Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1904 — The County Convention [ARTICLE]

The County Convention

•ficial Notice Is The Republican Votersof Jasper County. The Republican voters of Jasper County, Indiana, will meet at their respective voting preoinots on SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1904at 2 o’clock p m. for the purpose es selecting delegates to the Republican County Convention to held at Rensselaer, Jasper County, hadiana, on MONDAY. MARCH 21,1904 to nominate the following officers Id be voted for at the November aiection. 1904. Countv Reoorder; County Treasurer. County Sheriff ; County Surveyor; County Coroner; County Oommissiouer for the ftrst Commissioner’s district. The delegates selected will be •hoaen on the basis of one delegate for every ten votes and one delegate for every fractional six votes or more oast for the Hon. Daniel E. Storms for Secretary of State at the November eleotion of 002. - The following is a table showing the number of delegates to be eleoted at the various precinct aonventions op March 19.1904; Hanging Grcfve 7 delegates. Sillam .....11 “ Walker 11 Berkley, ea5t........ 10 “ « west 7 “ darion, first 14 “ " second 18 “ “ third 9 " ** fourth 9 ‘‘ Jordan 5 “ lfewton 7 Keener .12 “ Kankakee 5 “ Wheatfield, 12 •' Carpenter, south..... 13 east .10 " west 9 Milroy 8 Union, north 9 “ south 9 “ By Order of tue County Committee. George A. Williams. County Chairman. Hose Leopold, County Secretary.

Some of those who formerly oritioized Mark Hanna says that he grew daring his pablio career. Doubtless bis strength increased with nis hardens, bat his detractors were compelled to do most of the growing in order to appreoiate the man as he always was.

There is just as much reason to believe Demooratio declarations and promises in this campaign as there is to believe that the prioe of wheat add the prioe of silver go hand in hand in the same direction —just as much and no more.

Whatever the opposition many have to offer on the tariff question in this campaign all the voters need to do to get at the truth of the matter is to remind himself that they told ns the same thing in 1892. Then when they get into by obtaining office under faSg pretenses, their promises weren*. worth even as muoh on the dollar ae 'to r bullion. The politicians WW evise the things to be labeled national oampaign are n?!k® 0 active as they have been in pan: raying the tariff «s "the mother oT trusts.’’ There are several reasons for this. Perhaps the principal lone is that voters who give a thought to the subject at 'all have bLen asking them why free trade Bmtain was alive with these combinations long before they were known in this oountry.

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[i.rH'i\oent. loans made by Austin A Hopfikins. The Firast National Bank makes loans at 5 oent on farms, terms reasonable aLid service prompt.