Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1917 — A FULL TICKET IS NOT FILED [ARTICLE]

A FULL TICKET IS NOT FILED

Democrats Not Anxious for City Office and Decline to Make Race. While it is a well-known fact that Jasper county Democrats are hot active seekers after office ants we frequently have to “draft’’ someone in to make the race for ;i part of the offices to be filled, the committee had> hoped that they would be able to fill all the places for the city primary. However, Messrs. Randle, Beam, Duvall and Hopver, for mayor, clerk, treasurer and councilman in the,-second ward, respectively, whose names had been suggested at the m§ss meeting held last Tuesday evening’, declined to make the race and no one else seemed to care for the nomination for any of these offices, consequently the Democratic ticket for the March primary will only include councilmen in the first and third wards and the two councilmen-at-large.. The primary ticket will be as fallows: Q For mayor—C. G. Spitler, Rep. Glerk—Charles Morlan, R.£, Emmet Laßue, R. Treasurer—C. M. Sands, R. Councilman, Ist ward—Cleve W. Eger, D.; Ray Wood, R. Councilman, 2nd Ward—Frank Tobias, R. Councilman, 3rd Ward —James Snedeker, D.; Fred Waymire, R.

Councilman-at-large Nathaniel Scott and Edward Herath, D.; Conra f d Kellner and Rex Warner, R. All the Republicans with the exception of Waymire and Kellner arfe candidates for re-election. The Republicans who filed for ward committeemen are: Floyd Meyers, D. E. Grow and Harry Kresler. ' The Republicans have candidates for ward committeemen and it is supposed their names will go on the primary ballot, but The Democrat has been unable to find any provision in the primary law for ward committeemen. It seems that under the primary law the precinct committeemen whose precincts in whole or in part lie within the boundaries of a city are the committeemen for the city and elect a city chairman, secretary and treasurer. Nothing is said whatever, so far as we have found, about any ward committeemen. For this reason no Democratic candidates filed fdr ward committeemen. The four precincts of Marion township are divided in nearly the center of the town, at the intersection of Washington and Van Rensselaer streets; and therefore each of said precinct committeemen has about equal territory, lying within the- city. Our committeemen elected E. P. Lane as chairman. George E. Collins, secretary, and J. A. McFarland, treasurer. While there are four precincts in Marion township, including Rensselaer, there are but three, wards in the city:~ The first ward takes in all the territory from east to west lying south of Washington street (including the new. extension to the east side of the city) and McCoy avenue; the second ward includes all of the territory north of Washington street, and east of Cullen, which latter now extends to the north city limits; the third w-ard includes all of the. territory lying east of Cullen street and north of Washington street. E. P. Honan has been appointed as the Democratic member of the board -of primary election commissioners and George IT. McLain is the appointive member for the Republicans. These two, with City F’er.k Morlan, will prepare the primary ballot and canvass the vote for both primary and the'general election next November. The primary ticket will be published as arranged by the election commissioners, together, with the voting places, for two weeks in both The Democrat and the Republican.