ticket. No opposition.

Morocco—-C. B. Russell and John Robertsort, trustee; Bruce Stevens, treasurer; Amos Bachelder, marshal, all Democrats. Republicans also had ticket. Medaryville—Arthur Prevo, Theodore Bremer, trustees; clerk-treas-urer, David Lowe; all Republicans; James Anderson, marshall; Citizens. Monon—Republicans elected entire ticket. Richard Foulks, trustee; O. H. Brown, clerkrtreasurer; George Davis, marshal. Francesville—Democrats elected I. J. Lefler, clerk-treasurer; W. R. M hite, marshal. Republicans got what the boy shot at and missed.

Brookston - The Republican ticket .was elected as follows: Clerk, F. Van Camp; treasurer, John Vannata; marshal, Mr. Hudson; trustees, Jas. French; Frank Myers, Emory Brockway', B. Breckenridge and D. Smith. Chalmers—The Democrats elected Homer Fisher, clerk, and Levi Raynolds, trustee. The Republicans elected Morris A. Briggs, treasurer, and John G. Bentz, marshal. Thu total vote was 450. Reynolds—Newton Johnson, Democrat, was elected marshal and the remainder of the ticket was elected by Republ’icans, as follows: Carl Roemler, treasurer; Reed McCoy, clerk, and John Moore, trustee. Wolcott—Light vote with but one ticket in the field.