Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1909 — W. H. BEAM HEADS THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. [ARTICLE]

W. H. BEAM HEADS THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

Convention Held Friday Night Names Him For Major and Also Nominates Full City Ticket The democrats of the city held their convention Friday night and named a fuil city ticket, headed by W. H. Beam, the Monon railroad agent, for mayor. N. Littlefield was nominated for clerk, C. Earl Duvall for treasurer, and William Washburn and John Carmichael for councilmen at large. Tom Crocket was nominated for councilman of the first ward, D. M. Worland for councilman of the second and R. H. Grow for councilman of the third. Both Mr. Grow and Mr. Carmichael have formerly been councilmen and both were formerly elected on the republican ticket. Mr. Grow still claims to be a republican, and says that he told various democrats that he would not run if nominated, and he now states that he will probably not qualify if elected. He went to democratic headquarters the morning after the nomination and asked that his name be withdrawn from the ticket, but was told that it was too late and that his name along with the balance of the ticket had already been certified to the city clerk. So, also, was the case with Mr. Duvall. He declared to the Republican that he could not accept the nomination. His business is of such a nature that he can not spare any time from it to devote to a clerical position, and he would not be able to handle the city treasurship in connection with his extensive clothing business. With Mr. Carmichael, it is different. John was a republican until he was dropped from the roll of office holders and then he changed politics. He did not want to appear disgruntled and so he waited until last fall to announce a complete change of convictions and assigned the need of a bank guarantee law and the democratic promise to give it as his reason for changing his politics. John is apt to try to put a bank guarantee ordinance through the city council if elected. Mr. Beam, Mr. Washburn D. M. Worland, N. Littlefield, Tom Crocket and R. W. Grow are all good and well qualified men, but there is no reason why any republican should leave the splendid ticket nominated to scratch for any of them, andYhey will probably not do it. Eli Gerber, who has been councilman from the third ward for the past four years, and who has been very active in city affairs, had a hankering for the nomination for mayor, but was tipped off that he wouldn’t suit quite all of his own party and judiciously did not allow his name to go before the convention. The convention was quite harmonious, all the candidates being nominated by acclamation, in most cases without their own knowledge or consent.