Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1896 — The County Convention [ARTICLE]

The County Convention

THE REPUBLICANSJASPER COUNTY NAME. A FINE TICKET. m ONE SHAT WILL COMMAND THE UNDIVIDED SUPWRT OF THE —party. . . AJfRUKtR JS THE WAY IT LOOKS. net county Recorder, KWBKRT R. FORTKR. of Marlon Township. sor county Treasurer. JESSE O. GWIN, at Hanging u rove Townskip, ror County sheriff. “ NXTHAJ7 J. REED, of carpenter Township. N .- • -' '« ■ ' For county coroner, TRUITT P. of Marion Township. ror connty Surveyor, JOHN E. ALTER, of union Township. For county Assessor. JOHN B. PHILLIPS, of Hanging arove Towmhte,. ror commissioner Ist District,. ABRAHAM HALLECK, of Keener Townsnip., For commissioner 3rd district., FREDERICK WAYMIRK • of jordan Township.. Pursuant to call of the Central Committee, the Republicans-of Jasper County met in township and precinct mass conventions, last Saturday afternoon, Feb. 29th, and elected delegates to the county eovention, held Monday March 2nd. These primary mass conventions were well attended, and in every case a full delegation of earnest, representative Republicans, and representative citizens were selected to attend the,

County Convention It met Monday afternoon Mar. 2nd, at Ellis’ Opera House, in Rensselaer. The delegations from the different townships occupied places previously assigning by the central committee. County Chairman C. E. Mills called the convention to order, and the official call was read by County Secretary J. F. Warren. ’ On motion of R. W. Marshall it was decided that the chairman and secretary should be chosen from among the delegates to the convention. B. F. Ferguson, of Rensselaer, was then chosen chairman of the and Chas. E. Peck, of Remington secretary; and the Republican editors of the county, assistant secretaries. J. F. Warren, C. G. Spitler and J. H. Chapman were appointed tellers. On motion, the usual committee on credentials was dispensed with, and there being no contesting delegations, the list of delegates, as prepared by the officers of the Central Committee, was adopted as the official roll of the convention. Of the 157 delegates assigned in the official call, all but three were present themselves, or by their alternates. A motion to allow the townships or precincts delegations reporting absentees to cast the votes of the absent ones, or to fill the vacancies by. appointment. was voted down.

The method of voting for candidates was for the chairman of each township or pricinot delegation to collect all the ballots of his delegation and as the township or precinct was called by the sec. etary, the township chairman carried the ballots to the platform, where they were all deposited in one box, and when all were collected, were counted by the tellers. On motion, it was decided that the nominations should be made for respective offices in the same order as they were enumerated in the call for the convention. Fob County Recorder. The names of R. B. Porter of Marion tp., F. H. Scott, of Wheatfield, M. B. Lewis, of Jordan, and J. C. Thrawls, of Marion, were

placed in nomination. A single ballet settled this contest, with the following result Porter * 83 Scott.. Lewis 42 Thrawls ..1 Whole number votes cast. v. 154 Necessary to ch0ice............. 78 Mr. Porter having received a majority of all the votes cast was- declared the nominee of the convention for County Recorder. - ' COUNTY TrKMHDMBRm Jesse C. Gwin, of Hanging Grove, the present incumbent, was unanimously renominated, by acotamatiou. County SAekifi* For County Sheriff the names of Nathan J. Reed, of Carpenter, Lewis P. Shirer of Wheatfield,B. D? McColly, and J. F. Iliff, of Marlon, were put in nomination. , And « wry interesting and spirited contest result-

ed. ■ - First Ballot. Reed .. .. .... .... ,47 Iliff,. .... ~ . . ; . ..... ...31 Shirer.... 43 McColfy.. 33 Second Ballot.. Reed......... 54 Iliff.. .4.4.«,,,,.. .......21, Shirer.-.. 4......... 41 McColly ..37 Third Ballot 8eed.......» M Iliff 18 Shirer 53 McC011y...., 34 Mr. Iliff’s name was withdrawn at the close of the third ballot. And the following was the- result of the Fourth Ballot. Beed 60 UJmVf ,1 ’yia-r - ■’ '-Mi ii.ft'.tf - • _ Shirer 62 McColly ..81 Fifth Ballot.

Reed .66 Shirer ..... .........67 McColly. 22 Mr. McColly’s name was now withdrawn, and this remarkably even contest between Klessrs Reed and Shirer was settled in Reed’s favor by the Sixth Ballot. Reed .80 Shirer. .72 The next in order was the nomination of a County Coroner. And Truitt P. Wright, of Marion tp., was renominated by acclamation. County Surveyor. In the same manner John E. Alter of Union tp., was renominated for the office he now holds, of County Surveyor. County Assessor. For this office four names were put before the convention. John R. Phillips, of Hanging Grove; Geo. M. Robinson, B. F. Ferguson, and J. C. Porter, of Marion. | First Ballot. Phillips. .69 Robinson 43 Ferguson 23 Porter ................. .... 19 Ferguson and Porter withdrew their names, and Mr. Phillips was nominated on the Second Ballot.

Phillips ....11l Robinson... 42Commissioner Ist District. The names of Abraham Halleck, of Keener, Isaac D. Dunn, of Kankakee and Thomas Florence of Union were put before the convention. Mr. Halleck was nominated on the First Ballot. Halleck 102 Dunn.J, 28 Florence 21 Biggs..' 2 Commissioner, 3rd District. Quite a lively contest developed over this nomination. The candidates proposed were, O. P. Taber, and John M. Ott, of Carpenter, and Frederick Waymire, of Jordan First Ballot Taber 45 Ott ....55 Waymire 52 C. Hensler .1 D. Waymire ... .1