Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1884 — A Primary Election [ARTICLE]

A Primary Election

The Central. Committee made a new departure in determining the manner of selecting delegates to the district conventions. 'lire method is one that commends itself j To republican* ns fair ami easy -tis operation anti it is to be hoped ltd when the conventions are called that there will be an universal turn out.

The .Republican County : Centra] Committee held an important meeting, at the office of tins paper, hast'Saturday afternoon. Choosing the manner and time for nominating a countyTieket, whs the mostj important at the meet- j ing. Til a general sentiment of flift nbmlrnittt^o.aeamed to be that ! the great _ majority of the republican voters of the. county favored a primary election, and that method was accordingly adopted. Thursday, August Mth, was feed upon as the most generally acceptable' time for holding the primary. In the matter of delegates and | alternates to the congressional, judicial and representative conventions, it was decided to divide the county into thirteen delegate districts, in sucli a manner as to give one delegate to each 100 Republican voters, or as near as might be conveniently'done. The time for choosing sucli delegates, will be uniform, throughout the county, and will be fixed by the ’ chairman of the central committee. The following are the destriets and piace-4 of election as agreed upon: 1— Hanging Grove and Mitroy { wnships to meet at Marlboro. 2 ‘Gillam township, to meet at Center school house. :> -Waikor and lvanhakee town-. ships, to meet at Walker school; i house. - - ’ - . | 4 Barkley township, to meet cu Center 1 school house. b—South precinct of Marion tpV to meet at tlie Oortivt House. Hast half of the North' pre- i cinct of Marion township to ; ■ n *. . i 7 West halt of north precinct ; oi TLmiou township.id'meet at..-: —-| —B—Hiof-naii township to meet at; Tinvpt school house. I • Newton and. Umom townships to meet at Surrey. 10 -vKeeuer and V, heattield to. meet at Do '.Motto. 4 U- West ?. o£ Carpenter town-j ship to meet at Price school house. : -V7 1 11] —E i ? t Vto .meet at • ” TliGplaces o 7 meeting are subject to change at any .time before • . time date td live conventions is :rn~r.ounced, raid the proper township amt precinct committee- may suggest the most convenient place tor the purpose. In the eletiou of delegates, uniform blank tickets will be 1 used. and the names of all persons* votc-d for must be written, as. printed tickets will not be counted.; ille.«HU i v. ,3 Tirr. Republican, the only really and truly newspaper published h> Jasper county, is in fine Condition,’ end the only fault we find with Bro Morsha'.l is' that he -sloops to notice Who skuiderous attacks on /him that are being published in the BenihiM of that place. The attacks of the Sentinel ought to be beneath his notice for the reasoffi tliat they are untrue=-base. insinim atkns—and a reply only serves to advertise tlie S<Fuline!. Mr. Martha!! is well and favorably known to ids renders, “and no amount of lying can harm him.—[El wood' Review. “Faithful are the wounds of a friend” and we thank Brother Lee for the bitter in the above paragraph as well as for the sweet; for the rebuke as well as for the commendation. {Morever we promUe never io do so again—at " I«a»t hardlyercr.: