Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1900 — Two Joint Convention. [ARTICLE]

Two Joint Convention.

•f ■ Sink Nominate ! For Prosecutor. Dr. Bell of Hammond, for Joint Representative. Two Republican conventions met in Rensselaer yesterday p. m. The judicial convention to nom inate a candidate for prosecuting attorney, for the 30th judicial cir-. cuit, composed of Jasper and Newton counties, and a joint representative for Lake counties. The judicial convention met at one o’clock, in the court house. J S. C. Jones, of Kentland, was chairman and Ray D. Thompson, of Rensselaer, secretary. Jasper county had 17 votes in the convention and Newton 14.

Newton presented John D. Sink, of Rose Lawn and Jasper, Charles E. Mills, of Rensselaer, the present incumbent. The count showed 16.53 votes for Sink and 14 79 for Milla Before the chairman c >u Id* announce the nomination of Mr. Sink, Mr. Mills moved that jink’s nomination he made' unanimous, which was carried and he was declared the nominee of the convention. Immediately after the close of the judicial convention, the representative convention met. Frank N- Gavit, of Hammond, was chairman and J. D. Allman, of Remington, secretary. Jasper county, by Judge S. P. Thompson, named Horace Marble. The majority of Lake County, by W. B. Reading, of Hammond, presented Dr. T. Edwin Bell, a Hammond dentist. The minority of Lake, by W. C. McMahan, of Crown Point, seconded the nomination of Marble. Jasper county cast 17 votes for Marble, Lake county delegates present gave Bell 27 votes and Marble 10. This would have left Marble and Bell with each 27 votes. One Lake delegate was absent al by agrsjtnia t his vote was divided in proportion to the other Lake votes. This gave Marble a total of 27 and 11-38ths votes and Bell 27 and 27-38ths. Bell’s majority 16-38ths of a’vote. He was declared nominated.