Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1918 — REPUBLICANS IN MEETING [ARTICLE]

REPUBLICANS IN MEETING

IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE TENTH REPUBLICANS. State Secretary L. H. Henley and a large number of the Republicans from the Tenth Indiana congressional district held a very enthusiastic meeting in the director’s room of the First National Bank of this city, Monday. . . Lawrence Lyon, of Brook, chairmen of the district presided. Secretary Henley made a most fervent appeal to the Republicans present to flurry out the spirit of the non-parti-{mn meeting held in Indianapolis sometime ago when the two great political organisations of the state pledged their loyal support and hearty co-operation to the campaign for the third Liberty Loan which starts on April 6. Mr. Henley read the resolution passed by the Indianapolis body and asked that every Republican in this district be faithful to the promises they made. He spoke of the changes in the registration law and the necessity of having all members of the party register.He stan spoke upon the provisions of the absent voter law. Hon. W. A. Roach of Delphi, secretary of state, made a most earnest address and predicted Republican victory at the next November election. A report was made by the several county chairmen of the district and all feel confident that sucess will come to the party again this fall. There was a large delegation here from White county and all were strong boosters for Charles Preston for the Republican nomination for clerk of the supreme court.*Preston yas present and made an excellent address. That he will have the hearty endorsement of the _ tenth district Republicans, there is no doubt. He looks like a winner and his nomination will add much to the strength of the Republican ticket this fall. The resolutions adopted at the meeting today were as follows: Be it resolved by the Republican District Committee of the Tenth Congressional District of the State of Indiana, held in the city of Rensselaer, Indiana, held on the 25th day of March, 1918. That we fully endorse the unfaltering support given the national government by our state representative in the United States senate the Honorable Harry S. New and the Honorable James E. Watson and our representative in congress the Honorable Will R. Wood and we do now call on them to stand as they have in the past, faithfully behind any measure for our national welfare. We cannot express in words our thoughts or what ought to be the expression of the people of the state of Indiana towards the great and patri-. otic work of the state administration, including our war governor, the Honorable James P. Goodrich. We heartily commend their work and pledge our support to their further endeavors in this regard. ' We here pledge ourselves to such measures as are necessary for the winning of the contest in which we are now engaged and to the promotion of such measures as to insure a permanent peace and prosperity to our country. We heartily endorse the selection of the Honorable Will Hays as National Chairman of our party, the fighting Republican of Indiana. We heartily endorse the record of the Honorable Ele Stansbury as attorney general of Indiana. We endorse the candidacy of Charles S. Preston, of Monticello, Indiana, for clerk of the supreme court of Indiana, as a candidate from this district and we do this because of his services to the party in days gone by and because of his qualifications for such position. We most heartily endorse the appointment by Governor Goodrich to secretary of state of our friend and neighbor “Deacon” Roach and wish him God speed in his present endeavor for nomination. We heartily endorse the state organization of the Republican party of Indiana for its efficiency and faithfulness to the work for which it is chosen to do and we cannot dose this opportunity to especially thank the secretary of such committee, L. W. Henley for his untiring efforts in this work and we urge the new state committe to consider carefully the propriety of choosing him to lead the state organization. Respectfully submitted, E. MILES NORTON. HOMER HENNEGAR. A. K. SILLS, Jr. Committee on Resolutions.