Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1916 — CENTRAL COUNTIES RECOGNIZED [ARTICLE]

CENTRAL COUNTIES RECOGNIZED

Frank Welsh of Jasper and William Darroch of Newton Delegates to National Convention. For the first time in many years, 'if not in its history, Jasper county will have a delegate to the Democratic national convention which meets this year at St. Louis. County Chairman Frank Welsh of Jordan tp. and William Darroch of Kentland are the delegates selected at the district meeting, held Tuesday evening at Indianapolis, to represent the Tenth district. These honors have usually went to the north and south ends of the district, where the greatest delegate strength lies, to the exclusion of the smaller central counties, and Jasper and Newton is to be congratulated on landing the delegates now. ; Other selections made, together wth the names of the officers of the district meeting at which they were selected follow: Presidential elector—Beaumont Parks, Whiting; contingent elector —William Spooner, Valparaiso. Delegates to national convention —William Darroch, Kentland; Frank Welsh, Jasper county. Alternate delegates—Fred Dahling, Reynolds; Charles Lhwson, Chase.

Officers of district meeting: Vicepresident, Daniel Kelly, Valparaiso; assistant secretary, E. J. Steinbach, Kentland; member of committee on rules, T/W. Field, Lafayette; member of committee on credentials, M. A. McDonald, Williamsport; member of committee on resolutions, E. F. McCabe, Williamsport.