Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1886 — Call for Township Contentions. [ARTICLE]

Call for Township Contentions.

In View of the facts that remoteness from the county seat, together with probable severity of the weather and unfavorable condition of the roads, will have the effect of preventing a large proportion of the voters of the county from attending the County Mass Convention, above called; and it being very important that all Republican voters have an equal opportunity to assist in organizing the party for the approaching campaign, the Republican County Central Committee hereby cad mass conventions of the Republican voters of the various townships and precincts, to be held on SATURDAY EVENING JAN., 23, 1886, for the purpose of transacting the following business: Ist Arrange sot as largean attendance as possible, from the Township, to the county Mass convention of January 30. 2. Select a Township or precinct conimittee, of not less than three members, for the campaign of 1886, the .chairman of which committee shall .be a member of iLe County Central Committee; ■s 3. Select a delegate for the Township or precinct to the Logansport district convention of Feb., 11, 1886. These committees and delegates shall be subject to the ratification of the County Mass Convention.. The entire proceedings of the Township convention shall be reported immediately to the Secretary of the County Centra] Committee, and shall also be reported by messenger to the county Mass convention. >

It is of great importance to the welfare of tke party in the county that these con ventions, both Townships and County, be generally attended by all earnest Beprtbliciins, fftttl that the business before them be wisely and carefully transacted. The places of holding the Conventions in the various Townships shall be as follows: Hanging Grove, Marlborough Stores X Gillam, Center school house.. Walker, Walker school house. > Barkley, Center school house. Marion, Court house. .Jordan, Egypt school Louse. Newton, Saylor school house. , Keener, DeMotte. Wheatfield, Meyers school house. Kankakee, Tefft. z Carpenter, East precinct, Remington. . Carpenter, West precmct, Price school house

Milroy, Center school house. Union, Wild Lily school house. Done by order of the Republican County Central Committee. W. A. Rinehart, Ch’mff. G. E Marshall, Sec’y.

The call for a County Mass Convention for Jan., 30th ip supplemented this week, bj' a call tor Township Conventions for next Saturday evening, Jan., 23. It is of the utmost importance to the Republican cause that the wdrk of organizing the party fee “well and wisely done.” It is the local work which wins the victory, and therefore nope but the best qualified men should be—put on the township or county committees. No man should be put on for the purpose of conciliating or complimenting him, but solely because he is the man who will do the best work, should he be chosen. Industrious, discreet, thoroughly reliable Republicans, are the men to fill these committees. Grumblers, lazy men and thoughtless ones, will do more harm than good. The committees should all be made up of a judicious admixture of thoroughly tried and tested, old, reliable workers; with some of the most promising and ambitious young men of the party. We must make use of both the wisdom of a’ge and the vigor of youth. This is the “off year” for the Democrats, and we believe that if the Republicans of Indiana will all work with caution, zeal and discretion, that success will crown their efforts.