The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-17
Interest Not Confined to
Races for Prosecuting At
torney and County Treas
urer, as Believed.
CAMPAIGN TOOPEN
WITHIN FEW WEEKS
Large Fields Entered in Con-
tests for Recorder and for
Commissioner from West
ern District.

When it was believed a few months
ago that the races for treasurer and
prosecuting attorney would afford the
only interesting ones to be pulled of
at the Republican primary, which like
ly will be held in February, the voters
of the county did not take into consid-
Grafton the Offices of county commits
sioner from the Western district and
county recorder.
In the commissioners race, Joseph
Groves, a young business man Of Dub
lin, who four years ago received 1850
votes when he ran against r. N Bee
son, at present chairman of the board !;
Theodore Crist, of Milton, who endea-
vored two years ago to replace Mr..
Beeson, and Elias NJ Hoover, Of Ha-
gerstown are the candidates, so their
friends aver Mr. Hoover is a we'll
known farmer in Jefferson township,
representing that district on the coun-
ty council, of which body he is chair
man. He is also we'll known as one of
the jurors who served on the famous
MORRISON will case
Are All Popular.
Both Mr.. Groves and Mr.. Hoover
have practically assured their friends
they. will make the race. Theodore
Crist has the matter under considera-
ton, but has not announced his candi-
dacy. All are we'll known in the coun.
ty.. All will have little dif1culty in
building up a strong political organi.
zation.
In the recorders race, John King OF
Canterville: John Darnell, engineer at
the court house; Benjamin F. Parsons,
of this city, and Roy Fry, also of this
city. are candidates. Both King and
Parsons have been in the race before
Mr. Parsons being defeated once by a
comparatively small number of votes
Fry is one of the youngest men who
ever sought the office.
In the race for treasurer there are
still six candidates.
They include Thomas Ahl, deputy
treasurer under B. B. Myrick and Al
bert Albertson; Nimrod Johnson, for
mer city treasurer and at present SUI
perintendent of the municipal light
company; Prof F. L. Terrence, head
instructor in mathematics at the local
high school; Dan Medearis of Center
Vile; Frank Jenkinson of Boston
township, and Jerome Shurley OF
Wayne township, all farmers.
Out For Prosecutor.
1t is a cinch almost that Ralph
Husson, Denver Carl Harlan, Gus
Hoelscher, Gath Freeman and Will w
Keller will make the race for prose
cutting attorney. None of this list has
been practicing here more than four
years, but since opening their Offices
have had much success. The race in
all probability will be the closest OF
any. All are Richmond young men al
though Harlan has been a resident
but a few years, Bethel being his birth
place.
Preparations for holding the nomi
nation election will be entirely in the
hands of the candidates, and the new
Republican county central committee
which Is to be elected within a few
weeks. The call by the state commit
tee for the ward and precinct meet
ings has not as yet been made. but i,
is looked for at almost any time.
Candidates as yet have not started
active canvass. Some have sent out an
nouncements of their candidacy and
nearly all have outlined their cam
paign. Candidates who are so situated
that their time is not their own have
notified their employers of their inten
tions to either resign or take a leave
of absence for six or eight weeks
commencing January I.