Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-05-23
FRIDA,, MAY %, 1902.
Republican Conventions.
Calls issued for District and state ConNen'
lions at Montpelier June is and 10
Rules for the Caueuses.

Calls issued for District and state s"hNe"-
lions at Montpelier June Is and 10
Rules for the Caueuses.
A Republican state convention is
hereby called at Montpelier, ON Thurs
day. June 10, 1902, at 10 O'Clock a. M,
for the purpose of placing in nomination
candidates for the offices of governor,
Acknowledgements, treasurer, secretary
of state, and state auditor, TO be sup
ported by the freemen of the state at
the state election TO be held on Tuesday,
September 2, 1902 for the election OF
state committee for the two years next
ensuing; and the transaction OF any
other business that may properly come
before the convention.
Cities and towns will be represented
in said convention by their delegates,
elected on the basis of one delegate for
each city and town, and one additional
delegate for each one hundred votes and
each fraction of one hundred votes ex-
ceeding fifty, cast for governor at the
state election in 1900.
Delegates must be chosen at primary
meetings called by the Republican COM
mittee of each city and town, and must
be accredited with proper credentials,
duly attested by the respective secre-
taries of the primary meetings at which
they are elected, and should present the
same to the Republican state committee
(which is constituted the committee on
credentials) at its headquarters at the
Pavilion, Immediately upon their arrival
at Montpelier A duplicate copy of
such Observation-Disclosures blanks for
which will be furnished by the state
committee-should also be Immediately
mailed to the secretary of the committee
at Hartford, VT, to aid in expediting
the necessary work of making up the
roll of the convention.
The state committee, at its last execu-
tive meeting, adopted the following
resolution:
Resolved, "that in the election of dele
gates to the state convention, the state
committee will recognize such delegates
as shall be elected by plurality vote,
properly certified by the secretaries of
the representative caucuses."
1t is further recommended by the
state committee:
That the Republican city and town
committees, respectively, take such meas
ures as they deem effectual to prevent
any but legal Republican voters from
taking part in the respective caucuses,
that they prepare check list for use at
such caucuses, and that all delegates be
elected by ballot:
That the primary meetings for the
election of delegates to the state conven-
ton be held in each city and town not
later than Saturday, June Z, 1902:
That the respective city and town
committees for the two years next ensu.
ing be elected at the respective caucuses
held for the election of delegates to the
state convention, and that such commit
tee be reported to the state committee
forthwith on blanks which will be fur.
nished by said committee for such pur-
pose.
1t is expected that the usual courtesy
of reduction in fare will be extended by
the several railroad companies in the
state to those persons attending the
state convention. Definite information
in relation thereto will be given upon
the blank credentials, which, together
with all other necessary blanks, will be
sent to each city and town committee in
the state as soon as such information
can be obtained.
Republican State Committee.
Hartford, VT, May IL, 1902.