South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-16
Date Agreed to Leaves Less
Than Month for Candidates
for County Offices to Make
Announcements.
MINOR PARTIES SHOW
BUT SMALL ACTIVITY
Expected to Be Heard From
Following State Convention
Bull Moose in Keller Ad-
miniStratiOn Under lid"

Democratic, progressive and Tepub-
lican primaries, for the nomination OF
comfy and legislative tickets. will be
hello in st. Joseph county. Tuesday.
May 10, according to decision reached
10y Frank Christoph, Lawrence Romine
and G. +. Pattee. board of county cleo
ton commissioners. Locations for the
primaries in the various precincts will
be announced later. Declarations OF
intention TO become a candidate. and
petitions placing candidates in the
f.eld. must be filled on or before May
"A, allowing the statutory five days
for the preparation OF the tickets
Officers TO be elected are judge Of
the superior court. prosecuting attOr-
ney. county auditor, sheriff. clerk re-
COrdeT. treasurer, surveyor, coroner,
constable. middle and western district
commissioners, two justices of the
peace. assessor. township trustee and
assessor. road supervisor and county
council.
Announcement OF the date for the
primaries Will probably serve to start
the political pot boiling more rapidly,
fl being reported that several pros
pective candidates have been holding
back, not wishing To make their pri
mary campaign any longer than nee
essary. Several democrats have al
ready announced themselves. and there
is much side talk about others. but
with the republicans and progressiVes,
mention of candidates appears to be
all side talk. 1t is not likely that there
Will be many announcements in the
minor parties until after their state
conventions.
Progressivos Meet Saturday.
sf.r4 10
scheduled for Indianapolis Saturday.
delegates being elected Tuesday night.
The only candidate from here is Aaron
Jones. sr, who is out for auditor Of
state
The republican convention viii be
held at Indianapolis next Wednesday
and Thursday, there being no an
nOunCed state candidates from here
ProgreSsiVeS to the number of 81
are expected TO leave for the capital
over the l.. r. * w. Friday morning,
10 be on hand 70 participate in the
csucuses Friday night Notable among
the delegates and alternateS chosen
Tuesday night who have announced
their Intention not TO attend the con-
N-ention. is several bull moose who have
secured official berths in Mayor Kel-
Ter very citizen" administration. and
who are said 10 have had the lid" put
upon their political activity about a
y
newspaper was induced TO give the cit
iZens' party its support. Republicans
I'm the Keller administration, however,
are rot under any such restrictions.
Many Seek Ofiice.
Reports from Indianapolis within
the last few days the indications are
that the prOgreSSiVeS VIII have full
field OF candidates at the convention.
The list Of candidates who have an
nounced themselves, follow:
Secretary Of state, Carl Robert
White. Muncie; J. w. Caswell. Hunt
fngton; Lawrence Mace. Scottsburg
Mace was nominee in 1912.
Auditor OF state-LOn Narntz. Ileb-
anon. Aaron a. Jones South Bend
Harvey Cushman. White county Cush-
'rnan was the nominee two years ago.
State treasurer ~ B. B. Baker
Monticello; Jackson G. Boyd. Green
castle: D. y Foster Fort WAYNE
Baker was the nominee two years ago
Attorney genCral-A. G.. Manning
I(okOmo; Clifford r. jackson, Hunt
ington. Thomas Davidson. Green's
burg. jackson was on the ticket two
years ago
Clerk OF the supreme court-George
T. Kuntz. jr. Muncie; Frank II. Mil
Ter. Clinton. Miller was nominated in
superintendent of public instruction
HI G. Brown. Lebanon. Prof VIII
Howe. Bloomington; Charles Spalding
Winamac: J. g. Brown. MOnon.
Spald:ng was nominated in 1912.
Judge Of the supreme COurt-Willis
Roe Tenth district, James B. Wilson.
Bloomington: Minor ID. Pate. Bloom
field. ]. ID. Terhune Linton.
state geOlOgist and-1ustices Of the
appellate court are the only places
for which no candidates have an
rounced themselves.