Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1917 — Start Drive for Congress Seats. [ARTICLE]

Start Drive for Congress Seats.

Rushville, June 15. —Both Finly Gray, Democratic nominee, and 11. H. Elliott, Republican nominee, have opened their campaigns for the seat in congress vacated by the death of Daniel Comstock. Six United States senators and two members of the house of representatives will campaign in the district before the election on June 26. Among them are Senators Hiram Johnson and Warren G. Harding. Representative Claude Kitchin, Democratic leader of the house of representatives, and Senator Ollie James are to be two of the leading Democratic orators. District Attorney Slack has announced that federal agents will watch for violations of the election laws on the day of the balloting.