Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1916 — S. S. SHED APPOINTED CLERK [ARTICLE]

S. S. SHED APPOINTED CLERK

To Serve Until After Election—Jesse Nichols Nominated on Republican Ticket. The Republican county central committee met Wednesday to select a candidate to be placed on the county ticket for clerk of the Jasper circuit court to succeed ;he late Judson H. Perkins, who had served but three months on his second term, ' The following names were placed before the committee as candidates for the place, it being agreed that the low man should drop out after each ballot: Charles Morlan, Rice Porter, Emmet Laßue and S. S. Shedd of Rensselaer, Jesse Nichols of Marion tp. and Harry Brown of Kniman. Mr. Shedd had agreed If nominated and elected that he would qualify but not take active charge of the office, turning over the entire salary for the balance of the term for which her father had been elected to Miss Ethel Perkins, the very efficient deputy clerk. Notwithstanding this unselfish motive of Mr. Shedd, who had talked with Miss Perkins and she had agreed to take charge of the office under these conditions, the committee did not give Mr. Shedd a vote, and yet, so anxious were the Republicans to give Miss Perkins this office that they had taken the trouble to ask the state board of accounts if she could hold the office were they to appoint her direct. Their hyprocracy in the matter is very apparent in view of Mr. Shedd’s offer. The five ballots taken by the committee before a nominee was selected were as follows. Ballots 1 2 3 4 5 Nichols ,5 4 5 6 fl Brown 6 7 5 9 9 Morlan ..... ..4 5 6 5 Laßue ..... ..... 4 4 4 Porter 1 Shedd ........ It will be noted that the Morlan votes went to Nichols while the LaRue votes went to Brown, yet both Morlan and Laßue were Rensselaer candidates. Following the action of the county central committee County Commissioners Makeever and Marble—Commissioner Welch not being here—appointed S. S. Shedd to the clerkship until after the November election and ihe qualifying of the clerk elected at that time. Mr. Shedd will conduct the business of the office through Miss Perkins, who will receive the entire salary and emoluments. It is an open secret that the nomination of Nichols is very unsatisfactory to the rank and file of the Re - publicans of Jasper county as a whole and many prominent members of the are urging the Democrats to make no mistake in their nominee.