Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1886 — Call for County Convention. [ARTICLE]

Call for County Convention.

voter? of Jasper county. - At, a meeting of your clioseu roiireseiitativea, the ■ Republican Oeutral Committee of Jasper county, held fit Rensselaer, Friday, March sth, 1886, the following luctliod of nominating the Republic:i n County ticket, for the ensuing campaign, was unanimously adapted; . _ Primary Mass Conventions -will be held in each township, apd votingprechict, on-, Thursday, April 29th, 1886. at the hour of 1 o’clock p. m., at which the following business shall be transacted: (1.) Delegates antjl alternates shall be chosen to represent the township, or precinct, at the County Republican Convention. . The number of delegates and alternates to which each township and precinct is entitled, being specified below. (2.) A single ballot shall bei taken for candidates for the various county offices, to be filled at; the ehsuing November election. These ballots shall be carefully counted) and the number of votes east- for each peWon be reported, in duplicate, on blanks furbished for the purpose by the County Central Committee: The report and the ballots shall then be sealed and taken charge of and brought to the county convention, by the' Chairman of the township or precinct committee; and the duplicate report shall be ttiken charge of by. some one of the township oFpEeS cmet delegates and shall also be brought to the county convention. THE COUNTY CONVENTION. The county convention shall be held in the Court House, in Rensselaer. at one o'clock p. in., on

Saturday, May Ist issh. It shall organize by electing the proper officers, etc, and shall then call for the reports of the ballots of the township and precinct-conventions, above mentioned. The number of votes received by all candidates for county offices shall then be carefully computed, .and if any person be found to have a cast in the county, lie sluill be declared the candidate.of the Ci'indention for the office for which he received such majority. In case there be any offices for which no person has received a majority of all-tire.votes, the.convention shall then proceed to nominate, by ballot, candidates for such offices. - DELEGATES AS© ALTEitXATES. - The basis of representation at the county convention, of each township and precinct, sindl be the vote cast for the Republican presidential Electors in 1-884; one delegate and one alternate being allowed for each ten such votes or fractional part of felt votes of live or more. The number of delegates and . alternates to which each township and precinct is entitled;; is as follows: Hanging (d ove, _y : - 6. Gillam, 11. -Walker, - — : -ML Barkley, 12. Marion, North precinct, 20. j “ South precinct, 11. j Jordan,' ZJ Newton, 0. j Keener, 8. Kapkakee, . -7- 4. Wheatfield, 2. Milroy, 2. Union, “7 ~ - I'. Carpenter, East precinct, . 14 “ West precinct, M>. The places for holding the towns -ship -Mass- Conventions .shaiKhc the usual places of holding elections, except in Marioii and Carpenter townships, in which, proper places shall be designated by the .Precinct Central Committees. The ballots used at the tbwnsilip mass conventions shall be uniform in form--throughout the county, and be furnished, hi blank form, by the County Central Committee. All Republican residents of the of the county who will be. .legal voters at therNoreiamjr election of 1886, are entitled to take part in the primary lgass convention. Tin i:.p ' f all persons known to belong to other political organiza"tit ins, must be excluded. Bone by order of the ' Republican County Central Committee. M. E. Ckii.cote. Ch’mm G. £. Marshall. Sec y. w- - -- ■v r - w - • - _ ; • I hdtigkest tie- 1the most ,scrupulous care in tin. man aLeture of Stylish and TLn> L ougldyfileliuble Gcods to measure are now as easilj withinyour i each as if you vr. c at our irsgj doors. Call at Willey A Sigler’s and inspect samples. Jacob Heed’s Sons. ■ - *1 I—. . • Z