South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-16
BALLOT IS READY
FOR THE PRINTER
Meeting of Election Commits
e SionerS is HeId-WilSon
Heads Democrats.

and four progressives. This list in |
cludes candidates for county offices. |
as well as those who appear on the |
state and national tickets.
Woodrow Wilson is the nominee |
on the democratic ticket for presi-
dent; Charles Warren Fairbanks is
the candidate for the executive office /
on the republican ballot. while the !
progressives have not placed a man
in nomination subject 10 the priTn-
aries.
The primary ballot includes the |
names Of the candidates seeking the
governorship on all parties. SO far
the progressives have only flied one
petition at indianapolis with Secy
of State Homer l. Cook Both the
other parties have three candidates
in the field. J. Frank Hanly is the
only candidate in the field asking for
the nomination on the progressive
ticket.
Commissioners Meet.
The St. Joseph county primary
election commissioners met Wednes-
DAY morning at the county clerks
office, preparing the list of names
which are to be advertised in the
local newspapers as provided by
statute in the primary law passed
in 1915. George NJ. Raab. ex officio
member OF the board. met with ].
Walter McInerny and Daniel ID.
Schurz, the commissioners.
Names of delegates for the state
=, ,al1
the three leading political parties
after the primaries was completed
Tuesday, and given out Wednesday
morning. The apportionment of
delegates to the convention is ade-
pendent upon the number of votes
cast by the various parties for
United States senator at the last
election. The democrats according
TO this apportionment have SO del
egates. the republicans "a, and the
progressives IA.
The numbering of the candidates
as they are to appear on the ballot
begins with "12." Where there
are four or more candidates for a
single office, the names and num-
| bers are TO rotate so that each
candidate has an equal opportunity
to head the list. In accordance with
this provision, nine divisions Of the
ballet will have TO be printed as on
the republican ticket there are nine
candidates for the office of repre-
sentative. This is the greatest num-
Der of candidates for any one office
/ on the g. o. p. ticket. Five is the
| largest number on the democratic
/ ticket, and these candidates are af-
/ ter the office OF representative from
/ the county TO the state legislature.
Three Representatives.
There are three Representatives TO
/ be chosen in all from this county.
I Inasmuch as the county commission
\ ers did not divide the county into
/ districts. the offices will be voted on
/ by the entire county and each nom
| inee viii De regarded as a candidate
| for election as candidate at
large" rather than representing any
one special district The same pro-
J visions as regards the nomination Of
a candidate for any other office with
reference to the first and second
choice feature, prevails
J Following is the list OF delegates
who will be voted on at the primary:
First ward-Democratic, +. j.
TwOmey. Iden s. Romig. Frank
Schmitt, Thomas H. Ayres, George
w. Goetz. George r. Zimmerman;
republican. Ernest NJ Morris. Dan
iel d. Schurtz. Lem J. Oare: pro
gressive. William K. Miller, Homer
j. Miller.
Second ward-Democratic. John
T. Niezgodski Ralph f. Staples
Ernest kruger; republican. John r.
Houghtop, Alex 5. Lengel; progress
sive. r. T. Bonds
Third ward-Democratic, william
a. McInerny. Joseph f. Neff; repub-
lican, A G. Graham, Frank NJ
Boone; progressive. L. c. Landon.
! Fourth ward-Democratic. Joe
Luther Judge G. A. Farabaugh.
Thomas NJ. Hoban; republican. Paul
Frankel. Thomas Goodrich; pro-
gressive. Adam Hunst berger.
Fifth Democratic. George
Martin, Sidney Unger; republican,
George A. Crane. Charles b. Calvert
progressive. Albert Meyers.
Sixth ward-DemocratiC. Frank
Wituch. Frank Bajer John X Smo-
ger. George Kajer; republican. Jo-
seph Duczynski, Thomas NJ. Rydzyn-
ski. progressive. none
Seventh ward-DemOcrati Isa-
dore Cohen. John p. Gully, Nelson
II. Kizer; republican. f. c. Witwer.
George FNulmer Claude f. Nicely:
progressive. Rutherford a Walter.
Walter Early.
First ward. Observation-Disclosures
cratic, George NJ. Raab: republican.
z. J. w. Fink. from the first and
second.
Second ward-Democratic. Fred
| Rankert.
Third ward-Democratic, Isaac
Kane Parks. ] Fred Bingham re-
publican. Ralph W. Gaylor. from
third and fourth wards.
/ Fourth ward-DemocratiC. sam
uel p. Schwartz.
Fifth ward and Precinct A
Democratic. Frank ]. Beckel; re-
! publican. William II. Taffer.
D The progressives have three dele
E gates from Mishawaka and Precinct
d "A" They are George c. Clark