The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-05-29
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES
-Four Year Men Beaten for Renomina.
tion-AII Two Year Men Re.
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nominated Except Metsker.

it so wet that farmers could not work
and wanted holiday.
Over a thousand democrats remain
ed at home or refused to vote, which
may indicate that the democrats OF
Marshall county are satisfied with ma
tional affairs and are willing to give
republicans the management of Mar
shall county for zone term" at least.
The ticket nominated is as follows:
Representative, Charles Lemert;
Clerk, John r. Jones; Auditor, Hoy
L. Singerey; Sheriff, Clinton c. Bon
durant; Treasurer, William O'Keefe;
Surveyor, Harry CRUDE; Coroner, DR..
j. Fl. Kizer; Commissioner 1st district
William Troup; Second district, Joel
Anglln.
The vote on representative was
Lemert 1911, Metsker $50. Lemert IS
majority 1872.
Mr.. Metsker carried only one town.
ship; that township is North and his
majority there was six votes.
According to Mr. Metsker's circular.
which was scattered broadcast over
the county, his opponent. Mr.. Lemert
was never heard of in politics but once
before he announced himself as can
didate for representative, and that
was when his name appeared in the
Republican in 1894 as an alternate del
egate to republican convention.
If anv prominent democrat had ask
ed for the nomination, Metsker could
not have polled 800 votes in this coun-
ty.
For clerk, Jones had a walk-away.
He received 1O42 votes against 446
for Corbin and Gil for Brooke.
For auditor the vote stood Singrey,
1464, Miller 1871.
For sheriff Bondurant had 1868 to
$50 for PoulSon.
O'Keefe, CRUDE and Kizer had no
opposition for denomination. They
were two year men and for some rea-
son seem more popular than Metsker
who stood on the same footing. 1t is
possible, however, that they would
have been beaten if there had been op-
posing candidates.
The closest contest was for commits
sioner of the first district whereTroup
beats Wade only 95 votes. 1t was
conceded that Wade was the best man
for the place. but Troup was nominated
to pls.cate German township.
In the second district there were
four candidates for commissioner and
Anglin was nominated because he
lived further from Plymouth. He
received 7S4 votes against 467 for Lee,
1853 for Grossman and 4O1 for Fisher.
Walnut township is strictly "in it. !"
That township has the county assessor
one commissioner and has the candi-
dates for the two best offices in the
county, clerk and auditor, and Elijah
Martindale halls from the same place.
NOTES.
Who is Metsker?
How about the duck?
Did you watch his smoke?
If he only could see himself as
others see him.
There are No sore spots on Metsker.
He is sore all over. Only $50 of the
3, 400 democrats of the county voted
for his denomination.
Metsy didn't care very much for the
nomination anyway, but he had prom
ised a number of his legislative friends
that he would return and. he did not
like to dissappoint them.
Metsker carried but one township,
and that by only six votes, while Bon
durant lost but one township. Both
men were entitled to denomination
on account of their offices being but
two year terms.
II am always willing to submit my
acts to the sober reflection of the
voters and am willing to take the con-
sequences whatever they may be. p
Metsker's circular dated May 10 1902.
Guess the voters reflected.
Metsker now believes he will be
candidate for governor in 1904. He
thinks Marshall county democrats are
too ignorant to appreciate great abil-
ity, but all the great men o. the party
know that he is the brightest and
most prominent democrat in Northern
Indiana.
Jones publishes an independent pa
per, and Metsker was beaten by man
who, he says, is a republican. Nets
ker now realizes that while he was a
big man when he pretended to be as
much a republican as democrat, he
is very "smail potatoes" as the editor
of the Plymouth Democrat.
Metsker the prominent young poll