The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-02-14
THE KEPUBIIcAH STATE cENLRAL
COMMITTEE.
The ResuIt OF ghe AEseting at Topeka
Last Week The State cOaventIon
70 Be Held Aprfi 90

1 list " lElA ne El4LC LO4NS4Nlgn
70 be Held April 80.
Commonwealth: The Re. ubIica1
State Central Comm. ttee met yesterday
in the Windsor Hotel pAriors al o. N
and IN the absence Of SECRETARY Walt n
n. II. B.ck vas appointed Secretary
pro tenn. Aroll call show e. the follow.
ing gentlemen present:
A. L. Redden, Wm. s ms, B. F
Watson, J s. Mcdowell, R H. Wight
II. n. Beck, Ira f. CoIIinr, E. B PuF
cell, g J.. Barker, A. Gtiieti, @. Kohl
Ter, F. T. Taylor, j. d. Barker, j. B
Abbott. Asa Thompson. G. ". Banks
T. Mccarthy, T G. McBreen.
The call VAS read and the chairman
said the FIRST thing to be done was to d
a place and lime for holding The stats
convention II elect delegates to the ma
tional conYention.
After some discussion it was decided
to hold the state eoaveLf.on on April %
II as unanim, uslY decided 10 held the
convention 10 Topeka al 8 p. m.
Mr.. Purcell moved that the basis of
representation be one delegate for each
$50 VOTE cast for James Smith in 1882
and one for e4ch traction OF IT'S vote<
Adopted.
After several motions had b en- made
SIR. Banks moved as substitute thai
the primaries b. Lc1d on Thursdsy
April 17th, aud the conventions on Sat
urdaY, April 10Th, which was adopted.
Mr.. Gillet. moved that in the call
shall be a paragraph sp. c'fying thai tins
state convention will n inmate presideh
tial electors
| A question was rails, d that a persor
might be nominsted v h1 would not voti
the wish of the convent, n, and it wa
vAriou-ly sunounc,d taat IN that ovcn
the offender would be summaril,
bounced.
Mr.. Gillutt's motIoS prevail d ayes
II; noes, l.
After consultation bvtAtea the Kist'
committee and large numhr of mem
beers of cougft ssional committees pres
eht, IL MAS r.solv, d that Ail district dele
gates be elected at separate district con
ytntioIs held al Topeka Oh the day ap
pointed for the meeting Of the stale con
ventIoD, unless such delegates have beeI
elected prior a. aid me, ting oil the stat
convention at district CONVENTIONS regu
larry called by The authorized coagn s
si"nal district sommit:ces.
Dir. Purcell moved 10 substitute tb,
following from t nc call oil the nations
committee, which was adopted:
"The republicans of the yarions con
gressional districts shall have the optiOI
of electing thu ir delegates at separst
popular driegst conventions, called OF
similar notice, and ht Id 10 the district
at any time within the fifteen days mex
PRIOR to the IN, citing of the state CONVEX
tiOns, or by rub divisions of the stat
conventions into district conyebtlODs
and such delegates shall be chosen il
the latter method II not elected previou
IT, the meetIr g oi the state conventions
All district delegates to be sct T, dited b
the officers of such district conventions.
The various congressional diIriC
committees r ported the result of col
EerenceS bad during the recess.
Mr. Watson moved that when th
committee adj urntd i, be to meet {
10 a. m. April 29,h, IN Top, ka.
Mr.. Mccarthy suggest, d that some a.
linn b. taken respecting csnva s of th
Second congressional district
The committee then went into xecutIy
session to col der matters pertaining I
the Second district and afterwards az
journed.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The central committee listened 1
statements of genie from the SCI
ond dis riot, and decided to act in col
junction with the district central con
niltee N arranging dates aud prpviC
ing speakers.