Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1890 — EDWIN P. HAMMOND, [ARTICLE]

EDWIN P. HAMMOND,

Nominated for Judge. ~ JOHN T. BROWN, Nominated for Prosecuting Attorney. The Judicial convention was called to order yesterday, June 18th. by M. F. Chilcote chairman of the Jasper County Central Committee. D. L. Bishop was elected chairman of the convention, Charles Mauzy, of Benton county, Sec'y. Committees on credentials and rules of order were then appointed, one on each committee from each county. The committee on credentials reported a contested delegation from Keener township. The majority reported in favor of D. E. Fairchild for delegate, minority reported in favor of Abe Halleck, majority report adopted and Fairchild seated. TV. J. Isham nominated M. 11. Walker for Judge. Dr. Hatch nominated Peter H. Ward and Joseph Willey nominated Edwin P. llammond. First ballot resulted as follows : M. 11. Walker, 22 votes. P. H. Ward, 16 votes. E. P. Hammond, 22 votes. On the succeeding ballots. ... Mr. Hammond gained steadily and on the fourth ballot lie received 31 votes, which nominated him. John T. Brown, was then nominated by acclamation for Prosecuting Attorney, there being no opposition. J ust as we go to press a telegram from Fowler states that Hon. Wm. W. Gilman, of Newton Co,, was nominated for State Senator, by acclamation, there being no opposing candidate. Parker, from Remington, was nominated fb'jj^tepresentative. There must be a mistake or skullduggery.

The Rochester Republican intimates that' Charlie Griffin, of Crown Point,, has a hankering for the congressional nomination in this district. Bro. Bitters has a post-office groivance and probably the wish in that case was farther to the thought. Mr. Griffin is a most excellent and able young man, but we calculate that the people of this district are net yet, by a long’ distance, ready' to dispense with the services of Mr. W. L>. Owen in the. National House of itepresenta—tkrrrr—■ t ‘ The actions taken by the county commissioners, in carrying out the provisions of the new law, in regard to elections, are none of them open to unfavorable comment, unless it be the choice of the sheriff's office as the voting place of the east precinct of Marion tp. It look's to us as though that would be a very inconvenient and unsuitable place for the purpose, for several reasons: The chute must begin some place out in the east side of the court house, and 50 feet from the only window in the room, after passing this window, in order to get inside of the room, as must be done to vote, the chute will have to pass clear around the end of jthe building, across the rear portico, and through the hall to the ■door of tlie room where the election is held. Then the.interior of ■the room is as inconvenient as its ■exterior. It is quite too small considering that the table used by the election board must be separated from the rest of th’e room by a railing and further that the booths for voters will necessarily occupy considerable space. Another great objection to the room it is too dark. The election boprd will, necessarily, occupy the one window in the room, Bnd the voters’ booths will have to be placed where the light will be very poor. The only room at the court house at all well adapted for an election room, under the new law, is the clerk’s office, in the detached building to the rear; and that would answer the purpose admirably, bjit the sheriffs room ip entirely unsuitable.

Occasionally an old veteran; is j found wlio seems to think that the “governmentis not doing anything for the old soldiers”. This sounds strange when the fact is that the Nation is paying every year more than a hundred millions ,to the “men who bore the brunt of the battle, and to their widows and orphans.”- Isn’t that something? I 'atpar iso Yidetlc, ItTsThuch there‘tlian something, j It- is a great deal. And it is vastly more than any other nation ever did before for its disbanded .soldiers.; and when the dependent j pension bill becomes a law, as it j very soon will, the hundred million ! a year will be increased to a hundred lifty millions the goverment has notjyet done enough, nor nearly enough for its soldiers, but it has done a great deal, and will do more as time passes.