The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-23
LOCAL BUSINESS men PLEDGE
THEIR SUPPORT TOY. NJ. c. A.
Il WILL
Be ELECTION DATE
Providing Lincoln's Birthday
Is Not Legal Holiday
in the State Now.

The date for the forthcoming pri-
mary election will probably be Feb
to the Republican nomination, are un-
animous in the opinion that the pri-
mary should be held on this date and
John E. Peltz, secretary of the present
Wayne County Republican central
committee, believes that this date
would be the best. Secretary Peltz
stated this morning that he will COM
municate with state authorities in or
der to ascertain if the twelfth of next
month. Lincoln's birthday, is still held
a public holiday.
There has been a great deal of dis
cussion among the candidates about
this matter and almost all of them
have come to the conclusion that the
twelfth would be better than the fifth
or nineteenth of next month. They be-
lieve that February will not give the
new central committee, which will be
chosen next Monday morning. time en-
ough in which to make arrangements
for the primary election. and that
February 19 is too late to hold it, The
intervening Monday they, assert, will
give the new committee ample time in
which to organize and make it's plans.
Name Committeeman.
Friday night of this week the pre-
cinct committeeman will be chosen
in the city and Saturday afternoon the
five precincts outside of Richmond in
| Wayne county will elect their commit
teemen. The delegates and alternatea
to the district, convention to be held
in Cambridge City, January 81, will al
SO be elected at the precinct meetings
Following is a list of places where
the city precinct meetings will be
held:
/ First Ward-Court House.
+ Second Ward City Building.
Third Ward-Tenth and MaiI
streets, Westcott Hotel. ~~. .
l. Fourth Ward-Hose house, Ninth &
South E streets.
Fifth Ward-No. Engine house.
Sixth Ward-Moorman & Roland tir
shop, Thirteenth and Main.
Seventh Ward-West side hos<
house.
. Eighth Ward-Williams' grocery
Hunt street.
The five Wayne township precinct.
meetings, outside of the city. will bt
held at the court house at 2:3O o'clocl
Saturday afternoon. Precinct meeting!
in other townships in the county will
be held Saturday.
Monday morning at 10 o'clock thu
precinct committeeman elected viii
meet at the court house where th1
chairman, vice-chairman, secretary ant
treasurer of the central committee ar,
members of the central committee
There will be sixty four precinct com
mitteemen.
The date of the primary election
will be decided upon at the meetinl
Monday morning. The executive com
mittee will also be appointed at tha
time.
Robbins Chairman.
Indications are that Will Robin
will be elected chairman of the Ger
trail committee and Howard Brooks
; present treasurer of the committee
; will be chosen secretary of the nev
committee The name of John e. Pelt
secretary of the present committee i
also being mentioned in connection
J with the Craftsmanship of the com
mittee.
! Up to the present nothing definit
has been done in regard to the payin
of the expenses of the primary ele<
ton The candidates for the variou
> Offices will be obliged to stand, tn
: expense incurred by the election, bu
they have not discussed this matter
and nothing has been said to ther
: regarding it, by the members of tn
central committee. According to la,
; each candidate will be obliged to pa
: SO much towards the expenses the an
cunt to be apportioned by the salar
of the various officers for which tn
, candidates are seeking nominations.