The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-12-29
TIMES BUREAU
AT STATE CAPITAL.

Indianapolis, Ind. Dec. 27.-The pres
ent republican state committee will not
tackle the question of whether the re-
pub1icans of Indiana shall rectify the
action of the republican national COM
mittee at its recent meeting in Wash
fngton in revising the rules of the re-
publican national conventions and re-
ducing the representation of southern
states in national conventions. A man
In a position to know what Is going on
says that this question will be left to
the incoming new state committee,
which will be elected within the next
month He said it would not be advis-
able for the present committee to take
| up this subject, since it has only one
more month of existenceh
Therefore. the meeting of the state
committee next Tuesday will be merely
for the purpose of making plans for
the reorganization of the party
throughout the state. Dates will be set
| by the committee by which precinct
committeeman will be elected in ell of
/ the countries; also for the election of
delegates to district conventions: for
! the district conventions for the election
of district chairman, and for the meet
ing of the state committee for reorgan-
/; ization purposes and the election of a
| state chairman. This will be the only
! business to come before the commit
! tee, 1T is said,
| The meeting will not be in the nature
of love feast. as had been suggested.
But it is thought that the committee
will decide to hold a central meeting
of republicans from all over the state
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committee reorganizes and elects a
state chairman. This date probably
will be in the first week of February.
This will be the party love feast. Some
of the leaders believe it would be better
to hold it then, when the new commit
tee takes hold, than to have one now
when the old committee is going out
OF existence.
It Is regarded as practically certain
that most of the present members OF
the state committee will be candidates
for reelection. In the first district
however. Marcus Sanntag. the present
committeeman, will not be a candidate
for reelection, so it is said. Robert
DaltzeIl of Princeton, is a candidate foi
the place. He is the only one hear OF
thus far.
VIII H Hayes of sullivan. is prac-
tically certain of reelection in the
second district. He is one of the bes1
known young republicans ia the state
He has no opposition. Robert w. Nor
ris of New Albany, has not announced
himself as a candidate for reelection
but it is said that he probably will b,
returned The same is true of John NJ
Lewis of Seymour. in the Fourth dis
| trict.
1 The Fifth district will re-elect Johr
/. III. Bryson of Brazil, according TO pres
ent indications. He has no opposition
| and it is not believed that anyone viii
contest with him.
/ There is some uncertainty about th'
Sixth district. Linus Meredith of Rich
mond, is the present district committee
man. but he Is understood to wish t
retire, and inthat case P. ]. Lynch. O
Newcastle, looks like his successor.
/; John c. Ruclkelshaus, of the Eleventh
district. will probably be reelected, u
the Eighth district there is vacanc!
caused by the death OF George Lily
Anderson. and the present COMMITTEE
,probably will select some man to fill tn
vacancy for the next month. No can
id5date for election has made his ap
tpearance. Charles J. Wheeler
NobIesvilie, viii be reelected for tn
ninth district. In the Tenth district |
Is said that w o. Thomas of Monti
/ ,ce1lo, can be reelected if he wishe
q another term, but he does not know
whether he will run. 1t is case
i"mixed situation in the Eleventh an
s!no candidate has been mentioned I
4 succeed Walter c. Bailey of Peru.
Fl The Twelfth district probably vii
, tre-eiect Allen vesey. Perry Smith o
.;Warsaw, is mentioned as the man like
sly to be elected in the Thirteenth dis
itrict Fred woodward of South Benz
| the present district chairman, will no
tbe a candidate for reelection.
Will H. Hays and John H. Bryson ar