Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1894 — IOWA’S NEW SENATOR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IOWA’S NEW SENATOR.

Ex Governor Gear the Republican CaneA Nomine*. The Republican caucus to nominate a candidate for United States Senator from lowa met at Des Moines, Monday night Seven candidates were voted for. Ex-Gov. Gear received the nomination on the third ballot A formal ballot was bad In the

Senate and House, Tuesday. In the Senate Gear received 33 votes to Boies’ 11. In the H >use—Gear 77, Boies 17, Butler 1. The vote was canvassed. Wednesday, and Mr. Gear declared United States Senator from lowa. The new Senator was born In Ithica, New York, in 1825. He has served seveial terms in Congress, and was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for a brief period in 1892.

JOHN HENRY GEAR