Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1886 — Congressional Convention. [ARTICLE]

Congressional Convention.

The Republican Congressional Convention for the Tenth District will be held at Valparaiso, Ind., on Thursday, August 19, at 10 o’clock a. m., for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Congress. The basis of representation will be one vote for each. IC*O votes and one for each fraction over 50 votes cast for Calkins in 1884. —A.... -jt---- . - ■ , , tJh ' -Each county will be entitled to the following vote in said convention: parroll. 23 Cassl. ttti m m r -ri i 1-11 ■ »'tti t i i i « .36 Fulton . 19 Jasper \ . .13 Lake 22 Newton ~. 11 Porter 25 Vulaski 77710 White .17 Total vote 179 Necessary for choice ~89

H. E. PATTISON,

Chin. Rep. Cen. Com. 10 Disk

Fritz Tk. Sbitter, of Mt Vernon, is also a candidate for Secretary of State, and has favored us with a neated printed circular announcing the fact. Fritz Th. may be a ven nice sort, of a man, probably is. .but his wierd and unearthly cognomen is Very ,much against him, arul besides republicans up this way seem to take a neighborly in the ( welfare of Clias. F. of Grown Point, and we ink Fritz Th. will have to look • little further.

Simon P. Thompson has received the nomination for State Senator for the counties of Jasper, Newton and Benton. Mr. T. is a gentleman for whom we entertain the highest regard, and he is every way qualified to do honor to the position ho seeks.— Rochester Republican.

' H. E. Fatfisitn, Chairman of the Republican congressional district committee, issues notice that the republican congressional convention will be held at Valparaiso, on Thursday, August 19th. The basis of representation is one delegate for each huudred republican votes, and one for each fractional part of one hundred, over fifty. This gives Jasper county thirteen delegates.

; —— -•—••••/ s._.. Everybody should read, Governor Foraker’s life of Jeff Davis-. Here it is. “Whatever otluff's represent, this man, Jefferson Davis, who talks about liberty,represents human slavery,The degradation of labor, the treason sis secession and rebellion, the horrors and infamies of Libby and Andersonville, all, in short, that is most malicious, vicious aud damnable in American history.”

Simon P. Thompson has always taken an active and working part in the politics of this district lie is conceded to be one of the best lawyers in the circuits of northern Indiana, and is especially strong in argument rind debate. Most of our' late s representatives in the State councils have been of the quiet, conservative type. Not so with Simon Peter. We predict that the opposition will be made keenly aware of his presence in the State Senate. — Keniland Ga.relic. 7 *:

The Hon. D. E. Streight, of Fowler, wlio was one of the most active and influential opponents of the nomination of S. P. Thompson, says in the Fowler Era of July 15th: “We have to bear and forbear to insure success. On only personal grounds the Senatorial nominee is" very unfelisliable to tlie writer, yet lie cannot, and will n6t let that fact alienate his support. Let us continually bear in mind liow important it is that in all our political actions, we cultivate a spirit of harmony and unity, and thereby insure victory, instead of doing that which invites discord and disorder.”

Indianapolis Journal: . The Democratic House of Representatives lias passed one of the vetoed pension bills over the President's head. Tn this case Mr. Cleveland roundly lectured Congress for its carelessness hr investigating pension clni me. saying that the claimant under the bill had never applied for a pension to the department. The next day* a ’Republican Congressma?i exhibited to the House the papers in the case, taken from the files in the Pension Bureau, enveloped in their official jacket. In this instance Mr. Cleveland was a nice person to lecture Congress about carlessness. But he got a ehauce to indulge in a sneer against a Union soldier.

A mass convention of temperance Republicans was held in Indianapolis last week, the attendance from all sections of the state being large. The sentiment of the convention was decidely in favor of the advocacy of a law permitting local option by counties, districts, or cities, as the electors might prefer. Resolutions condemning the liquor traffic and declaring in favor of local option were passed and a committee was appointed to present them to the state nominating convention and ask their adoption by tiiat body. Delegates were appointed to the national Republican qutr-saloon conference which meets in Chicago Sept.. 16th, and an executive committee consisting pf thirteen members was appointed to urge the nomination ot candidates for the legislature pledged to carry out the principles of local option.