The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-03-01
RALSTON
A WINNER
RETURNS JUSTIFY THE CLAIM
All but 1873 of 4SI Elected in
Twenty-Five Counties.
Expressions From Some cf the Lead
ing Democrats and Democratic
Newspapers of the State.
Indianapolis Star.1


With the returns in from the TWEEN
ty-fiye counties that have elected del
egates to the Democratic state con
vention, with 4S1 delegates elected so
far, We claim 343 for Ralston," said
w. E. Longley, of Noblesville, the
Ralston campaign manager last night.
I'VE place 102 in the Boehne column
and thirty-six doubtful.
We have never based any claim on
Endorsements OF Ralston by county
committees. Our estimates are based
on actual instructions and on dele
gates directly elected for Ralston-
men who went before the primaries
as avowed Ralston candidates. Del
egateS known as unfavOrable to Raj
ston and those instructed for Boehne
we have credited to Boehne, or the
opposition column. Uninstructed del
egates who were elected without any
expressed choice for Governor, for
example. In counties having candi-
dates for other Offices on the state
ticket, we have classified as doubtful,
though We are aware that the ma
jority of them are favorable to Raj
ston and will vote for him In the con
vention.
Raps Press Bureau.
"The opposition, from the outset of
this campaign, has maintained the pol
icy of claiming all, or nearly all, dele
gates not instructed for Ralston. In
my own county CHamilton), because
one township did not instruct for Raj
ston, the opposition press bureau was
kept busy for week prCclaiming all
over the state that Boehne had cap
tured a township in Ralstons district,
in the face of the published signed
statement of the three delegates of
would vote and work for the nomina
tlon of Mr. Ralston.
IF we adopted the same tactics, We
would have to claim for Ralston
all the. delegates so far selected ex-
cept about sixty-three instructed for
Boehne in Vanderburg and Gibson
Counties and few scattering instruct
ed delegates In various parts of the
state. But we are claiming only what
we can actually rely on.
Nine counties have SO far instruct
ed solid delegations for Ralston, three
OF which are in the southern part of
the state-Martin,. Perry and Switzer-
lanG-yet the local. newspaper organ
of Mr.. Boehne has failed 10 publish
this news. 1t will be recalled that
only week ago the Roebne managers
were claiming Perry because o. its
contiguity TO the Evansville district.
'On the other hand, aot on county
OF the First District has
elected an instructed or uninstructed
sc id Delegation for Boehne. While
Ralstou las carried the bulk Of the
de- aatos from the large counties Of
Alien, St Joseph and Vigo, it is the
agricultural counties that have given
him his great lead over his opponent
1t is the rural counties that have
chosen solid delegations for Ralston
can state positively that Ralston has
carried all or the majority of the del
G ~ates elected so far in every county
:, three"
Mr.. Longley noted also that Switzer- /
d County, which instructed its del
{ ation for RalstOn Saturday, is In
Ert Slacks district and for that
| lson did not vote for Ralston in the
& lvenJion four years ago.