Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1916 — M’CRAY WORKERS HELD CONFERENCE [ARTICLE]

M’CRAY WORKERS HELD CONFERENCE

A Number Met at Monticello and Discussed Best Means of Getting Out the Vote For Him. - % ~ Fifty republicans gathered at the Forbis hotel in Monticello Tuesday afternoon and discussed the best methods of getting out the vote for Warren T. McCray on Tuesday, March 7th, when Indiana will hold its first nominating primary. Ray Cummings, of Kentland, chairman of Newton., county, called the meeting to order and Lawrence Lyons, of Brook, presided. Mr. Lyons was partially-re-sponsible for bringing Mr. McCray into the race and has been acting as his manager, working with the deepest interest and helping create a splendid working organization all over the state. Mr. McCray was not present himself, having been called to Elkhart that day. There were a number of his friends- and workers there from over the district, including several from Jasper and Newton counties, almost every precinct of White county and one or two from Tippecanoe. Ii was desired to learn what a reasonable expectation of McCray strength was and Mr. Lyons brought the word that the organization work had progressed all over the state in a most satisfactory manner. He said that if the vote could be brought out from the rural districts he was sure Mr. McCray would be nominated. Less attention had been paid to the conditions in the tenth district than in other places in the state, because it Was believed the tenth district would exercise the good politics it had always shown and prove true to its candidates. Mr. Lyons- mentioned the conditions that had caused republican troubles in other districts of the state and said the tenth district had always been loyal to its candidates for state office and he felt sure that would be the case now. He was assured by speakers from each county represented that the McCray feeling was dominant and practically unanimous and that a possible lack of interest on account of no local contests was all that would keep persons from voting in the primary. Mayor Carr, of Monticello, expressed the belief that the newness of the primary would bring every person out. Another speaker said that he believed the newspapers should present the duty of voting in the primaries to all citizens. . The agitation that prompted the primary law was the contention that in the delegate conventions voters did not get a chance to express their choice and that now- that .they do have a chance every citizen should prove his appreciation by going to the polls. Committees were appointed m eacn county to urge all voters to go to the pplls, especially those who are for Warren T. McCray for governor. It is hoped that in Jasper county every republican will turn out on March 7th and register his vote for Mr. McCray for governor. Confidence in the ability of Mr. McCray to successfully guide the ship of state as Indiana’s chief executive was expressed by several and especially did Dr. McCain, of Kentland, former state senator, praise the citizenship and business capacity of Mr. McCray. The reports that came from* other parts of the state were very encouraging to the. friends of Mr .McCray and the meeting was a very enthusiastic one.