Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1902 — THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. [ARTICLE]

THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

A Full County Ticket Nominated Last Saturday. The Democrats held their county convention at the opera house in Rensselaer last Saturday afternoon. The following ticket was put in the field: Auditor, Albert Bouk, of Walker township; Treasurer, Ellis Jones, of Carpenter township; Sheriff, Mason Kenton, of Marion; Coroner, Dr. Merrill, of Manon; Surveyor, John H. Jessen; Commissioner, first district, E. M. Allen, of Kankakee; commissioner second district, F. M. Parker, of Marion; commissioner third district, F. M. Welsh, of Jordan township; County Councilmen, Wm. Fitzgerald; Geo. Casey, of Union; W. P. Baker, of Marion; T. Harrington, of Remington; James L. Smith, of Walker; Oscar Hauter, of Marion; Guthrie Morris, of Carpenter. Delegates to the various conventions were selected as follows:

Congressional—G. O. Stemble, B. F. Funk, Lee E. Glazebrook, Victor Yeoman, J. A. Washburn, W. L. Bringle, J. O. Chilcote, L. Strong. Legislative—Albert Bouk, James Smith, Frank B. Meyer, Thos. CAllahan, Ellis Jones, Jacob R. Hazen, U. M. Baughman, George H. Maines. State—S. Fendlg, John Tillett, T. J. Mallatt, Isaac Tutuer, Geo. Besse, Frank Hoover, Frank Fisher, F. E. Babeock. The meeting was presided over by Chairman Honan. U. M. Baughman acted as secretary. For auditor there were two candidates, Albert Bouk, of Walker, and Robert J. Yeoman, of Newton. The first ballot was a tie, each candidate receiving 75 votes. On the second ballot Bouk received 91 votes and Yeoman 65. George O. Stemble refused to run for treasurer, so the race was between Ellis Jones, of Carpenter, and Joel Spriggs, of Walker. Jones received 123 votes and Spriggs 32. Two names were proposed for sheriff. John Finn’s name, of Kankakee, was proposed, and then Mason Kenton, of Marion, was placed before the convention. Finn’s name was then withdrawn and Kenton was nomnated by acclamation. Korah Parker, of Marion, was proposed for surveyor, but he said he wouldn’t have it, so John Jessen was put in as a compromise candidate.' E. W. Allen, of Kankakee, and Wm. Cooper, of Walker, were proposed for commissioners from the first district. Allen was nominated by 126 votes to 30 for Cooper. F. M. Parker, of Marion, was the only candidate for commissioner from the second district. F. M. Welsh, of Jordan, was nominated for commissioner from the third district of Carey over McKillop, of Milroy, by a vote of 93 to 66 The ticket lacks considerable of being a strong one and will be easy to beat.