Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1884 — The Delegate Conventions [ARTICLE]

The Delegate Conventions

The Republican voters of Jasper will meet next Saturday afternoon: at the various places specified in the call heretofore issued, for the purpose of choosing delegates to the various distiict conventions, namely: The Congressional,"to be held at Monticello, on Thursday, June 26th, the Judicial, to be held at Goodland, on Tuesday, June 24th, and the Representative, the lime and place for which are not yet specified; and at the same conventions the voters will also have an opportunity to express their preferences for candidates for . congressman, judge, prosecuting •dtorney and state representative. For tire information of voters, w.e give the names of the more prominent candidates for the republican nomination for congressman: Dudley H- Chase and W. D. Owen of Cass, Win. Johnston, of Porter, Anson Wolcott, of White, and Lewis B. Sims, of Carroll. As candidates for judge for the thirtieth judicial circuit, the only names prominently mentioned are M. F. Chilcote, of Jasper, and P. H. Ward, of Newton, For prosecuting attorney, the only candidate, so far as Jrtaown, Is M. H. Walker, of Benton. The ftathes Of the various gentlemen who have been talked ot in connection with the .jftfUcg of representative, are mentioiied elsewhere, or have been

Republican Mass Conventions The Republican voters of Jasper county are requested to assemble, in mass conventions, at two o’clock p an., on Saturday, June gist, 1884, by delegate precincts; for the transaction of the , following business, to-wit: 1— Organize by selecting as officers:—A chairman, secretary, two judges and two clerks. 2 Select a delegate, and alternate, to attend each district con-vention.-—Congressional, Judicial and Represenative. 3. -To cast a written ballot for Congressman, Judge, Prosecuting Attorney and Represenative. The Precincts, and Places of meeting, are as follows: ].—Milroy and Hanging Grove townships, at Marlborough. 2. —Walker and Kankakee townships, at Wheatfield. 3 Keener and Wheatfield tps. at DeMotte. 4 Union aud Newton townships at Surrey. 5 Gillam township, at Center ■school house. __ 6 Barkley township, at Center school house. 7 Jordan township, at Egypt school house. •.... \ 8— The west precinct of Carpenter township, will include a tract five miles wide off the west end of the township, and its convention will be [held at the Price school house. 9 The south-east - precinct will include a tract 1 and miles wide off the south end of the residue of Carpenter township, and its convention will meet in the lower room of the school building, on Ohio street, in the town of Remington., 10 — The north-east precinct will include th re-. *-1 nter township, ami .>- nth ' upper room n school building, on Ohio sti v in the town of Remington. 11— South precinct of Marion tp., at the Court House. 12— That part of the north precinct of Marion township east of the quarter section line running north through the center of section 18 town 29 range 6 west, at the Pi esby terian church. 13— The residue of the north precinct of Marion township, at the old school building.