Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1904 — County Commissioners’ Convention. [ARTICLE]

County Commissioners’ Convention.

A generous number |of connty commissioners met in state convention at Indianapolis this week. Offioers were ele'ted, matters of interest to oonuty commissioners discussed and resolutions adopted. There was much said of the value of voting maobiuer. John McGregor of Marion County, who was eleoted president of the State organization, made a strong plea for the convention adc pted a resolution favoring them. ' ‘McGregor presented eome Marion Connty statistics that were some wbat comprehensive. He said that out of 57 538 votes cast in Marion C maty there takes 9537 voters whs made mistikss cf some sort in voting their State and County balloip. Of these 1,682 asked for new ballots. There waro 1,411 protested ballots, 3.744 ballots were thrown ont because they were mutilated, 2,670 were voted blank.

T._e Commissioners passed a resolution asking the Legislature to fix the salaries of Cimmissioners by counties instead us according to population. The Legislature will alto be asked to raise the purchasing power of Commissioners from SIOO to S3OO. The Commissioners r must now oatl the County Gounod for a larger expenditure aud this necessity was branded as a nuhaaoef 8 ”" The convention passed a resolotiou favoriug more go *d roads and good bridges on aoooant of the growiug need of sucu improvements for the aooemodation of

ruril mail carriers. Amos W. Butler and Perry Biser of tie Slate B >ard of Charities addressed tne Commissioners and a resolution was alcpted in favir of a oloier ooopeiation between C m niestonera aud ohaiity organizition-i in toe expenditure of money for oh »ritab'e purpose. John McGregor v,a«* rlected president; T. E. Beale of Hamilton j County, vice president end J hn E. McGaughey Murion o unty. secretary of the assoc at n.