People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1896 — Jasper County Populist Convention. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County Populist Convention.

Pursuant to the call of the state central committee the populists of Jasper county met in conventional Rensselaer on Saturday, Jan, 25th, to elect new officers for their county organization and select delegates to the congressional district convention to be held at Goodland Jan. 28th, 1896. The meeting was* called to order by Chairman L. L. Ponsler, and F. D. Craig was made temporary secretary. J. A. McFarland was elected chairman of the county committee and Lucius Strong secretary. There being several townships unrepresented at the convention, on account of the shortness of the call and the bad roads, the following motion was passed. “The action of this convention shall be subject to the approval of the several townships as expressed by their chairmen.” The following delegates were selected to attend the congressional convention at Goodland, Jan, 28th, for the election of a member of the state central committee: * Barkley,—John Johnson, James W. McCleary, John Moore. Carpenter,—John Jordan, John Stillman. Gillam, —Thomas Robinson. Hanging Grove,—James Hoach. Jordan, —Mont Ritchie, Frank Welsh, William Bringle, David Welsh, Keener,—M. M. Tyler. Marion, —James Pierce, J. A; McFarland, F. D. Craig. Milroy,—A. G. W. Farmer,Henry Beaver. Newton, —Carey Carr. Union, —David H. Yeoman, A. N. Lakin. Walker,—Thomas Sayers. Wheatfield, —August Stimson, E. W. Phelps, E. D. Knotts.