Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1890 — THE SO-CALLED “PEOPLES CONVENTION.” [ARTICLE]

THE SO-CALLED “PEOPLES CONVENTION.”

A convention was held at the court house yesterday afternoon, pursuant so a call issued by Geo. W. < Casey, Frank J. Gant, Austin N. Lakin, J. W. Noland and S. P. Barker, claiming to be in accordance with the wishes of a number of the sub-alliances of Jasper county, to nominate a county ticket. The meeting was first addressed by Mn Smith, of the Indianapolis Globe, after which the followsng ticket was nominated : '■ \ Walter Harrington (the democratic candidate) for clerk; C. W. Horner, of Carpenter township, for auditor: John L. Nichols of Barkley, for treasurer, Wm. Ventling (the democratic candidate) for sheriff. the call was nominally in the name of a portion of the Alliance, it was far from an . Alliance movement, and nine tenths of the members of the Alliance disclaims the movement, A considerable numberof the members of the Alliance were present, but only those who favored the nomination of a ticket were allowed to vote, and the number of these was small. Primarily the movement was gotten up for the benefit of John Nichols, secondarily for, the benefit of certain democratic candidates; but it will do no good to any of them. It was announced that no one would be nominated unless he would renounce all allegiance to all parties except the 'Peoples, andj this Mr. Nichols very promptly agreed to do. The ruie~does not seem to have been enforced however, in the case of the democratic candidates who were endorsed. It was called a' “Peoples’ Convention” but only those who could give the Alliance password were allowed to stay in the room, and of those who could stay in, only those who favored the movement were allowed to vote. *>-