The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-05-11
ALL DELEGA ATES TO BE CHOSEN
AT ONE CONVENTION
Vermont Republican Committee Issues
Call. District Conventions are Now
Dispensed with by Law.

national convention at Chicago hs
E been issued by the State committe
. The call clearly and definitely stat,
\ that there will be one convention onl
a instead of the two district convention
!, and one State convention as held III
, der the old law.
: The call reads as follows:
A Republican State Convention
: hereby called to be held at Montpelier
VT, Friday, May 26, 1916, at te
O'Clock in the forenoon for the trans
action Of the following business, viz;
|. To hear and act upon the repor
of the committee on resolutions.
2. To elect eight delegates and eigh
alternates to the Republican Nationa
Convention to be held in Chicago
Illinois, on June Z, 1916.
3. To transact any other business
necessary or proper to come before
said convention.
Cities and towns will be represente,
in said convention by delegates elected
on the basis of one delegate for each
city and town and one additional dele.
gate for each 100 votes and each frac.
tion Of 100 votes exceeding so cast fol
the Republican candidate for governor
at the State election in 1914.
May 16, 1916, is hereby designated
as the date for the holding of the
caucuses for the election of delegates
to said State Convention. Caucuses
must be called by the Republican com
mittee of each city and town and
notice Of the time and place of such
caucuses should be posted not later
than May 10, 1916. Delegates elected
at such caucuses should provide
themselves with proper credentials
duly attested by the secretary of the
respective caucus at which they were
elected and present the same to the Re-
publican State Committee (Which is
constituted the committee on creden-
tials) at its headquarters at the Pa
vilon Hotel Immediately on their ar
rival at Montpelier to attend the con-
vention. A duplicate copy of the Gre
drntials should be mailed to the secre-
tary of the State Committee at st.
Johnsbury, VT, Immediately after
holding of the caucus in order to aid
in expediting the work Of making up
the roll of the convention.
Owing to the fact that on account Of
the new primary law there will prob
ably be no caucuses held this year af-
ter those provided for in this call,
town and city committees should be
elected at these caucuses to be held on
May 16, such committees to take office
upon their election. The
names of committees elected should be
returned tothe secretary of the Repub-
Iican State Committee, st. Johnsbury,
VT, Immediately after the caucuses.
Careful attention to these details of
making returns as TO committees and
delegates elected will greatly assist the
State Committee in its work and will
enable the State Committee to perfect
campaign organization in season to
)e of real benefit.
While the caucuses hereby provided
'or as in the past will be self-govern-
ne bodies, it is the judgment and rec
of the State Committee
hat any voter who intends to vote and
yet with the Republican party at the
approaching November election should
,e invited and permitted to participate
n the caucuses.
The representations by counties is
s follows:
Addison, 40, Bennington, 40; Gale {
onia, 43; Chittenden, 81; Essex, 10;
rankin, "A; Grand Isle, IL Lamoille,
3; Orange, 40; Orleans, 43; Rutland, {
a, Washington, 60; Windham, SO; :
otal, GIL.
The call also gives the delegates as
portioned TO towns.
The town aportionments for Ben
ington and Rutland Counties are as 7
blows: ;
Bennington County
81 fryesga 3