Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1904 — The County Convention [ARTICLE]

The County Convention

Official Notice Is The Republican Voters of Jasper County. The Republican voters of Jasper County, Indiana, will meet at their respective voting preotnots on SATURDAY, MAROHI9, 1904. at 2 o’oiook p m. for the purpose of selecting delegates to the Republican County Convention to b-i bold it Rensselaer, Jasper County, Imliaoa, on MONDAY. MARCH 21, 1904 to nomiuate the following offioera to be voted for at the November ili-otion. 1904. Couuty Reoorder; County Treasurer. • County Sheriff ; County Surveyor; County Coroner; County Commissioner for the first Commissioner's distriot. The delegates eeleoted will be chosen on the basis of one delegale for everv ten voles and one delegate for every fractional six Totes or more oast for the Hon. Daniel E. Storms for Sooretary of State at the November eleotion of 1902. ~ irf-;-f ■ Toe following is a table showing the number of delegates to be elected at the various precinct conventions on March 19. 1904; Hanging Gr0ve...... 7 delegates. GtHam 11 ‘J Walker 11 Barkley, east 10 “ “ west 7 “ darion, first 14 “ “ “ third 9 « fourth 9 Jordan .T. ... . 5 N wi 'o n ............ * 7 Keener ...... .12 “ Kankakee 5 \Y h eetfirid ....12 •* C lrpepter, sot til 18 “ east 10 , “ “ west 9 u M» iroy .8 11 U ion, north ......... 9 “ south... 9 “ Bv Order of tne County Committee. Gboros A Williams. County Chairman. Mose Leopold, Ci Hint, Secretary.

It is proper that the first step toward preserving the integrity of China should be taken by this government. No other government oould do this without arousing the suspicions of either Japau or Russia. ,The other powers seem disposed to fall in with this 'plan, but no one of them could have taken the initial step so readily nr so effectively as Uucle Sam, Thus not ouly this country, but the entiie world bee imes debtor again to the achievements of American diplomacy.

The Indianapolis Sentinel says Republican polioit-s natrow the olianoes of labor to God employment. There were three million of workingmen who were unable to Gad employment under the seoond Cleveland administration, says Samuel Gompers, president of tbe American Federation of Labor. Since then under a Republican administration every one of these three million that wanted employment has found it This shows the -difference between Democratic campaign literature and the history of things as they actually happen.

It is inoredible tnat there should have been any doubt as to the attitude of Benator Hanna toward the presidency on the part of anyone that had studied bis oareer, bat there seems to have been some question, nevertheless, in some minds. What a revelation it mast be then for these persons to read that the dying senator in bis delirum imagined himself at the national ogqyeotion, pleading with hia associates to support tbe president for nomination. Even if there no other reason, this ought to settle that qaeetien forever.

Never before haa this oountry or any other prospered to the degree that this country has prospered under the Dingley law. “I oare nothiug hbout theories,” said an elcqueut Englishman. ''Show me the condition of the people and then I’ll have my opinion of your legislation.” It seems to us that has the saving grace of oommou sense ir. it. Tested in this way the Dingl<*y law must be regarded as the most beneficent tariff law that this oountry has ever enjoyed. Tue beauty of it is that it gets results.