Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1874 — THE RESULT. [ARTICLE]

THE RESULT.

At the State election in Jasper count? aheld October Bth, 1872, the aggregate vote polled was 1,555. Of these the Republican candidate for Secretary of State received 995,

and the Democratic candidate 434. The highest vote polled at that election was for county treasurer, the Republican candidate receiving 856, and the Democratic candidate 699. Last Saturday at the People’s primary election the vote polled was 788, which shows that about half the voters of the county felt interested enough in the movement to assist in nominating a ticket.— It is not at aW probable that more than two-thirds of those who sympathize with the effort of the people to establish a new order of things in the politics of the county, came out to vote at all. It is a new thing, and an experiment which they would like well enough to see tried, but one which they were not quite prepared to participate in.— That llepblicans are as much interested in the movement as are Democrats, is clearly proven by the names upon the poll books, and also by the candidates for position on the ticket, as well as by the ticket itself. Five ot the persons voted for for clerk have hitherto been identified with the Republican party. This is also the case with one that was voted for for auditor, two for coroner, three for real estate appraiser, two for commissioners, one sos surveyor and two for representative. On the other hand, two of the contestants for auditor arc old line Democrats, one for commissioner, and one for real estate appraiser; while one contestant for clerk, one for sheriff and one for representative have in late years been Conservatives who split up their tickets. To recapitulate, then, there were voted for for nomination, twentythree Republicans, four Democrats and three Conservatives. The vote for candidates was as follows : Foe Representative. —George 11. Brown, 664, Joseph L. Chamberlain, 94, Henry Banta, 12. For Clerk. —Charles H. Price, 222, Horace E. James, 204, Robert Y. Martin, 130, William C. Pierce, 104, Ezra L. Clark, 70, and John Lamborn, 56. For Auditor. — Henry A. Barkley,4oo, John G. Culp, 296, and Frank W. Babcock, 64. For Recorder. —John M. Helmick, 416, Harvey W. Wood, 218, and Simon L. Alter, 59. For Sheriff. — B. 11. Patton, 301, Lewis L. Daugherty, 220, and Erastus Peacock, 214. For Real Estate Appraiser.Charles Boroughs. 294, Ezra G. Now els, 201, Joseph W. Hogan, 194, Peter Foulks, 97. For Commissioners. —In first district John M. Wasson, 401, and * William K. Parkison, 311. In second district, Fredrick Hoover, 788. F or Surveyor. —John Miller, 249, and Charles Mayhew, 186. For Coroner. —James S. Irwin, 101, Norman Warner, 59. The candidates for clerk, treasurer, recorder, coroner, real estate appraiser and commissioner m the second district are of Republican antecedents; the candidates for auditor, commissioner in third district and surveyor are of Democratic antecedents; while the candidates for sheriff and representative are Conservatives. The clerk, auditor, recorder, real estate appraiser, commissioners and representative are members of theGrauge Order. But the treasurer, sheriff and coroner are not. Tho clerk 1 treasurer, sheriff, coroner and one commissioner are residents of Carpenter township in the southwest part of the county ; the representative and auditor are residents of -Barkley township, the real estate appraiser, surveyor and one commissioner live in Marion township in the central part of the county; and the recorder is from Wheatfield township in the north part of the county.