South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-04
WANT MARSHALL
COUNTY NAN for
JOINT SENATOR
Democrats Believe Plymouth
Citizen Would Add
Strength to Ticket.
WOMEN SHOW DEEP INTEREST
by a stan Correspondent.


PLYMOUTH. Ind. Feb. 3.-Re-
clamation Of the county for the
democracy and the retention Of it for
the republican party will be among
some of the things for which the
voters Of Marsnaii county will battle
at the coming November elections.
Marshall county is now in the
hands Of republican office holders.
paced in power at the last general
election. These office holders plan
to exert every effort TO remain in
office after the votes are counted
when the polls are closed on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
November.
The democrats are just as determ-
ined that the present office holders
in the county shall not remain IN of
flee any longer than their present
terms. and that they shall be re
placed by members of the party Of
Jefferson and Jackson and Wilson.
All Seek denomination.
All the present county republican
the first Monday in January are to
be candidates for denomination at
the May primaries and for reelection
at the November elections. This is
said to have been settled upon by the
present county republican organiza-
tiNn. and TO have been agreed TO by
the office holders.
Marshall county democrats plan to
open their campaign early next week.
The opening is TO be marked by the
formal announcement of Judge 5. y.
stevens, of the circuit court of Mar
shall and Fulton counties, of his can
Niidacy FOR reuOmiralion on the DEM
ocratic ticket. Judge stevens is not
expected to have any opposition at
'pe primaries.
There appears TO be feeling
among Marshall county democrats
that they would like 10 have a Mar
shall county man on the ticket next
fall for the joint senatOrship for
Marshall and St Joseph counties
They argue that such a candidate
would rally many supporters to the
democratic ticket that might other
wise go astray. There seems to be no
antagonism to st. Joseph county in
this feeling. They merely believe
that it would be good politics for a
Marshall county man 20 be placed on
the joint legislative ticket
Suggest Plymouth Attorney.
And as a result of this feeling TO
he observed not only i'm Plymouth.
but throughout the county as well.
members of the party are looking
around for an available candidate
for the joint senatorship nomination.
Friends of Adam wise OF Ply
mouth are mentioning him as "a
strong possibility. declaring that his
previous service in the general as
srmbly would fit him for the office.
, If he were elected, and pointing TO
his ability as a campaigner as an
argument for his selection to make
the race for the joint senatorship.
AIR. Wise is "a prominent lawyer here.
lie served nearly three terms i'm the
lower house of the general assembly,
being elected twice as his partys
regular candidate and once TO fin a
vacancy The friends Of Mr. Wise
are so far unable TO say whether
they VIII be able to induce him TO
ncclect his law practice in order TO
enter the race Mr.. Wise himself
has made no statement regarding the
matter.
William II English, former coun-
tv surveyor. and now engaged in the
real estate and insurance business.
is another possibility mentioned i'm
connection with the joint senatorship
as q democratic candidate Friends
OF lIr. English say that he would
add strength 20 the ticket, but Mr..
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