Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1916 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. •♦*♦♦ ♦» *** ♦* * NO NOMINATIONS AS YET * * For Standard * Bearers of G. O. I‘. * * and B. M. Parties. » * No nominations had been made * * at-either the Republican or Pro- ♦ * gressive national conventions up ♦ * to the hour of The Democrat’s * * going to press, and it was doubt- ♦ * ful whether nominations would ♦ *be made before Saturday. From * * the indications yesterday morn- * * ing it was not generally believed • * that the two factions of the Re- ♦ * publican party could get together ♦ * on a candidate for the presidency, ♦ * and there was no possibility of * * guessing whom would receive the * * Republican nomination. Of ♦ * course, if the nominee is not ac- ♦ * ceptable to the Progressives, * * Roosevelt will be named by the * * latter party. »