Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1912 — REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION TUESDAY. [ARTICLE]

REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION TUESDAY.

Regular Organization Will Meet at Indianapolis to Adopt Platform And Name Candidates. The republican state convention will meet in Indianapolis next Tuesday, August 6th, to adopt a state platform and name candidates for state OfficesIt is quite probable that the platform will be almost as progressive as the one adopted by the new progressive party. Former representative James E. Watson will be the temporary chairman and will make an address. The republicans of Jasper county have been called to meet in conventions Saturday of this week .for the purpose of selecting delegates to the state convention and to the judicial, representative and senatorial conventions, the calls all having been published in The Rensselaer Republican. There will benight delegates chosen to the state convention. Progressive republicans with opinions will, as tihey always have, find a welcome in the state convention and in all the preliminary conventions. They are urged to turn out and take an active part in the selection of delegates.