South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-05-13
INDIANA G. @. P.
NAMES DELEGATES
TO CHICAGO MEET
Fred Klein and Sam Leeper
of South Bend Will Rep
resent This District.
By Associated Press

By Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS, May 12.-Indi-
ana republicans here Wednesday
night named 20 delegates to the ma
tional convention. Six were instruct
ed by their districts TO work for
Gen. Wood. for the presidential
nomination: four for Sen. Johnson,
and the others We're uninstructed.
Wood supporters won in the second,
seventh and twelfth districts; John
son in the ninth and eleventh, and
attempts 10 give instructions were
voted down in the first, third,
fourth. NTH. eighth, ninth and thir-
teenth districts.
Elect Delegates.
The delegates elected by districts
follow:
First-James A. Heminway. Boon
Vile: w. II. McCurdy, Evansville
Second-Charles Seifert, Washing
ton; Claud II. Stratton. Sullivan.
Third-N. H. Myers, JeffersOnville;
Lee Herr. Tell City. Fourth-Estel
Belly, Lawrenceburg; DR.. Haskell
Lett, Seymour. Fifth-Edgar Bless
ing. Danville; John l.. Crawford,
Terre Haute. Sixth-Harry Mober-
Is, Shelbyville; Walter Bridges,
Greenfield. Seventh-MayOr Chas.
w. Jewett. Indianapolis; Judge Nah
lon T.. Bash, indianapolis Eighth
Jett Mormon, Winchester; Harry
Kitselman, Muncie. Ninth-Norris
Ritchie. Lebanon; John owens,
Noblesvile. Tenth - Walter +.
Schrage, Whiting; Thomas Bauer,
Lafayette. Twelfth-Joseph Hut
zeH, Fort Wayne; Clyde Carlin, An
COLA. Thlrteenth-John L. Moor
man, Knox: Fred Klein, South
Bend.
Draft Resolutions.
The resolutions committee OF the
convention. which will draft plat
form. is made up as follows:
Roscoe Kiper, BOOnville first dis
trict: Robert G. Miller. blooming
ton. second: George II. Hester New
Albany. third: Lucien Harris, Ohio
county, fourth: Harold Henderson.
Rockville. fifth; l. y. Bridgeman,
Brookville. sixth: Charles A. Book
walter, Indianapolis, seventh, +. &.
Toner, Anderson. eighth. a. +. Rey-
nolds. Charlottesville. ninth; Y. :.
Reister. Hammond. tenth: Frank y.
Statesman. Peru. eleventh; Jesse
Green, Fort Wayne. twelfth; Finley
p. Mount, thirteenth
Two Big Fights
This committee went into session
shortly after the district meetings
adjourned. 1t was expected the two
biggest nights that would come be
fore the committee would be on the
stand TO be taken on the question of
instructions for the delegates 20 the
national convention and the attitude
toward the new state tax law which
has been attacked in many quarters
The presidential electors named
by the districts follow.
John Rimstedt. ROCkport. first;
Homer Elliott. Martinsville, second;
Lee Persise. Salem. third; John r.
Amick. Scipio. fourth. Frank A.
Hayes Greencastle, fifth; Lee B.
Nusbaum. Richmond. sixth. Emsley
W johnson. indianapolis. seventh.
Frank Merry. Dunkirk. eighth; Ed
IT. Staley. Upton. ninth; John 3.
Lyons. Brook. tenth Judge J. NJ.
rabbi. Logausport, eleventh. Harry
Brown. Waterloo twelfth. Samuel
Leepcr. South Bend. thirteenth.
In the eleventh district ConVen-
tion seven candidates for delegates
To the national convention were
placed in nomination and the vOt-
ing continued 10 a late hour. al
though the district previously had
instructed for Johnson.