The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-02-21
REPUBLICAN STATE
CONVENTION
Called to Meet in Louisville
May E.
County Mass Conventions April
25--AarmoniOns Meeting
Throughout.

The Republican State Central meet
ing at Louisville Tuesday called a
State Convention to meet in LOUISVILLE
wednesday May at one o'clock +. M
to select four delegates from the
State ut large to the Chicago Conven-
ton at which Republican candidate
for Pre- sident will be nominated. No
attempt was made to pass resolutions
endorsing Taft or Fairbanks y for
President, and the meeting was har-
monious throughout. Louisville and
Lexington were placed in nomination
for the Convention, the former city
being winner.
Following is the call and member OF
delegates each county is entitled TO
send to State and district conventions.
In according with established GUS
tom and in obedience to the rules gev-
erning the Republican organization OF
Kentucky and the official call Of the
Republican National Committee, the
Republican State Central Committee
of Kentucky now directs that State
convention of delegated representa-
tives of the Republican party OF Ken
lucky be held in the city of Louisville
KY, at l o'clock p. m, standard time,
on Wednesday, the sixth day of May,
1908 for the purpose of electing four
delegates from the State of Ken
tucky -at-large, and four alternate de-
legates-at-large to the National Con-
vention OF the Republican party, to be
held in Chicago ILL.,, on Tuesday, June
16, 1908, and for the purpose of nomi-
mating two electors from said State-at-
large, to be voted for at the election
to be held November 8, 1908.
The delegates to said State conven-
ton shall be elected by county mass
conventions to be held in the county
seat in each county at l o'clock, stan
dard time on Saturday April 25 1908,
except in the counties of Boyd, camp
bell and Kenton in which counties
conventions shall be held at he cities
of Ashland, Newport and Covington,
respectively, and provided that In Jet-
ferson county said mass-convention
shall be held in each of the wards OF
the city OF Louisville and for the coun-
ty outside the limits Of said CITY,
which latter meeting may be held In
said city. One delegate shall be elect
ed for each 100 votes or fraction there
of. amounting to fifty or over, cast
for the Republican electors in such
county at the presidential election In
1904. The form of voting at said coun
ty or ward MISCONCEPTIONS, shall be
by ballot in each county In which
the county committe provides for the
election OF county committeeman by
ballot at county or ward mass-con-
yentions. and said elections of dele
gates in counties which elect county
committeeman by county or ward
mass-conventions shall be held by the
same officers who conduct the election
of county committeeman. In counties
which do not elect county committeem
by ballot the form of voting for such
delegates shall be viva voce.
The Republican Congressional Dis
trict Committee of each congressional
district will, as directed by the call
of the Republican National Committee
meet and direct the holding of con-
gressional district convention in such
district for the purpose Of electing two
district delegates and two alternates to
said National Convention and said
committee is hereby directed to pro-
vide in its call for the election of one
member of the State Central Commute
and for the nomination of one elector,
to be voted for at said national cleo
ton.
And 1t is hereby recommended that
the delegates to said district conven-
.tion be elected at the same time and
dn the same manner as the delegates
to said State convention.
Said State Central Committee fur
ther directs that except as hereinafter
provided in each and every county the
new members Of the Republican county
Committee shall be elected by precinct
meetings which precinct meetings shall
be held at / o'clock p. m. standard
time on Saturday May 1908 In the
manner prescribed In Rule 2 OF the
Rules of the Republican organization
of Kentucky except. however that In
each county, in which said, county
COMMITTEE determines that such mem