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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1892
Page
1
A lengthy profile list covers governors and top state offices. Claude Matthews campaigns for governor with farming roots and legislative record. Mortimer Nye seeks lieutenant governor post. Secretary of State contenders include William R. Myers and Albert Gall, with detailed biogs. Other races feature John Oscar Henderson, Thomas Davis, and Orlando Lotz among appellate judges and court reporters.
Several papers praise Indiana Democrats for a strong, united convention in Indianapolis. The platform supports tariff reform, Cleveland as president, Gray as vice president option, and critiques Harrison. Observers call the gathering large, orderly, and influential for state questions and tax and election law endorsements.
The notice profiles two Indiana figures: NerveY Yd. Vortes born 1855 in Johnson County, India, rising from farm life to superintendent roles, renominated by acclamation. and Alonzo Green Smith born 1848 in Meigs County Ohio, who moved to Indiana, studied at Franklin College, became a top attorney general candidate, served as state senator from Jennings and Jackson, led judiciary, and briefly presided over the Indiana Senate as lieutenant governor.
George L Reinhard a candidate for the First district appellate judge post is described as a native of Germany who has spent most of his life in Indiana. He enlisted at seventeen in the Fifteenth Indiana volunteers and served over three years, fighting in battles including Shiloh and Stone River.
The article clarifies tax treatment of building and loan associations under Section 89. It states shareholders are exempt from tax on stock, while money loaned to such associations is taxable, as are investments in orders or certificates. Holders of paid up stock owe no return. holders of certificates or loans must list under personal property.
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