The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-03
REPUBLICAN, STATE
CONVENTION CALL
There Will Be o77 Delegates to Meet at
Montpelier May &c In Order to
Elect Eight Delegates to the
National Convention.

Collins NJ. Graves, secretary OF the
Republican state committee, has issued
call for the Republican state conven-
ton to be held at Montpelier, Wednes-
day, May 26, at 10 O'Clock in the fore
noon to elect eight delegates and eight
alternates to the Republican national
convention to be held in Chicago, on
June \.
Cities and towns viii be represented
in convention by delegates elected on
the basis OF one delegate for each city
and town and one additional delegate
for each 100 votes and each fraction OF
100 votes exceeding 80 cast for the
Republican candidate for governor at
tht state election in 1916.
May Is is designated as the date for
the holding of the caucuses for the
election of delegates to said conven-
ton. Cauclises must be called
by the Republican committee
OF each city and town and
notice OF the time and place of
such eaucuses should be posted not
later than May 10, Delegates elected
at such caucuses should provide them
selves with proper credentials duly at
tested by the chairman and secretary
Of the respective caucus at which they
were elected, and present the same to
the Republican state committee (which
Il constituted the committee on credens
tials) at the headquarters at the Pavil-
ion hotel Immediately on their arrival
at Montpelier to attend the convention
A duplicate copy of the credentials
should be mailed to the secretary of the
state committee at Remington, Yer
mont. 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 aft
or those provided for in this call, town
and city committees should be elected
M these caucuses TO be held on May
Is. such committees TO take Office i'm
mediately upon their election. The
names of committees elected should be
returned 10 the secretary Of the Republi
can state committee, Bennington, i'm
mediately after the caucuses. Careful
attention to these details of making re-
turns rs to committees and delegates
elected will greatly assist the state
committee in its work and will enable
the state committee 10 perfect a cam
paien organization in season to be OF
real benefit.
While the caucuses hereby provided
for. as in the past, will be self govern
ing bodies. il is the judgment and rec
concentration of the state committee
that any voter who intends to vote
and act with the Republican party at
the approaching November election
should be invited and permitted to
participate in the caueuses.
The members of the state committee
are: John f. Piddock, chairman, Bel
lows Falls: Collins NJ. Graves, seere-
tarv. Bennington; Maurice +. Dewey,
treasurer. Montpelier; Willard +
barnes. Chimney Point; Harry II. Carr,
st. Johnsbury; Guy NJ. Page, Burling-
ton; Harry b. Amey, Island Pond;
Harold +. Fairchild, Fairfield; Juan
Robinson, South Hero; Smith b. Waite,
HYDE Park: John {. Sherburne, Ran
dclph: I. F. oRourke, Derby Line;
Leonard =. Wing. Rutland; Alfred +.
Watson, Hartford.
On the basis fixed by the committee
counties will be entitled to representa-
tion as follows;