Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1874 — INDEPENDENT VDTERS IN COUNCIL. [ARTICLE]

INDEPENDENT VDTERS IN COUNCIL.

Call for a Smatorlal tine? WcproHentatlvc Com-euliun of the Indepeudejut Party. To be Held at G-oodland, Indiana, , Saturday, August 22d, 1874. Away with Senseless-and Dead lames; Obliterate Tyrannical Old Party / Lincs. *Eko SMoplo are Capable of USanagingConventions Without Dictation from Court House Cliques. THE ESUGOX EON VENT lON, Splendid. Ticket Nomlnaicd., wliicti Cannot be Jlleuten. lu response to the call of the Central Committee the Independent voters of Newton county assembled in Masis Convention at Brook, on Saturday, August.Bth, 1874. The Convention was called to order byG.G. McElwaue,. Chairman, of the Central Committee. On motion. Dr. S. N. Caldwel 1 was called to the chair and J. H. Merchant elected secretary. Wm. Foster,Esq.,made a statement of the action of the Central Committee, which was approved. Mr. J. D. Spohr addressed the Convention briefly and to the point. Candidates for the various offices were then announced, when the Convention, acypur tied for one hour. Upon reassembling the following ticket was put in nomination: For County Cierk.—Geo. G. Jenkins. Auditor.—J. E. Brown. Treasurer.— J. F. DeHaven. Sheriff Austin Darroch. Recorder/--Dempsey Johnson. Real Estate Appraiser.—George O. Pumjihrey. —Surveyor.—Mil toir Cook. Coroner.— —. McNutt. Commissioner, 2d Dish—J. B. Foresman. Commissioner, 3d Dist.—J. Julian. The following: persous.were appointed delegates to the Senatorial and Representative Conventions, viz : R. H. Putt. Blake Wilson, N. L. Hike, C. F. Streight, of Grant township; N. West, W. Littlejohn, P. Keefe, J. F. Mullen, J. S. Perry, J. B, Cheesbro, AVm. Anderson, J. E. Brown, of Jefferson township ; O. G. MeElwaiie, Joseph Law, of WasbTiigtoiT" toWT/GripFWilliam Darrochj; Gefirgv T. Stoner, of Beaver towtis’ai’p; J. J. Spoiir, G. G. Jenkins, S. N. Caldwell, Smnu.el Long, of Jack- - >ii toMTTshipq -Rod-trey -Spmr'ffin-g; . Frank Lows-, iroipmis tnwh-lsip; Jesse . Ju! “air, of Lalff township; L. DeArmaud^of Coifax township; and I a. . i th p-,-. , i.r.. Tn? ■ h.g prt'timblv ami result!- ■ tion, . ■ . ’ by C. F. .- ■ ■ igh , was adopted tffiiipimously : - ----———l Wiii-.i'i as. Ti-.e organization of the ■ 4 ml. peiiifein voters o .' the Senatorial ! Newto!-. c. Is ineqmplete, ■ therefore <>e it 11<..->ri-,’;-.1, That a-.c vcid.i.Jly invite tiieC-otmii - it-gthtse Senatduul ik>pj ■ ..-Liati .-p Distjijts ;v-.-.iy i at (Io > llitn-.i, on -atm-dnxg August 22d, .1' 7r, !.>i the pm p.-se o. iHiia •In .- e.muidm.-'.' mi- '< mmm.uid Represent.ative in till- Gcu,-ral. a Assembly of Indiana. <iti im C. F. Sueighi mid Wm. ih> nd, —weiv, appointed a corn spending committee, and re-iiui-ried to communicate the above F § ’■ :■• •';•■ ; of the i-uua-Tles“ht forested r - - ■ :1—... By a votcepf the Convention these proceedings, were ordered to be furnisheii t-i <he Kentland Gazette ami! Imox, tor publication. A-.‘j-mr.-.ed. S, N. C.vedwj-'LL, J. 11. ?h;i; it.vxr, Chairman. 'Secretary.