Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1894 — The Logansport Convention. [ARTICLE]

The Logansport Convention.

IT WAS A LARGE GATHERING OF EARNEST REPUBLICANS. The district convention of Logansport, last Thursday, to elect a committeeman for the district, was probably the largest ever held in the district, for a similar purpose. It was not so much the importance of the work that drew the large attendance, but that Republicans are everywhere full of the livliest party zeal, and are anxious to go anywhere and to do anything to help along the party cause. For committeeman, Chas. Harley, of Delphi, the former able incumbent, was re-elected by acclamation. Hon. W. D. Owen, of Logansport, was chairman of the convention, and W. J. Maxwell, of Hammond, and W. C. Leatherman, of Valparaiso, Secretaries. The following resolutions regarding the candidacy of Hon. W. D. Owen, for secretary of state, were unanimously adopted: Whereas, Hon. W. D. Owen, who represented this district in Congress for six years, has been announced as a candidate for Secretary of Statu and Whereas, The campaign in this State will this year be fought o n national issues involving the fundamental principles of the Republican party, it is important that we have a leader at the head of the ticket equal to the requirements of a national campaign. Therefore be it

Resolved, That the nomination of Hon. W. D. Owen as the head of the State ticket would place the campaign on clear and definite lines and insure to the party a brilliant and capable leadership and to that end the Republicans of the Tenth Congressional District in convention assembled earnestly and heartily endorse the candidacy of Mr. Owen for such nomination. Mr; Owen responded in a few remarks thanking the convention for its mark of preference. A committee of one from each county was then appointed on resolutions, and the report was unanimously adopted as follows: * We the Republicans of the Tenth Congressional district in Indiana, in convention assembled, resolve. That we affirm and adopt the principles declared ill the platforms of the last Republican conventions, National, State and Congressional; and that our brief experience of democratic administration and dread of its continuance until the people can change it, make us more enthusiastically, devotedly and decidedly indorsers of the record of our grand old party and all that it proposes to prevent the devastation of democratic blundering and incapacity. While the committee on resolutions were deliberating, speeches were called for and candidates for Congress C. B. Landis, William Johnston and Frank Swigart responded to calls for them. A resolution favoring the town of Hammond as the place for the congressional nominating convention Jwas withdrawn; but subsequently the different county chairmen present, 7 in number, agreed upon Hammond as the place. The time will be decided later.