Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1884 — The Precinct Conventions [ARTICLE]

The Precinct Conventions

The Blaine and Logan club hold their first public meeting at the Court House next Saturday evening. A Blaine and Logan club has been organized in Rensselaer with quite an extensive membeiship and a prospect of many more. They will hold a public meeting next Saturday evening, which should be largely attended.

We learn from the Judicial convention at Goodland, on Tuesday, that upon the assembling of the delegates it was found that Ward had the whole delegation from Newton county, and nine from Benton, with several from Jasper; whereupon the names of Chilcote and Streight were withdrawn from the convention, and P. H. Ward received the entire vote. There was no opposition to M. H. Walker for Prosecuting attorney, who, also, received the unanimous vote of the convention. r' / — Although our friend Chilcote has failed of the nomination for Circuit Judge, he, at least, has the Satisfaction of knowing how high a place he holds in the esteem of his fellow citizens in this town and county, and of which ample • evidence is furnished by the large vote cast for him last Saturday. In Be nsselaer itself, the place of all others in which he is best known, although a special and determined effort was made against him, on the aground, perhaps, that it would be pglitically inexpedient to take the nomination away from Newton county, yet he received four fifths of the votes cast, and in man}* of the townships his vote tv as proportionally even greater.

The slowness of some precincts in making returns prevents us giving full returns of the precinct conventions of last Saturday. Below we give the names of the various delegates, so far as we have learned them: CONGRESSIONAL: Marion tp., Geo. M. Robinson, I. B. Washburn, W. B. Austin; Marlboro,. (Hanging Grove and Marion,) A. M. Horner; Surrey, (Newton and Union,) Walter Fonsler; "Jordan, M. G. Lewis; Gillam, Ohas. Sprague; De Motte, (Keener and Vi’iieatfield,) M. F. Sell wan kcV; Wheatfield, 'Kankakee and Walker,) I. JL). Dunn. ' Judicial :* Marion, T. J. McCoy. F. W. Babcock, J. F. Warren; Marlboro, L>. I). Redmond; Jordan, A. J. Ifeomnu; Surrey, Clark McColly; Gillam, Geo. S. Gw hi; DeMotte, Daniel E. Fairchild; Wheat field, Win B. Meyef*. REPRESENTATIVE. Marion, H. W. Wood, T. JFankr, J. R. Vnnatta; Marlboro; J. W. Jacks; Jordan, H. i. Adams; Surrey, John .V avtindale Gillam, D. H. Guild; DeMotte, Geo. De Boer; Wlieatfield, John Fettit. In the absence of the returns we. canuot give satisfactoiy reports of the votes for preferences. All. the precincts voted for M. F. Chilcoie for Judge except two, in Carpenter and Gillam, which voted for Ward.' For Congressman all the precincts, so far as heard from, instructed for Owens, except Marlboro for Johnston, and Hanging Grove for Chase, For Representative the vote is much derided, though Maxwell carried ’ five or six precincts, K.- W. Marshall four, Spider one and S. P. Thompson one or'two, Wbeatfie.d precinct did not instruct. Ayer’* Pst*npr»ri!S* '’POraias .radically Dp*>p and ttjtvcgb the blood, auo is a Mi«, reliable, tu<s abselwte care for the YKiiuu# ilikam. cnruploinis, and disorder*;, due tu *4ybfikv, or to any cUAStitmfomd taint or im'scUam.

M*. Nathan Eldridfle, the extrustee of Barkley tp., dropped in to renew his subscription Tuesday, (a commendable way of his, ana deserving of imitation.) Mr. Eldridge was a soldier in the regiment in which Gov. Calkins was an officer and lie ik, of course, immensely pleased at his nomina.* tion. He knows him, and “knows what’s in him” and swears by him, or would if he ever swore, which we don’t think he 6Ver does.

By order of the second Assistant Post Master General changes have been made in the schedule for carrying mails from Rensselaer to Culp, and from Rensselaer to Blackford; to take effect on the Ist day of July, 1884. Mails will be carried on the Culp route on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, leaving Rensselaer at 12 o’clock, noon. On the Blackford route the service has beeu reduced to one trip per week, which will be made Saturday, leaving Rensselaer at 1 o’clock, p. m. Wm. H. Sayler is sub-contractor for both routes.