Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1895 — Politics of the New Tenth District, [ARTICLE]

Politics of the New Tenth District,

In a former issue we gave the population and area of the various counties composing the new Tenth Congressional We now give the political standing of the district as shown by the full vote of 1894, the Republican slump year, and also the vote of 1892, the Democratic slump year. The following is the vote of 1894. Rep. Dem. Pro. Pop. Benton 1825 1319 83 .62 Jasjer 1558 753 61 541 Lake 3844 2586 104 273 LaPorte 4197 4136 107 199 Newton.... .1289 771 61 142 Porter.... ..2485 1818 105 94 Tippecanoe . .5343 3662 184 132 Warren .... .1827 878 34 73 White.... ..2180 1871 146 228 Every county in the district went Republican in 1894, as will be seen by the above figures. The total Republican plurality in the district was 6754. The maj’ority over all the others combined, was 4125. The vote of these same counties in 1892, was as follows: Rep. Dem. P ro. Pop. Benton 1597 1371 107 76 Jasper 1355 926 67 483 Lake 2930 2971 105 20 LaPorte, ....3527 4594 96 _IOO Newton. HSI % ’ 878 73 126 Porter.... ..2268 1905 141 129 Tippecanoe..4B2s 4363 194 49 Warren 1841 971 43 50 White 1801 1887 169 227

In 1892 all were Republican except Lake, LaPorte and White. The net Republican plurality over the Democrats was only 1359. This number lacked 920 of being a majority over all the others. That the district will be reliably Republican, however, there is no good reason to doubt.