The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-03
Gathering of the Delegates to Select
the Victorious State Ticket at
the Polls This Fall.
SENATOR FAIRBANKS SPEECH
1T WILL SOUND THE KEYNOTE FOR
THE COMING CAMPAIGN.
Platform Will Contain Ringing
vOr Nicaraguan Canal.

This is to be busy day for the Re-
publicans of Indiana. Delegates who had
not arrived last night will reach Indian
az oils this morning on the early trains in
time to attend the various meetings pre-
liminary to the convention. The first meet
ing in which the state politicians are in
terested will be the conference of the Re-
publican county chairmen and secretaries
at the House of Representatives Hall,
Statehouse, at 10 o'clock this morning. An
hour later the district meetings of the dele
gates to select vice presidents and secre-
tarics of the convention and members of the
committees on organization, resolutions and
credentials will be held in the Statehouse,
with the exception of the meeting of the
Seventh district, which is to be held in the
Criminal Court room At the late Demo-
cratic convention there was a confusion as
to the meeting place of the Seventh district
and part of the delegates assembled in the
courthouse and part in the Statehouse At
noon the members of the various commit
tees will meet at the Denison Hotel to dis
pose of the business before them.
In the, afternoon at $3.50 o'clock the pri-
mary meeting of the convention will be held
at Tomlinson Hall. Chairman Hernly, of
the Republican state central committee, will
call the convention to order. After the re-
port of the committee on rules and organiza-
ton, which will name Senator Fairbanks
for permanent chairman, Mr.. Hernly will
introduce the senator to the convention and
he will deliver one of the most forcible
speeches he has ever made, in which he will
outline the issues that are to be discussed in
the coming campaign. Following his adj
dress the preliminary work of the conven-
tion including the reports Of the commit
tees on platform and credentials will be
completed. Thursday morning the work of
balloting on the candidates will be taken up.
Below is given the places that have been
designated by the Republican state central
committee for the district meetings at IL
o'clock in the Statehouse: First district,
Room IS, first floor; Second Room IL, first
floor; Third, Room IL, first floor; Fourth,
Room So, second floor; Fifth, Room 91 third
floor; Sixth, Room 70, second floor; Eighth,
Room 1O2, third floor; Ninth, Room So. first
floor; Tenth, Room 81, second floor;
Eleventh. Room 3, first floor; Twelfth, Room
81, second floor; Thirteenth, Room liz, third
floor.
At noon the members of the committee on
rules, selected at the district meeting, will
assemble at the Century Club room, Deni-
son House; the committee on credentials in
Room 432 to consider such contests as may
come before it, and the committee on reso-
lutions in the Press Club room to finally
formulate the platform. The tickets to the
convention, with coupons for the different
sessions, will be distributed to the delegates
at the district meetings Charles r. Lane,
of the executive committee, is in charge of
the arrangements for the press and will is
sue tickets to accredited press representa-
tives this morning. A special stage, pro-
vided with sufficient chairs and tables, has
been placed in the hall in front Of the chair
mans and secretaries stage and every con-
venience possible will be afforded newspaper
men, who will have access to the hall by
the Delaware-street entrance, where those
holding stage tickets will also be admitted