Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1916 — Newton County Bull Moose Ticket Quits Field. [ARTICLE]

Newton County Bull Moose Ticket Quits Field.

All the candidates nominated on the Progressive tiqket in' Newton county at the primary election last March have filed their resignation with the board of election commissioners. At a meeting of the county central committee and candidates this action was agreed upon, and it is likely the Progressive party organization, so far as Newton county is concerned will disband, thus leaving the membership to vote independently and for whoever they please without feeling under any obligations to support any particular nominee of any party. The above action will add several hundred to the already large list of independent voters in the county and the independent vote there is likely to determine the local election without reference to party lines. Newton county is naturally, or normally, Republican, but voters refusing to acknowledge any particular party brand when it comes to local affairs have for several years kept the county offices pretty evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats and this year, it would seem, is to be no exception to the rule. It seems that at least one or two of the candidates on each the Democratic and Republican tickets are under the ban with the Progressives and their vote will likely determine the election for these offices.