Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1894 — A DEMOCRATIC “CITIZENS’ TICKET.” [ARTICLE]

A DEMOCRATIC “CITIZENS’ TICKET.”

The Democrats, of Rensselaer are trying a new scheme this year, and have got out what they call a “citizen’s ticket.” The scheme does not very appreciably magnify their very microscopic prospects for defeating any of the Republican candidates, but will serve as a good blind to conceal the demoralized condition of their party here. Had they got out a straight ticket, under its true name, it would have shown too plainly for denial, that they have been losing ground right along, since last year. The call for their so-called Citizens’ convention was published in the Pilot, and met at the court house, Friday evening. For a long time, the two organizers of the scheme, Messrs. J. W. Douthit and J. C. Chilcote, were ‘all the “Citizers” present Finally, by dint of much bell ringing, Messrs. Bates, D. B. Npwelsand O’Meara, and one or two others dropped in. Even then however, they had to follow the late example of tue Democratic Congress, and adopt “Czar Reed’s” quorum counting rules. There was this difference: The Reed method is to count those “present and not voting." The Douthit-Chilcote rule was to count those absent and not coming. The ticket they decided on was SUfollows: Trustees, Ist ward, Felix French; 2nd ward, W. R. Nowels; 4th ward, John W. Paxton; Treasurer, Berry Paris, Clerk Dallas Yeoman; Marshal, Webb Reeve. Under the Australian election law now in force, it was necessary to nominate this ticket by petition of 20 or more voters, in order to get it printed on the authorized ballots. The petition was signed by the following 20 old-time democratic “citizens:” John C. Ohilcote, N. S. Bates, I. C. Kelley, C. D. Nowels, D. B. Nowels, J. W Douthit, J. H. Loughridge, Chas. J. Roberts, Robt. Randle, J. W. McEwen, Bruce White, Alfred Collins, J. A. Sharp, C. B. Steward, H. Mackey, Chas. A. Roberts, S. Healy, David W. Shields, V. E. Loughridge, John Healy. This list of petitioners gives the whole thing away as a democratic scheme pure and simple, as every last one of them is a thoroughbred Demo--crat. . The name under which the ticket will be printed on the ballots is “Citizens’ Ticket” and its emblem is a star, being symbolical of what the authors of the scheme will see on election day.

The choirs of the Christian and M. E. churches will give an “Olden Times” concert at the Opera House, on Friday evening, April 27. They have prepared an elegant program and the choruses will be sung by twenty voices. It is aimed to make this the musical event of the season, and you will miss it if you fail to attend. The participants ip the unique entertainment will wear old time costumes of a hundred yean ago. The program will be announced later on.