Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1904 — The Township Convention. [ARTICLE]

The Township Convention.

For Trustee George W. Goff. Far Assessor John F. Bruner. Marion township Republicans met in mass c invention Thursday afternoon, to nominate candidates for township trustee and assesor. There was a pretty large attendance tbe number of votes cast at one ballot being 211. S. C. Irwin was chairman of the convention and G. W. Williams acd J. W. Walker secretaries. The contest for the nomination for trustee was aright lively one. Three good and popular men were after the nomi nation/and starting in with remarkable eveatss, it took five ballots to make a choice The candidates were George W. Goff, James D. Bibcock and R. B. Harris. The ballots 1 were as follows :

1 2 3 4 5 Harris 66 60 45 25 12" Guff 69 73 81 97 105 Babcock 73 78 80 82 83 The fith ballot settled the matter in favor of Mr. Guff who was duly declared the nominee. For Assessor only two men were out as candidates, John F. Bruner and Nehemiah Hopkins. Both developed good running qualities, but of course, one ballot settled it the vote being 98 for Bruner to 79 for H ipkins. Mr. Bruner was declared tbe nominee and the convention adjourned.