Republican county ticket

[Newspapers.com files the page as The Butler Times-Press; the text is the Bates County Record. The party's ticket, standing at the head of the editorial column; by this issue the state ticket has been added above the county ticket (it ends with the Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner). The county ticket is unchanged from 18 Jul 1896.]

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For Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner
GEO. N. STILLE,
of Putnam County.

County Ticket.

Representative,
L. HAGENAUER.
Sheriff,
GEO. A. McLAUGHLIN.
Treasurer,
J. B. RUCKER.
Public Administrator,
W. W. ROSS.
Coroner,
DR. J. R. COLSON.
Judge North District,
F. M. PATRICK.
Judge South District,
JOHN W. GENCH.
Surveyor,
G. C. GILBREATH.