Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1914 — VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN PLANS BEING MADE [ARTICLE]

VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN PLANS BEING MADE

Conferences Next Week at Republican State Headquarters to Start Real Activities.

Indianapolis, Ind., Jiily 6.—Plans have been completed at the republican state headquarters for. a series of conferences to be held at the Hotel Severin during the week of July 13 that will mark the real opening of a vigorous campaign of organization of the republican forces of the state. Will H. Hays, state chairman, and L. W. Henley, secretary of the state committee, have worked out the plans and they say, they have everything in readiness to carry them through. Every county chairman, 7 every district chairman and every candidate for congress will attend one of •.he confi-i cnees. This will include 92 county chairmen, 13 district chairmen and 13 candidates for congress, or a total of 118. The 7 members of the executive committee of the Republican State Editorial Association also wtill attend, raising the number to 125. The conferences will be spread out over four successive days. Each day will be devoted to certain districts, and the following is the program:

Tuesday, July 14—First, Bth and 10th districts. Wednesday, July 15—Second, 13th and 6th districts. . • Thursday, July T6—Third, r 11th and sth districts. < Friday, July 17—Fourth, 12th, 9th and 7th districts, and the executive committee of the Editorial Association. There will be a luncheon each day at the Severin, and all of those at the conference will be the guests of State Chairman Hays at the luncheon, which will start at 12:30. The afternoons will be spent in outlining effective organization plans in the various counties of the state., There will be little oratory at these conferences. It will simply be a case of getting right down to brass tacks organization work. In addition to the arrangements for the luncheons and conferences, plans are under way for the formation of twelve crews of practical organizers to make an organization trip over the entire state x Jn one week. This sweep of the state by the experienced organizers probably will take place the last week in: August, though the date has not' been deflnitefly determined. ' Each crew will, consist of five to seven men, selected from among the very best and most competent organizers in the state. They will all assemble in Indianapolis and leave! on a Sunday night. Each crew will be assigned to a congressional district, the twelve crews covering every district in the state except the seventh, which will be taken care; of by Indianapolis 'republicans. Each county chairman will be; notified in advance of the day and the hour when the organization crew will visit his county, and he wiill be expected to call a meeting and to have every precinct committeeman In the county present.

The members of the organization crews will hear 'reports of conditions in the county, and will dis-j cuss with the ' committeemen the subject of organization, giving suggestions and recommendations as to how difficulties may be overcome and how the organization In the county may be strengthened. Each crow wiffl hold a meeting in one county in the forenoon and will then proceed to automobiles or otherwise to the next county for a similar meeting in the afternoon. In this manner a crow will be able easily to cover a district in a week.

Walter Wiseman, who has completed an enllstnoent in the United States army, where he served in the Fifth Cavalry, is expected home today or tomorrow. He was discharged at Fort Meyer, near Washington, D. C.

George Ade and Judge Vinton, who drove over from Hazelden last evening in Mr. Ade’s big auto and they chauffeur; brought the car north on Van Rensselaer street and turned on tot Washington street. A sand pile wt the entrance of the street was mounted with a red lantern, hut there was nothing to in, dieate that it was for any other purpose than to warn people that the san<X pile was there. It was really put up to keep vehicles from being drivian on Washington street Mr. Ade was not aiware of this. The contractor,, however, rushed up the street and. abruptly “called” the playwrtgUirt for his apparent disregard of th e red lantern and a little chewing match ensued, but it did not last long, as Mr. Ade walked away without paying much attention to the criticism. As a matter of fact the street is completed, all but the placing of a sand filler Over the top* that is, it is completed as far as the Ade ear was driven, and there was realty no reason for the' contractor creating a scene about the matter.

R. B. Porter will arrive this evening from Mt. .Vernon, 8. Dak, to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Sarah Watson,, which will take place tomorrow morning. . Miss Helen Leatherman returned Monday evening from a visit with friends at Delphi and Camden. She was accompanfisdi frame by Miss Evelyn Wyatt <‘Camden, who will be her guest stwend days.