Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1904 — THE DRUMMER CANDIDATE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE DRUMMER CANDIDATE

Successful Traveling Man Made Candidate for State Statistician. Joseph H. Stubbs "Joe” Stubbs they call him on the road —is the Republican candidate for State Statistician. lie was born in Henry county and at the age of fourteen began to aspire to the title of "merchant prince”

as a clerk in a general store In a country town. Later he became a traveling salesman and for many years has been successfully selling shoes in Indiana, making his home at Indianapolis. His nomination is a recognition of the traveling men, who as a unit ■worked for his preferment. Alert, industrious, discriminating, he is well qualified to perform the duties of the place to -which he has been nominated.

JOSEPH STUBBS.