The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-14
In OVERSTREET'S FAVOR
RESULT OF THE MARION COUNTY
PRIMARIES LAST NIGHT.
Immense Crowds Turn Out to Take
Part in the Selection of
Congressman.

Primaries were held yesterday afternoon
and last night for the selection of delegates
to the Republican congressional convention.
TO be held in Masonic Hall this afternoon.
While a spirited time at the primaries had
been anticipated as an outcome of the
warm contest for the nomination that has
been waged between Representative Jesse
Overstreet and Messrs. j. b. Healing and
George w. Spahr. no one expected that there
would be such an outpouring of enthusiast
tic Republicans. The primaries exceeded
in point of numbers those of the last state
campaign, which were at that time re-
garded as the largest that had ever been
held in Indianapolis After the primaries
Mr.. kealing's friends conceded that Mr..
Oyerstreet would be nominated.
There is no ill feeling manifest over the
result of the primaries. Several of MIR.
Kealing's friends called on Mr.. Overstreet
during the evening and assured him that
they had no complaints to offer Friends
of Mr.. Overstreet were predicting last night
that his nomination would be unanimous.
Not counting the wards in which contests
were reported, Mr.. Overstreet's friends said
they were sure of seventy-one votes from
indianapolis, seventeen from West Indian
3polis, Haughville and the out townships,
which, with eleven votes pledged from
Johnson county, assured him ninety-nine of
the las. with three votes from Center town
ship southeast, center east and Franklin
township not reported.
An idea of the size of the primaries may
be obtained from the vote cast. In the
Fourth ward for instance, there were 506
votes for Mr.. Overstreet and 1877 for Mr..
Healing; in the Sixth 312 for Mr.. Overstreet
and e for Mr.. Healing; in the First ward
$50 for Mr.. Overstreet, ISL for Mr. Healing.
Overstreet received 401 in the Third ward
to Mr.. Kealing's PSI. The size of the vote,
cast in all the other wards was about on
par with the instances mentioned
There were several contests heard by the
committee on credentials, consisting of L.
c. Walker, w. T. Brown, John S.
Duncan, william T. Elliott, George
w. Lancaster and Cash C. Hadley
One contest. that in the First ward, was
withdrawn by the Healing delegation. The
committee seated the Healing delegation in
the Seventh ward, three of the Healing
and four of the Overstreet delegation in
the Ninth, the Overstreet delegation of six
in the Tenth, the Healing delegation of five
in the Twelfth, three each of the two dele
cations in the Fourteenth and three of the
Healing and two of the Overstreet. delega-
tons in the Fifteenth ward. Following are
the delegates seated by the committee:
Seventh Ward-Henry J. Huder. John B.
Sherwood, David w. Brouse. Daniel Linus,
John C. Ruckelshaus, Elias l.. Segar. Mar
tin N; Hugg, William Pritchard
RusR, Ellsworth Heller, j. II. Albright
,, Tenth Ward-M; G. M LGI.il5 Charles h
II. Moore, Alonzo Graham.
Twelfth Ward Edward Sands, N. Brown,
L. Traugott, G. Edgerton, j. Shea.
Fourteenth Ward2J. A. Porter, e. L. At
kinson G. o. Harris, G. A. Wurgler, Vic
Jose.
Baylor, John Kelly, Chas. Williams, VIM.
Bellmore.
Below are given the delegates to the con-
vention selected at the primaries last night,
as reported to the Journal:
First Ward-H. F. Hackedorn. VIM. H
Howe, John Martin, Fred Luscher, John S.
Burris.
Second ward-w s. overstreet, W. j.
Elder. Thomas Yount, Gus Craft, Jno. Rea-
gan, r. L. Dorsey, Chas. D. Pearson, o. L.
Wade, F. c. Gardner, Frank Bowers.
81, Third Ward7H H. Hanna, Joseph u, R.
Ginnis, e. NJ Elliott, Jacob Smith, Willis
4. Kersey, James I. Anderson, David M.
paTry Sh War Z MrPas Mler John
Marshall, jacob Watts. Eugene Udell, j.
Green, Thomas Prentice, A. w. Cobb, Doc
Francis.
Fifth ward--w.- B. Reynolds. John B.
ton o. B. Pettijohn Frank Corners.
Pearson, Harry s. New, John H. Puryear
Otto Belzer A. c. Richardson, Samuel II.
Fletcher, Frank w. Morrison. w. H. Jack
Seventh Ward (contesD--George w. SHAFT
fer, Frank Erdelmeyer, Augustus Bruner
Ben d. Minor, Edward A. Smith, Charles
l., GaSnpr
contestants
Henry j. Huder, John B. Sherwood, David
w. Brouse. Daniel Linus, John G. Ruck-
elshaus, Elias l.. Segar, Martin M. Hugg,
William Pritchard.
Eighth Ward-Edwin D. Logsdon p B.
Raymond, John Q. Hicks Wesley Christina,
Thos. McCabe, VIM. Pierce, H. F. Johnston,
Joshua Zimmerman, f. b. McComb.
Ninth Ward ( contestl-John Clessry, Hiram am
ert Metzger and John Uhl.
John Rusk. Walter Rouse. Ellsworth Hell
Ter, Chas. II. Taylor j. r. Fesler, Jno. Ste
vens, J. H. Albright.
Tenth Ward (contesD-M. G. McLain,
Chas. Miles, Chas. Roney, lsidor Wulfson,
pr. S. H. Moore. Alonzo Graham, regular
delegates.
Eleventh Ward-J. B. Dill e. B. Martin
dale, /; s. Gordon; DR.. Furniss, Felix Davis,
Prather Geo. Merritt.
Twelfth Ward-John Shea Nick Brown,
Elwood Sands, Charles Edgerton and Louis
Thirteenth Ward-Nike jefferson, w. S.
Ferguson, John H. Kimble. Bat Landers,
Fred Zimmerman, George Stiegelmeyer
Fourteenth Ward-J A. Porter, T.. l.. At
kinson, G.. o. Harris, G. A. Wurgler Chas.
Reinfels. Vic Jose. Alternates-L. Schrotz,
Ed Hervey.
Fifteenth Ward-Charles Williams Will
liam Belmore. Fred Henschen, Henry Zim-
mer, Isaac Epstein
Lawrence Observation-Disclosures White.
Center Township. Northeast-Precinct 5,
John j. Valdenaire; Precinct 6, Hiram b.
Rowland
Center Township, East-Precinct 4, Ed
ward S. Johnson.
Pike Township-Marion Hollingsworth
Washington Township-B. F.. Osborn, J.
+. Johnson.
Warren Township-Frank B. Davenport
Henry Stutsman.
Perry Township-C. E. Hardesty Henry
W. Murphy.
Wayne Township-M. Pugh. E. Franklin
and A. Hoffman.
Haughville-J. C. Kane and Calvin L.
Childers.