Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1894 — DISTRICT CANDIDATES’ PLURALITIES. [ARTICLE]

DISTRICT CANDIDATES’ PLURALITIES.

I. 11. Phares for State Senator. Benton county.. 347 Jasper county 232 Newton county 319 Total 99S T. C. Annabel, for Prosecuting Attorney. Benton county 455 Jasper county 690 Newton county 352 Tytal Plurality 1497 Mr. Annabel's very large plurality is owing to the fact that for this one office the Populists and Democrats did not fuse. M. I*. Spitler, for joint Reppresent at ive. Jasper county ~...191 Newton county 361 Total Plurality 552 The official tally sheets of the election of last week, show that in this county,, 26 Democrats; 22 Republicans and Populists stamped the first name on their ticket, thereby supposing they were voting the whole ticket, when they really only voted for one maD on the ticket. Here are 57 votes practically lost, in this one form of erronious stamping. In others, such as stamping in the big squares and then stamping elsewhere, by stamping more than once in the large square etc., there were so many votes spoiled that the number for the county would fall little if any abort of 100. The Australian voting syousm is a good thing, but it takes the |*eople a long lime to get used *o it Besides, the system in this slate Jo more complicated and the requirements of exactness more rigid than in most states where it has been adopted. The N,>rth Jndson Nctts ie lead--1 log a movement to ehange tire name of Starke county to something else; “Garden county" being, moat favored for the new name.! The idea teems to be that the j eorfbty would prosper better under

a changed name, having under its old name got a reputation for being a land of swamps, sapd ridges and frog-ponds. Possibly the change of name may prove to some extent beneficial, but we greatly doubt it. In any case it would seem somewhat of a pity to throw away the name given in honor* of one of the doughty old heroes of the Revolution. It looks like bartering patriotism and sentiment for a very remote chance to make a v&j few more dollars. Starke, Pulaski, Jasper and Newton, compose a contiguous block of counties all named for heroes of the revolutionary war, and it would not be a very seemly thing for one of these counties to discard its heroic name for no better reason than is assigned in this case. The Republicans of Jasper county owe a big debt of gratitude to Thos. J. McCoy, their county chairman daring the campaign, for the vigorous, vigilant and victorious manner in which he conducted the campaign. He has been, indeed| a most excellent county chairman; and he was very ably and effectually seconded by C. E. Mills, the county secretary We doubt if any county in the state had a better pair of campaign leaders than Jasper had in these two men.