Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1920 — YES, WE’VE HEARD OF DAVIES [ARTICLE]

YES, WE’VE HEARD OF DAVIES

So Has the State Board of Accounts, It’s Publicly Stated. Ora J. Davies, Republican candidate for treasurer of state, attended the big rally here Friday. Mr. Davies spent the day meeting the voters and talking to them face to face. He makes a fine Impression and is a splen .id candidate. Mr. Davies was highly pleased with the enthusiasm and interest which Republicans of White county are taking this campaign.—Monticello Herald (RfP) This is the same gentleman whom the state board of accounts found short some $3,806, it Is openly al leged, in his accounts as treasurer of Howard county and of the city of Kokomo, and whose nomination was put over by the Wataon-McCray crowd in the Republican state convention over the protests of many Republicans, who thought that he would be a load for the tlck< t tc carry, It has been charged. Numerous protests were made by Repub'i'’ans all over the state over his remaining on the ballot, but backed by the Watson-McCray bunch lie has stood pat. At a tenth district meeting held at Lafayette some time after the state convention, several Republicans spoke against Davies’s retention on the ticket, among whom was Chairman Leopold of Jasper county, who expressed himself very plainly that he thought Davies should “get off” But he Is still “on,” and the Watson-McCray crowd will try their best to put him over.