Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1894 — A New Convention Called AND EVERYTHING IS LOVELY. [ARTICLE]

A New Convention Called AND EVERYTHING IS LOVELY.

The Republican county chairm n met at Logan sport, on call of District Chairman Harley, and arranged for a new convention, which will be held at Logansport, Wednesday, August 22nd, to nominate a candidate for Congressman. The delegates will-be selected in the various cpunties on the Saturday previous, August 18th, all at the same time; We understand, further, that the call will require the delegates to bo selected separately as far aspracticable. The official call will appear in our next issue. Messrs. Johnston and Landis are both very able, and true and good men, and stanch republicans, either of whom would most creditably and successfully represent the Tenth District in the next Congress. But able and stanch as they are, it is the almost universal sense of the Republicans of the district that the re-nomination of either of them at the forthcoming new convention, would be very unwise at this time. They must both wait until time has more fully healed the soreness resulting from the late unhappy controversy. Some new man must be chosen and as far as possible one who has not taken sides in that affair. An almost ideally good candidate in this juncture would be ex-Judge E. P. Hammond, of Rensselaer; and the nomination would undoubtedly be his, for the saying so, but, unfortunately his inclinations and interests do not lie in the way of political advancement, land there is but little liklihood that under any circumstance that may arise can he be induced to alter his decision not to be a candidate. Still in. the absence of his positive, unequivocal public refusal to accept theyiornination under auy and all ci lcumstances, we still cherish a hope that he .might yet see his wayi clear to accept a nomination.