Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1919 — WILL NOT ASK A RE-ELECTION [ARTICLE]

WILL NOT ASK A RE-ELECTION

Judge'Hanley Will Not Seek Further Judicial Honors, ’Tis Said. It is currently reported that Judge C. W. Hanley will not be a candidate for re-election to the bench in 1920 but, instead, will open a law office in company with his son, Cope. Rumor also has it that Newton county will not be given a look-in ifi naming Jiis successor, but that Jasper county Republicans will expect to continue to hog this office becauce of the fact that it ’fans a few more votes than Newton, and that John A. Dunlap, George A. Williams and Mose Leopold are each lending a willing 6ar to the friends who are pushing them forward for the Republican nomination. The Democrats aJre in an almost hopeless minority in the two counties, and unless something unforseen should occur it is most probable that the office will continue in the hands of our friends, the enemy. Judge Hanley will have held the office for three terms, 18 years, at the end of fais present term, and has no desire to be a candidate again, it is said. He would be a very hard mhn to defeat for the nomination should he reconsider the matter and become a candidate. In fact, the would-be-candidates for the place would all “lay down’’ and nurse their ambition until a more favorable opportunity should the Judge decide to let his name go before the primary.