Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1916 — PROGRESSIVE STATE CONVENTION POSTPONED [ARTICLE]

PROGRESSIVE STATE CONVENTION POSTPONED

State Committee' Authorizes Advancing Date of Session Until After Chicago Gathering.

Postponement of the progressive state convention until, after the national gathering in Chicago on Juiie 7, was authorized Monday at a meeting of the progressive state committee in their headquarters in Indianapolis. The date of the convention has been changed from May 24 to June 22. The purpose of the postponement, as stated by Edwin to. Lee, state chairman, was that after the national convention shall have completed its work, the state organization will be in better position to outline its work and otherwise begin its work for the fall campaign. The progressives are standing solidly. behind Roosevelt but there were only two of the thirteen who attended the meeting that expressed the belief that he will be nominated at the Chicago convention. , <■ The committee authorized the delegates to the state convention, who were elected at the primary on March 7, to meet by districts on May 24 to elect district delegates to the national convention. On May 26 the district delegates will assemble in Indianapolis to elect four delegates at large. The Tenth district meeting will be held at the Makeever Hotel in Rensselaer.