Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1902 — Political Notes. [ARTICLE]

Political Notes.

If Newton county wins in the judicial race, Jasper will hearty support the nominee. —o— With Jasper’s four votes to the good, it looks almost like suicide for old Newton to begin quarreling with Jasper about the judgeship. —Morocco Courier. —o— W. L. Lewis, of Union township, this week announces his name as a candidate for county surveyor. This makes three candidates for this office, one from Marion, on’fc from Carpenter and one from Union, #°“ From present indications it looks as if Jesse E. Wilson, of Rensselaer, will be the nominee for joint representative of Jasper and Lake counties. No better selection could be made in either county, as Mr. Wilson is a man of unquestioned character and ability and would add dignity to any office. —o— The nominee of the Republican county convention for commissioner from the third district will be appointed by the conimissioners next month to fill the unexpired term of Fred Waymire, who resigned last week and was appointed to represent the second district, in which he now resides. —o— If the editor of the Brook Reporter would come over into Jasper a few days and talk with our citizens he would find he had been badly imposed upon by some one in the judgeship matter. There is no dissatisfaction over the way the delegates are to be selected in this county, and in fact it is the desire of the voters that they be so selected. If there is any trickery in nominating the judge olthis circuit it will not be upon the part of Jasper county Republicans. —o— Dr. E. G. Bell, of Hammond, was nominated for state senator from Porter and Lake counties. Nathan L. tor. W. J. McAleer, of Hammond, Agnew of Porter, is the old state senawas also nominated for prosecuting attorney for the same district over Mile Bruce, of Hammond, and H. H. Loring, of Valparaiso. Messrs. Agnew and Bruce are both natives of Pulaski county. W. 0. McMahan, of Crown Point, received the nomination for judge.