Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1876 — CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES. [ARTICLE]

CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES.

In commenting upon the Crown Point Register's iuquiiy for an honest and capablo man for the republican nomitmpioa lur oj.ugreas tha Winamac Rep Mi- ,«*» WfCphCa, among others, Judge Uummond and Mr. S. P. Thompson of jfWh county. Both gentlemen fill the bill jo for m honcay or capacity is concerneu. I here has ooi, yet been suggested the name of a gentleman who [would poll a larger vote for himself or add more strength to' the ticket generally in the estimation of voters south of the Kankakee fiver, irrespective of party, than Judge Hammond. It is well enough known that The Union is ( nota partisan otgan, hut merely a newspaper free to state fuels, without bias or Hud ice, and it does not hesitate to say whichever party shad nominate such men as Judge Hammond is entitled to, and we believe will, be victorious. The ouly possible trouble in this case would [be experienced in inducing him to accept • iMtninatioo and make the canvass. {tia* he would not appreciate the jhonQr of such a nomination, or that he ,sloea not harmonise with the principles of the republican party; but he would never consent to enter the list as a wirepuller for the nomination, and then his family and intimate personal friends os well as his own tastes strongly urge him to remain on the bcuch, where he gives universal Satisfaction, at least until the expiration of the tiwtu for which he was elected. It is no disparagement of any other gentleman to say of Judire Hammond that he is one of the ablest, most modest, best informed, and finest cultivated gentlemen living in the counties of this congressional district which lie south of the Kankakee river. While

Tuts Union does not aspire to any influence in determining the choice of any /»ndi ditto of either party, and while it ifs very uncertain which party will have ,* majority next fall, we are fully persuaded that Judge Hammond would car[ry Jasper by three hundred to five hundred majority. In Newton county he is scarcely less popular; and tlier** is probably not a republican in the district who Would run Dr. flaymond ns close in White county. But Major Calkins wants to try again and will probably ,be successful in organizing his pm ty for another glorious defeat. It will require at least one more disaster like the one of two years ago to reach the party that it /squires something more than a mere .republican nomination to send a man to congress from this district. The candidate must have qualfications besides. As usual in Rensselaer the corpora* tioa election past off quietly on last, Monday without much excitement or ,tlie occurrence of any remarkable event. The issues were almost wholly «f a personal character, and of no po* litlcal significance. To be sure school matters, improvements of streets, and the construction of side-walks were ‘discussed to some exteut, and also the question of the amount of what should 'be paid for license to sell liquor iu the [town, but they were not so well defined as to malte them issues. There yrere three tickets out, but most of the candidates were on two of them, while Mr. Reeve for clerk and assessor, and Mr. Ludd Hopkins for treasurer, were on all three. The officers elected are: Trustees, Ist district, Ira C. Kellev; 2d district. James H. Loughridge; 3d district, Ira W. Yeoman; 4th district, xftfflon Phillips; sth district, Joseph •MuHpnkins. Clerk and assessor, Nathanhfl W. Reeve. Treasurer, Ludd Hopkins, The number of votes east [was XSp, against 135 last year. Fur the satisfaction of the curious, although thd question of party polities was not considered, it may be said that Messrs. Kelley, Loughridge and Yeoman are democrats, Mr. Phillips is a republican, and Messrs. J. M. Hopkins,‘Reeve and Ludd Hopkins care very little for' parties and frequently scratch their tickets, but are of republican tendencies. They are all good men, and'ail except JJr. Kelley have servejjhefbye in t!;e offices to which they were elected oh Monday. Mr. James ft. Wigmore, favorably known hereabout, is now connected with Mr. Will H. Pierce at Remington in the Jewelry and watch-repair-ing business. They are successors to Meters. 8. A. Morgan ’&■ Bon. They keep a stock of watches, clocks, jewelry, and a fhll line of stationery ‘including all kinds of blanks used by attorneys and justices of the'peace. 'lt is the intention of as they inform us. to build up a trade with the people of Rensselaer, especially in the repair of jewelry, clocks ’and watches. ft**-** ’ ~ >mong those wAose “many friends are ifirghigtbem td submit their manes before the republican convention” for nomination for county treasurer we have heard mentioned John Querrv of (jillara toWhship and John M. Wasson of Mariqfi. Those mentioned for sheriff are Atbert 8. Whiteof Barkley .Ow'rK 6 M. Robinson and Joseph t.’ Plllart of Marion, and Patrick H Bally of Kemlbgton, John Vantwnu.i of Keeuer township is mentioned for commissioner for the first district. Hon. R. 8. Dwiggins, chairman of the executive committee of the Jasper ’County Sunday SehqqJ Union, gives notice of a meeting at"the Church of Cod to-morrow evening (May 6th) at ,7:Bb o’clock, to organize a choir for the meeting of the Sunday School Union In Rensselaer on the Jfltli and 17,Inman t*. The chorister of each church J*ltd Sunday School, together with all