Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1894 — PROHIBITIONISTS REPUDIATE THE SELL OUT. [ARTICLE]

PROHIBITIONISTS REPUDIATE THE SELL OUT.

They Denounce The Endorsement of Washburn and Nominate a Representative. To Rensselaer Republican:— Pursuant to a call by Mr. A. T. McCurry, Chairman of the Newton County Prohibition Central Committee: A mass convention met in Goodland, October 16th, ’94, and organized by electing Mr. W. O. Thompson, chairman, and D. J. Huston, secretary. A committee, consisting of H. H. Moore, V. P. Hope and J. D. Clark g was appointed to present Resolutions, with reference to the action of the Delegate Convention, which met in Goodland, Sept. sth, 1894. Subsequently, this committee submitted the following report, which after some discussion was adopted. Whereas', " at the Prohibition Senatorial Convention, held at Goodland, Indiana, on the sth day of September, 1894, to select a candidate to represent the Joint Senatorial District, composed of the counties of Benton, Jasper and Newton, the delegate from Benton, in violation of his instructions, cast the vote of Benton county for one Perry Washburn, the candidate of the Populist 'and Democratic parties, and, thereby procuring his endorsement, and Whereas, said Washburn has never identified himself with the Prohibition party: Therefore be it Resolved, by the Prohibitionists of said Senatorial District, in mass convention assembled at Goodland on this the 16th of October,

189# That we condemn 4he action of said delegate from Benton county and repudiate the endorsement of said Washburn. Ordered, that a copy of these proceedings and resolutions be sent to newspapers in the District for publication. The convention then resolved itself into a Representative convention, and put in nomination Mr. Virgil B. Jenks, for Joint Representative for Jasper and Newton counties.

D. J. HUSTON, Sec'y.