Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1896 — The Nicholson Law Sustained. [ARTICLE]

The Nicholson Law Sustained.

The Supreme Court, last Friday, handed down its decision in the consolidated Nicholson law case, and the decision sustains the law in every material particular. Some of the points of the law covered and sustained by the decision, are the provisions requiring the liquor business to be kept apart from all others; requiring screens to be removed during legal closing hours and days; forbidding the saloon-keepers to| allow others than members of their own families to enter the! saloon during closed periods; for-' bidding games and amusements! etc. In regard to section 9, the local option section, which was the special point of the liquor men’s attack, the decision sustains it in every particular. Regarding the right of signers of remonstrances

to withdraw their t names, which is a point which has a special interest in Rensselaer, the decision largely but not wholly sustains the position of Judge Wiley, in the Striekfaden case. Judge Wiley held that remonstrators could withdraw their names at apy time. But the Supreme Court gives them the right to withdraw only up to thebeginning of the last three days before the meeting of the commissioners. A remonstrance must be directed against the aud not against applicants generally, as was held by Judges Rabb, of Williamsport and Palmer, of Monticello.

The Representative Convention. The Republican convention to nominate a candidate for Joint Representative in the Legislature for Jasper and Newton counties was held Monday afternoon, at ILook. David Weldon, of Kentland, was chosen chairman and H. L. Brown, of Rensselaer, secrertary. The candidates for the nomination were Pierce Archibald, Dr. S. N. Caldwell, and Dr. J. A. Lovett, all of Newton. J.|F. Johnson, who had been a candidate, withdrew before the day of the convention. The convention consisted of 29 I delegate votes, but as both counties elected by precincts, both had more delegates present than the number of votes they were entitled to. Therefore the votes were mostly in fractions. Each Jasper County delegate cast 8 ninths of a vote; while the votes of New.ton County delegates were scarcely no two the same value, they being divided in proportion to the Republican vote of each pfecinct The first ballot resulted in ten and,4l-45 votes for Archibald; | ten and 2-10 for Caldwell and six I and 5-90 for Lovett. On the second ballot Mr. Archibald was nominated, the vote standing, Archibald* 15, Caldwell 8, Lovett 5, not counting' the fractions. The candidate is as good a man for the place as could be found in the two counties, and several counties adjacent. He is a farmer and lives southeast of Mo-

rocco has had experience in published affairs, and for two terms been president of the Newton County Board of Commissioners. He is a well educated man, and well informed on all subjects; and when occasion requires can make a good public speech. The Newton county people, who know him better than any one else, hold him in very high esteem, indeed-