Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1920 — A LIGHT PRIMARY VOTE CAST [ARTICLE]

A LIGHT PRIMARY VOTE CAST

Yesterday In Indiana Was the General Report Over the State. A light primary vote, especially among Democrats, where the only contest was on circuit Judge and governor, was the prediction for Jasper county and in fact all over the state in the agricultural districts. The farmers generally are behind with their work and a very small per cent could be induced to leave thedr fields to go to the polls. On the state ticket the Democrats had but one contest, that for governor. It was generally believed that Dr. McCullough of Indianapolis would land this nomination, with John Eisen be . ger of North Manchester a close second and Kirby Risk of Lafayette third. The Republican contest for president —the Democrats did not file for a preferential vote —was pretty warm all over the state, and as it looked Johnson, with the support of the pro-Germans and all the antiAmericans of the cities and industrla’ centers might get more votes than Wood. It was conceded that the contest was between Wood and Johnson, with Harding next and Lowden lowest on the list. For governor on the Republican ticket the contest lay between McCray and Fessler, with the chances apparently favoring the latter. The trend has been toward Fessler for the past month, and he has made great gains all over the state duly ing the past two weeks, is the report. Locally the interest centered in the nomination for circuit judge. The Democrats had two good men opposing each other, either of which would be acceptable, and the choice lay only in who could pull the -largest vote in the fall election. With six candidates for Judge on the Republican ticket—five from Jasper and one from Newtoq, although one of the former, Mose Leopold, had announced his withdrawal from the race —the general opinion was yesterday that the Newton county candidate, Ray Cummings, would be nominated. Providing, of course, the Republicans of his home county generally stood behind him. Of the Rensselaer candidates, opinions differed as to the strength of the men.