The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-04-26
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CONVENTION !. !.
CALL, ISSUED :. !.
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BY ] !, ] erwin i n
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Beltrami County = Voters t.
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ELEVEN TO BE CHOSEN !
FOR STATE CONVENTION

Precinct Primaries Will Be
j. T. Held From S to, 8
P. M. May 1
Thomas S. Erwin, chairman of the
Beltrami County Republican commit
tee. has issued a. call for the county
convention to be held in the court
house at Bemidji May 5, at 200
O'Clock. The primaries in the various
precincts at which delegates will be
elected is set for May 1, between the
hours of anus o'clock in the after
noon. The official call is as follows:
], Pursuant to the call of the Repub-
G3ican State Central Committee, a Re-
publican,. County Convention for this
county is hereby called to meet at
the court house in the city of Bemid-
ii, Minnesota, on Wednesday, May s.,
1920, at 2 O'Clock p. m, for the pur-
pose of electing eleven delegates to
the State Convention, to be held at
the Auditorium, in St. Paul the
eighth day of May, 1920. g..
Said Republican State Convention
N6luk 1OE tA0 Qu1 POSS VI TSA~SSAAo ~
Republican candidate for each OF the
offices of Governor. Lieutenant Gov
aernor, Secretary Of State, Treasurer,
Attorney General and one Railroad
and Warehouse Commissioner, to sub
mitsto the Republicans of Minnesota
at the primary election, to be held on
June Fl, 1920. 3. IL.
E7All primaries: for the election of
delegates to said County Convention
are hereby called to be held on Sat-
zurday, the first day of May, 1920;
!, between the hours of 3 o'clock p. m:
and 3 O'clock p. M. in the various
= elect ion districts or precincts OF this
county, and at the regular polling
places in said election districts OF
precincts. sat.:,' ~, =
= Following the recommendation of
said Republican State Central Com
mittee, each election district or pre-
.cinct In this county shall have one
delegate for every twenty votes cast
for the Republican candidate for
governor at the general election in
the year: 1918, or major fraction
thereof; provided, however, that ev-
cry election district or precinct shall
have at least one delegate to this
county convention.
/, In accordance with the above ap-
Dortionment, the several election dis
tricts or precincts of this county are
entitled to the following number OF
delegates to said County Convention:
Alaska II; Battles 4; Baudette /;
Beaver Dam /; Bemidji 2; Benville
I; Big Grass /; Birch /; Birch Island
L; Blackjack 2; Boone l.; Buzzle !;
'Chilgren /; Dormant L.; Durand 1;
Eckles 1; Eland L. Eugene /; FROM
/; Grant Valley L; Gudrid |; Hag-
ali L. Hamre /; Hornet /; Jones 1;
= Kiel 1; Kelliher 1; KONG 1; Lake
wood l; Langor /; hammers l; Lee
1; Liberty /; Maple Ridge l; McDou-
gald /; Meadowland 1; Minnie l;
, Moose, Lake i; Myhre 1; Nebish l;
Norris /; Northern l; Northwood l;
O'Brien 1: Pioneer 1; Port Hope l;
Potamo /; Prosper. l; During l;
Rapid River 1; Red Lake /; Red
Lake Agency /; Roosevelt l; 'Rulien
l.: Shocks 1; Shotley L; Spooner l;
Spruce Grove 1; Stevenson l; Sug-
ar Bush 1; Summit /; Swift Water
IL: Taylor 1; Turtle Lake l; Turtle
River /; Wabanica 1; Walhalla 1;
I. Washkish l; Wheeler l.; Winner l;
!lVoodrow /; Yale /; ripple 1; Black
sduck village 8; Baudette village 8;
sFunkley village 1; Kelliher village 2;
~ dby village 1; Solway village L;
, Spooner village 2; Tenstrike: village
E1:1Turtle River village 1; Wilton
village /; Bemidji 1st ward 6; Be-
midi I'd ward 6; Bemidji 3rd ward
IS; Bemidji 4th' ward S; Bemidji 9Th
J ward 3; Silver Lake district 1;
Brook Lake 1. IS
All duly qualified electors, male
and female, who are members of the
Republican party; or who believe in
its principles and desire to affili-
ate with said party by supporting its
candidates in the coming election,
are invited to participate in the pri-
maries and conventions provided for
in this call .-
We declare it to be fair test Of
an electors right to participate, in
such primaries and conventions to
compel such elector, if his right to
Vote is questioned, to declare upon
oath, his claims to Republication,
4 to compel him publicly to pledge him.
self to support the principles of the
Republican party and its candidates
at said coming election.
- BY legislative enactment of the
Nineteen-nineteen Legislature, wo-
! men are given the full right to per-
tioipate in the primaries and conven-
items herein mentioned. The Republic
q can party re1oices in this new privil-
.e9s extended to women. We, there
fore, urge active participation by all
nna1ified women voters. j..---' :
All the provisions OF the statute
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