The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-06-27

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Ibe Isepublican State Convention last
Thursday Uas called % order by STATE
Chairman John Overneyer. Hon.
stanton J. Peeie, who served nearly hslf
|of term Of Office III Congress n which
|he WAS not elected, was made President
Iof the Convention. and W. a. = Roberts.
lSccretxry. Various committees were.
|appoin,ed. and nominations Tor Gov
iernor announced. a. follows w. r.!
Italkins, Of Laporte; w. w. Dudley. of'
Wayne, and joha Petsr:C Cleavcr Shanks.
Iof. Jay.
NJ. Calkins was nominated on tbe'
fret ballot, receiving 5as votes. Dudley.
1872. Shanks ~, and Thompe.n 1. The
domination was made unanimous. on!
motion Of Wayne county. seconded byl
ienefsl Shanks- Dudley appeared and
was heartily greeted, making brief
The state ticket was completed a. fol-
lows: Lieutenant governor, Eugene
Buudy. OF Henry county; secretary OF
state. Robert Mitchell. OF Gibson: au-
|ditor. Bruce Carr. OF Orange treasurer
x X ShieI. OF Marion attorney genaraI.|
w. G. Wilson, y: Tippecanoe supcrin-I
tendent or public instruction. H. Cl
Hobbs. Of Pike; reporter ofthe supreme
court, w. n. Hoggxt. Of Warrick Judge
of the supreme court from the Fifth.
district, T. n. Hammond. Of Jasper.
u will be observed Bruce Carr Is cred
tied 20 Orange county. although he has
lived ID indianapolis for several years :
y. &. Hobbs i also credited 20 Pike
county, though he never lived there. and
we suppose lives somewhere Ia the GEN.
tral part Of the State also. Hut Il doesn't
make any difference where they live. as,
neither they nor their most ardent
friends expect them 70 4get thar this,
year.
Before balIoting commenced Hon. RI.
W. Thompson, from the committee rel
ported the following platform
THr rLATFoRx.
The republicans 0f Indians, II <fafe'
convention assembled. do ratify and'
adopt Tie platform or the recent repub-
Iican conversion at Chicago. as compre-r
hensive and sufficient for the declarations
Of their faith aud purposes Ia respect TO-
I'll questions Of national scope and char
acter, and they ratify and approve fhe'
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~ Logan Tor the oihccs q president and
Ice-preeineM q me lnised States and
picdgetc them united and earnest snp-i'
port % we repup1can I'frty 81 Indiana
rirn; We endorse WIN pride and salts
faction the pure. abe. disni6ed and pal
triotic adnlinistrst on OF Governor Al
bert g. Poster. Sccoud; We favor ap-
ProI iauoss ~ me legislature for thc''
erection 2! snksoic e,euumen1 q thet
memory 2! she toya! ana brave sons 81
Indians "1o gave ineir nse< - save the
rfpoenc. iniN; ~ tne lapse q thirty
'nrec years. ~ ~ increase ~ population.
ana ~ marvellous development o. her
natfra' resources ana spreao 2! iusein- .
zence. our sts.e nas outsrown the con-
si'tuuon ~ 1874. ana We therefore favor
ne calling q convention q 40 early
day Sor the purpose q framing 2 new
'!Ate CONSTITUTION aaapted % me preeenst
~ tn.s erc.t an1 growing
COMMONWEALTH Fourth: We favor.
Hucn chanEe - Isw ~ snail sske sbe,
q EusonA retormatoryss
Ano benevolent INSTITUTIONS q the state
pig - the dcmaia q pxrty politics,
Fiftn- We regard sne system o. prison.
'ontrsct Iapor - degrsningcompetit'ou.
Q ne labor q honest cisizens, ana hvorS
ts aooiiliou- Sixtn. We mvor tne cn-i
'cfme0t and endorsement q laEs for thei
Improvement q sanitary eono''iens oiI
apor. snu espcci.iiy Sor tne rekuiatton'e
'nu venuia1on 81 uiues unoer tne so-