The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-03
WILL
ORGANIZE JAN. 26TK
Wayne County Will Have the
Largest Delegation at
District Meeting.

District Meeting.
Twenty six delegates will represent
Wayne county at the Sixth district Re
publican convention to be held or
January 81. the place not yet having
been selected. The local delegation in
all probability will go pledged to sup
port Linus Meredith, who is a candi-
date for the craftsmanship of this dis
trict. The place of meeting will be
determined at a meeting Of the county
chairmen.
Edwin NJ. Lee. chairman of the Indi-
ana Republican central committee,
| issued the call Tuesday. notifying the
county chairmen of the state that the
| meeting for the selection of precinct
| committeeman and election of dele
gates to the district convention shall
be held on either January Is or 81 1t
shall be the duty of the precinct COM
! mitteemen to elect a country chair
| man. The district chairmen. who are
| elected at the district convention. to
be held January 81, will meet in 1ndi-
annapolis February 2 and elect a state
chairman
Wayne county will have the largest
| delegations of any county in the sixth
district, at the district convention
Fayette county is entitled to eleven:
Franklin, seven; Hancock. ten: Henry
eighteen; Rush, fourteen; Shelby,
fifteen; Union, FIVE. and Wayne. TWEEN
| ty-six. The total number of delegates
to be seated in the district convention
will be hundred and six. The appor-
tionment of delegates is made on the
basis of one delegate to every two
| hundred votes est for Otis E. Gulley,
Republican nominee for secretary of
state. at the last state electaion.
The call signed by Chairman Lee
| and secretary John F. Hayes, is as fol-
lows:
ITO the Republicans of Indiana and
all those who desire to co operate with
| them:
| Pursuant to the order of the Re-
publican state committee you are in
vited to participate in elections in the
respective counties of the state for the
selection of precinct committeeman,
such precinct committeeman to elect
county chairmen and other officers of
the county committee of the respec-
tive counties, on the dates hereinafter
named; and for the election of dele
gates to district conventions for the
purposes of electing district chairmen
for the respective congressional dis
tricts of the state, on the dates herein
after named
| 1.-THE election of precinct commit
teemen in the respective counties and
the election of delegates to a district
conventions, for the purpose of elects
ing district chairmen for the respec
tive congressional districts, shall bt
held on Jan. rs and q, 1911.
The precinct committeeman thus q
ected will meet on Monday. Jan. q
at such hour and place as the count
committees of the respective countie
shall indicate for the purpose of T.
Getting county chairmen.
delegates to district conventions
will meet on Wednesday, Jan. 81, it
such hour and place in the respectise
congressional districts as the distrtt
chairman shall indicate, for the pr
pose of electing district chairmen.S
"The district chairmen thus eleced
will meet in indianapolis at the le-
publican committee headquartersDn
Friday, Feb. 2, for the purpose ofel.
| Getting a chairman of the Republican
state committee.
delegates to district conventions
will be appointed among the sev,ral
counties of the state on the basit of
one delegate for every 200 votes, and
for each additional fraction of more
than 100 votes cast for Otis e. Guley.
secretary of state, at the Novembe ell
ection. 1910.
The election Of precinct committee
men and delegates of precinct commit
teemen and delegates to district con
ventions, as indicated above. in each
county of the state, shall be eithG by
maries or massed convention and shall
be held the respective counties. sown
ships, precincts or wards between
such hours and at such places an un-
der such rules and regulations notcon-
trary to the rules of the state Ecom-
mttee as the county chairman MY fix.
The county chairman of the SEVERAL
counties will apportion to the differ
ent townships, wards or precincts of
their counties the representation to
which they are entitled, and mike all
necessary arrangements accordingly,
giving notice at least two weeks by
publication in the Republican press of
their counties Of the day, hour and
place of voting
Merry-ao-round.