Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1894 — A Jasper County Protest. [ARTICLE]

A Jasper County Protest.

The following 'was sent to C. B. Landis, the nominee of the Hammond convention, the latter part of last week. It was signed by 100 Republicans, mostly of Rensselaer and vicinity. Dear Sir: We, the undersigned, true and loyal Republicans of Jasper County, respectfully state that after due and careful consideration and investigation of the Congressional situation conclude that there has been no nomination for Congress in the Tenth Congressional district, and that for you to accept the nomination tendered by the minority of the delegates selected and present at the Hammond convention will be to insure your defeat at the November election and everlasting retirement from Republican politics in the Tenth Congressional district. Not only will it defeat you but it will endanger the State ticket. We sincerely regret that a condition fraught with such deplorable results will be the reul t of j our acceptance of a nomination of this character. This is from Republicans that have never in the past been guilty of scratching a ticket that was given them 1 by a Republican nominating convention, and who under honorable victory would roll up an old-fash-ioned majority for you. This protest is a specimen of several to the same tenor, that are reported to have been sent to Mr. Landis, from various parts of the district; while on the other hand, he is receiving numerous advices to accept the nomination of the Hammond convention, and make the race. Between the two fires, he can well be granted time for reflection. In the end, however, we are confident that he will decide as he thinks the best interests of the party require.