The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-16
PROGRESSIVE
CALL ISSUED
BY CHAIRMAN
State Chairman of the New
ly Organized Party Sum-
mons Delega ties to the
State Convention.
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of weak or boss-controlled candidates
or machine delegates.
Inasmuch as poll books containing
the names of the Progressive voters of
Indiana, for obvious reasons, are not
in existence, it has devolved upon this
Executive Committee to secure the ap-
pointment of known and loyal Pro-
gressives to take charge of the various
county Progressive organizations, to
prevent their being packed" by those
corrupt interests whose pernicious in
fluence will be terminated by sue
cessful Progressive Party.
State Convention.
For the following purposes the Indi-
ana Progressive Committee hereby in
vites all citizens of the State of Indi-
ana, who, without regard to past poll
tical Affiliations, desire TO cooperate
with and take part in this Progressive
movement, to meet in delegate conven-
ton at Tomlinson Hall in the city of
indianapolis, Indiana, on Thursday,
the LIST day of August, 1912, for the
purpose of adopting progressive plat
form for the current Indiana campaign,
and for the purpose of nominating
two delegates-at-large, and two alter
mate delegates-at-large to The National
Progressive Convention, and also the
selection of thirteen other delegates
and like number of alternates, one
of each delegates and alternates to the
National Progressive Convention, from
each of the thirteen congressional dis
tricts, who will be qualified to take
the place of their principal in the
event of the disability of such elector
to act, occurring before said election;
all of whom are to be voted for at the
general election in the State of Indi-
ana in 1912; also to nominate candi-
dates of the National Progressive Par
ty for the several offices of said State
of Indiana, to be voted for at the gen.
eral election in November, 1912, which
are as follows:
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Sec
rotary of State, Auditor of State,
Treasurer of State, Acknowledgement,
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Statistician, Reporter of Supreme
Court, Judge Supreme Court First Di-
vision, Judge Supreme Court Fourth
Division, Judge of Appellate Court
First Division.
The State Convention will elect
Chairman of the Progressive State
Central Committee.
The convention will assemble at 10
o'clock a. m. on said 1st day of Au-
gust, 1912. The convention will be COM
posed of 1,43S delegates apportioned
among the several counties of said
State on the basis of one delegate for
each 500 votes cast by Republican,
Democrat, Socialist and Prohibition
parties, for their first elector-at-large
at the Presidential election held in No
vember, 1908, and one delegate for adj
ditional fraction of $50 votes or more
cast aforesaid Said counties shall be
entitled to select an alternate delegate
for each delegate so apportioned. I'm
der this apportionment Wayne Coun-
ty with 11,721 votes cast in the 1908
election as specified above, will have
% delegates at the Progressive state
convention.
Total number of delegates. ......1, 43S
Necessary to choice .......<.. 720
All delegates to this convention will
be selected in each county of the state
on Monday the 18th day of July, 1912.
The hour and place in the respective
counties for holding the meetings for
selecting such delegates will be fixed
by the Progressive Chairman of each
county The Progressive Chairman of
each county is directed to apportion
the delegates of such county by pre-
cincts, wards. and townships. accord
ing to the vote cast in such precincts.
wards, and townships for the first
Presidential electors on the Republi-
can, Democrat, Socialist, and Prohibi-
ton tickets in the election of 1908. or
have such delegates selected in mass
county convention.