Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1894 — LANDIS IS NOMINATED. [ARTICLE]

LANDIS IS NOMINATED.

End of a Bitter Fight in the Tenth District. The bitter contest between Charles B. JJandis, ofJDelphi, and Judge Johnston, of Valparaiso, for the Republican congressional nomination in the Tenth district, culminated in the nomination of Landis at the conyention at Hammond, Thursday. Outside of Lake county Landis had a majority’and had a majority on the committee'on credentials. This majority reported in favor of seating fifteen Landis and fifteen Johnston delegates from Lake county. After almost three hours of debate rhe report was adopted by a small majority. The thirty Johnston delegates from Lake then withdrew and fifteen of their places were promptly filled by Landis delegates. Porter and Jasper counties each followed the lead of Lake and withdrew from the convention. It was then dark, it having taken four hours for the committee to prepare their report, and three more to secure its adoption, and an adjournment became necessary and was taken until 9:30. At that hour the convention was called in the Opera House. The Johnston forces did' not answer to the call. Fulton county, all but one from Jasper, four from Cass and. six from Newton and four from Pulaski and all of Lake and Porter, together with fifteen from Lake, were absent. Upon a 1 call for nominations, C. B. Landis, M. L. Essick and Judges Gould and Hammond were placed in nomination, but the names of Gould and Hammond were withdrawn. A ballot resulted in 103 votes (all present) l for Landis. This being a majority of the full number of delegates, Landis was declared the nominee, and then one of the bitterest fights ever witnessed in Lake county or the Tenth District ended.