Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1884 — Tally One for Our Simon. [ARTICLE]

Tally One for Our Simon.

To Mr. S. P. Thompson, of Rensselaer, mote than to any other, belongs the credit for sitting down upon and effectually squelching the foolish project of wasting Indiana’s vote, in the National convention, in the hopeless attempt to nominate Senator Harrison. The delegation held three meetings to, consider the proposition to present Mr. Harrison’s name. At the first meeting-.a majority of the state delegates voted in favor of so doing, but Mr. Thompson and some others, refused to be bound by the action of the maj ority of the delegates, and the subsequent meetings were held in the hope of “solidifying” the delegation. At the third meeting of the delegation a whole herd of Indianapolis politicians were present, and made a determined attempt to brow-beat the independent delegates into voting with the others for Harrison; but Mr. Thompson, as their spokesman, 'made such determined assertions of his intention to vote for the man who he wished to see nominated, regardless of the question of locality, gthat the Harrison movement was abandoned entirely, and all of the Indiana delegates voted for whom they believed to be the best man. * Mr. Thompson voted for Blaine, at every