The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-01
LINCOLN LEAGUE BANQUET
1T WILL BE HELD AT THE DENIsON
THURSDAY EVENING, FEB. II.
Programme for the Two Days Meet
ing Announced-Call Issued by
the President.

The programme for the Lincoln League
convention to be held Thursday and Friday.
Feb. u and IL. at the Denison Hotel is al
most completed. At the opening session
Thursday afternoon Senator Burton. of
Kansas. will deliver an address. and at the
banquet to be held that evening at
o'clock the following Indiana men will re-
spond to toasts:
Senator w. A. Kittinger, Eighth district,
Legislation" ]. Frank Hanly, Lafayette.
Tenth district, abraham Lincoln;'' At
torney General Charles w. Miller, Thir-
teenth district, indiana A. ]. Clark.
Evansville, First district; j. Carl Rutter,
Rockville. Fifth district, Mckinley" Sen
ator C. c. Lyons. Eleventh district, THE
North and South" Wesley H. Atkinson, In
dianapolis, The College Man in Politics."
Senator A. J. Beveridge; Walter w. Mount,
Upton, Ninth district, "Shams in Poll
TICS" Lieutenant Governor Gilbert,
Twelfth district. Republican Triumphs;"
Charles l.. Jewett New Albany, Third dis
trict, "Our Soldiers" John C. Clancy. Sui
Ivan, Second district. 1.-THE Monroe Doc
trine;" Oscar Montgomery, Seymour,
Fourth district. "Our President" Repre-
sentative Roscoe Z. Kirkman, Sixth dis
trict, Public Servants" Mayor c. A.
Bookwalter, Indianapolis, Seventh district.
Municipal Affairs Capt William E. Eng
lish, of this city, will preside as toast
master.
Governor Durbin will speak at the BAN
quet, but his subject has not yet been an
nounced-
Friday morning a business session of the
league will be held for the election of off,
GERS, but the chief interest in the conven-
ton centers in the session Thursday after
noon and the banquet that night 1t is be-
lieved that the attendance at the banquet
will exceed three hundred, and this means
that the convention will be one of the
largest ever held by the league.
X. Harry Miller, of Paramount, president
of the league, has issued the following
statement of the apportionment of dele
gates 10 the conventions:
The ratio of representation will be based
upon Section 2 of Article of the Con-
situation. which reads: The ratio of rep
resentation shall be one delegate from each
club, and one additional delegate for every
fifty members or fraction of twenty-five
or more. The president, first vice presi-
dent, secretary and treasurer of the State,
district and county leagues, shall be ex Of
fcio delegates"
In accordance with the above section the
several counties in Indiana will be en-
titled to the following representation:
-Apportionment by Districts
First District.-Gibson 43; Pike, 3; Posey,
6; Spencer, 5; Vanderburg, Ill; Warrick, 8;
total, Ill.
Second Observation-Disclosures. So Green. So;
Knox, IL; Lawrence, "a; Martin, "a; Mon
roe, 80: Owen, 81; Sullivan. 81; total, 1872.
Third District-Clark Is: Crawford -:
Dubois, IL: Floyd. 80; Harrison. IL; Orange
6; Perry, IL; Scott. 10; Washington. IS; to-
tai 1877.
Fourth District. = Bartholomew, "a;
Brown, 8; Dearborn, 5; Jackson, II; Jeffer-
son, % Jennings, IA; Johnson, IL; Ohio, s;
Ripley, 6; Switzerland, Is; total. 134.
Fifth District,-Clay. 4; HENDRICKS, a;
Morgan, So; Parke, 10; Punam, 10; Vermil-
lion. 20; Vigo. 205 total. 1862.
Sixth District.-Decatur, 26; Fayette, 49,:
Franklin, z; Hancock IL; Henry, IL; Rush,
81; Shelby, II; Union, 8; Wayne, So; total
Seventh District Marion, 232
Eighth District-Adams, s.; Delaware 70;
Jay: Is; Madison, Sc; Randolph. 10; Wells.
Ninth District.--Boone, 2; Carroll, g. Clin-
| ton, IS: Fountain, As; Hamilton, 105; How
ard, "a; Montgomery, II; Upton, q; total,
| 29S.
Tenth District.-Benton, "a; Jasper, II;
Lake, 46; La Porte, So; Newton, 6; Porter,
So; Tippecanoe. IS; Warren, 26; White, 6;
Eleventh District.-Blackford II; Cass, IL;
Grant. SO; Huntington, 40; Miami, So; Wa
bash, 6S; total 2SS.
Lagrange, IL; Noble. IA; Steuben. As; Whit
| ley, 81; total, 227.
Thirteenth District-Elkhart, IS; Fulton,
IA; Kosciusko. Al: Marshal. SO; Pulaski. O.;
Total, 3,141.
College League
Hanover 8; Moore's HILL 8; Franklin, 4;
| Union Christian College 8; State Normal
| School, 4: Rose Polytechnic, 81 De Paw. s.:
| State University. Z; Earlham, 8; Indiana
| Law, 8; Indiana Medical. z; Indiana
Dental, z; Butler College, 3; Pur-
| due, u; Wabash College, 3; Notre Dame,
| 2; Angola College, 3; Northern Indina Nor
| NAL, 10; total, So
This representation will be subject to
| such changes may be necessary by rea-
| son of the further report from any dis
| trict or county manager as to the clubs
| in his district county and the number
| of the members thereof
Every Republican in the State of Indiana
| is invited to be present We expect the
| meeting of the Lincoln League to be the
largest and most interesting one We have
| ever had.
| A half rate will be made by the railroads
| and we hope the local officials will use
| their best efforts to the end that their
| localities are we'll represented. The Repub-
| leans of Indianapolis are doing all in their
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