Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-08-17
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE DE-
FERS NAMING OF TEMPORARY
OFFICIALS,
MEET HERE SEPT. 4.
Conference Yesterday Resulted II
Formation Of Rules to Govern
the District Gathering; Re-
Elect c. C. Porter.

AHe mdu WHO makes the keynote
speech at the sixth district congress
sional convention to be held lin OF
tumwa September has less than two
hours to compose his oration, for the
congressional committee, at it's meet.
ing here yesterday decided to post.
|pone the selection Of officers until
11:30 Of the morning of the conven-
ton. This was the only thing post
poned by the busy congressional com
mftteemen yesterday, however, for
they did not complete their work until
p. m. Ottumwa was honored In two
ways by the committee in the selection
of this city as the place Of holding the
convention and the reelection of G. G.
Forter as chairman Of the body. AS
announced yesterday, the committee
recommended that the county chairmen
Of the seven counties in the district
to hold county conventions for the pur-
pose Of selecting delegates to attend
the congressional convention.
The rules for the republican con-
ventton Of the sixth congressional dis
trict Of Iowa as drafted by the commit
teo yesterday, are as follows:
1. The chairman of the central COM
mittee of each county shall issue call
to the republican delegates elected at
the June primary for 1912 to convene
at the county seat of each county to
elect delegates to the district conven-
ton for the purpose Of recommending
to the congressional committee can
dtdate for congress in the sixth con-
gressional district of Iowa.
2. That such county convention shall
be held not earlier than the 21st day
Of August 1912 nor later than the 31st
day of August, 1912. The chairman
Of each county central committee shall
give at least three days notice to each
delegate Of his county by letter, ad-
dresLed to his postoffice address as
shown by the records In the Office Of
the county auditor Of his county, CIV
Ing the time and place Of the county
convention and the purpose for which
SAID county convention is called.
8. The matter OF organizing each
county convention and the rights and
powers Of the delegates to such county
convention shall be governed by the
supplement Of the code of Iowa, Sec
ton 10s7-a25 and the amendments
thereto.
f. The representation of each county
to the district convention shall be the !
same as each county had to the last !
state republican convention held at |
Des Moines on the 10th day Of July, |
1912, and which is as follows:
LAWS ................
Jdsper ....... ......... If
heOkuk ID
MahasKa II |
monroe .............. 15
PoWesh1ek ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IL !
Wapello .................. 10 |
5. II any county shall not be fully
at the district convention,
the delegates present from such county |
shall cast the full vote thereof, but |
there shall be no proxies. The only |
business for the district convention to |
transact will be to recommend to the |
congressional committee a candidate |
for congress on the republican ticket !
in the sixth congressional district of |
Iowa.
6. The district convention shall be
held In Ottumwa Iowa on Wednesday |
September 4, 1912 at 1 o'clock p. m.
Z. All contests, to be considered |
must be filed with the chairman Of the
congressional committee at least one
day before the day of the district con-
vention. ~
8. A certified list of the delegates to
the district convention must be filed |
with the chairman Of the congressional
committee before the convention con-
venes.