, 1908-10-12
YOUNG REPUBLICANS TO BE EN-.
ROLLED AND CONSOLIDATED
FOR THE BENEFIT OF
PARTY AT LARGE.
laramie Republican Club Formed BY
National Organizer, With Sheridan
Downey as President and Harold
symons as secretary-Youns wo.
man to Be Made Member OF the
Executive COMMITTEES.

Jesse F. Turner, national organizer
for the National Republican league.
left this morning for Rawlins. having
competed his work here for the prss
ent Saturday night, when the Larslrfe
Republican club was organized by the
election of officers and the work of
eniisting the membership of the party
in the county was undertaken. Mr..
Turner had an appointment with a
prominent republican at Rock River
during the short stay of the train Ia
that city, and there will be a branch
of the Laramie club formed among
the republicans Of that commute.
The work will be carried TO every yot
ing precinct in the county. The fol
lowing oficers were selected By Mr..
Turner before he left Tia city:
Local of6cera
President-Sheridan Downey.
Vice Presideht-George w. Patter.
son.
Secretary-Harold Symons.
Treasurer-Win Schillins.
The executive committee will con.
sist Of three members and the presI-
dent and secretary as members ex-of-
ficio. One of the members Of the
committee will be a young woman, the
members to be announced later. 1t is
the plan of the club to include women
among the members, and this had the
hearty endorsement OF Mr.. Turner AMI
will be endorsed by the republican
state committee, the republican county
committee, Senator Warren, Congress-
man Mopdell and other leaders In the
state. An effort will be made 10 en-
list the cooperation Of young womcn
to the fullest extent possible. The
minimum age limit. Is years. will take
in al those who will be eligible to
vote for president four year, hence,
Suhen the issues are expected u be az
.shNrply defined as now, and the list
" members of the Laramie club Nfu'
include many boys and girls who have
already begun to form political prefer
ences.
National League.
The National Republican league, the
parent organization, whose headquar-
ters are at the Astor house, New York.
will have the direction of the affairs
Of the various state and local organi-
cations. The state organization will
control the local to a certain extent,
but the Laramie and other local clubs
will be in close touch with the nation
al body direct, receiving from its Of
ficers such help As is required from
time to time and always their wise
counsel. The state league Is not re-
quired to contribute to the finances
OF the national league, and whatever
help goes from the state league will
be voluntary, and in the interest of the
general good. Printed matter will
come direct from the national body
to the loca body, in quantity suf-
flcient to supply every need. The Of
ficers Of the national league are as
follows:
National Officers.
President-John Hays Hammond of
Gloucester, Mass.
Firlst Vice President-Harry M. Mey.
ers OF Little Rock, Ark.
Second Vice President-W. W. Hef-
felfinger of st. Paul, MINI.
Third Vice President-Winston
Churchill of Cornish, N. H.
Fourth Vice President-John Albus,
jr., of st. Joseph, Mo.
Secretary-E. Smell Smith of New
York.
Treasurer-Chauncey Dewey of Chi
cago.
State officers.
The officers of the state republican
league, selected at Cheyenne a day
or two ago, r as follows:
President-T. Blake Kennedy of
Cheyenne.
Vice President. c. Hinkle of
Cheyenne.
Secretary-William A. Riner of
Cheyenne,
Vice President Hinkle will have
charge Of the organization of local
clubs throughout the state and will
e that every county and as many
communities as possible is brought in
to the circle in Wyoming.
Local OFFICERS at Work.
President Downey and those with
him In an Official capacity are already
at work in the enlargement Of the
membership list in this city and coun-
ty. and 1t is expected that within the
next few weeks nearly every young
republican IA or woman will have
been approached to become members
OF the organization. The executive
committee win have charge Of tho de-
tails.