Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1894 — State and Congressional Republican Conventions. [ARTICLE]

State and Congressional Republican Conventions.

Pursuant to a call of the Republican state committee, the Republicans of Indiana and those who desire to co-perat® with them, will meet in delegate convention in Indianapolis on Wednesday, April 25th. at 10 o’clock a m. for the purpose of adopting a platform and nominating candidates for the various offices.

The convention will be composed of 1,700 delegates, appointed among the several counties on the basis of one delegate „ahd one alternate delegate for each 150 votes and each fraction of seventy-five or over, cast for first Republican elector in 1892, and are as follows: TENTH DISTRICT. —— _ Carroll 2,230 15 Gass 3,501 White 1,807'"” V I2 ."T Fulton 2,053 14 Pulaski 986 7 Newton 1,191 8 Jasper.... 1,364 9 Lake 2,958 20 Porter.. 2,187 15-123 CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION. The Republicans of the Tenth congressional district will meet in delegate convention at Hammond, Lake county, Indiana, on Thursday, May 24th, at one o’clock sharp for the purpose of nominating a candidate for representative in congress. The basis of representation in the congressional convention will be one delegate and one alternate delegate for every one hundred votes,and for each additional fifty or fractional one hundred votes over fifty cast for the first elector on the Republican ticket in 1892. The several counties will be entitled to representation as follows: Carroll 22 Gall 35 Fulton 2l Jasper 14 Lake 30 Newton.. 12 Porter 22 Pulaski 10 White 18

The county committees in the several counties of the distrust will apportion to their several townships the representation to which they are entitled in--these conventions on the basis given above for each, and will publish a call to Republicans and others who wish to co-operate with them, to meet in such primaries or conventious as may be by said committee de* termiued. Such call will be for the selection of delegates to the state convention at a date not later than Monday, April 23, and for the congressional convention not later than Saturday, May 19, and will,be published in the Repnlican press of the county for at least two weeks immediately preceding the date of the meeting or meetings, at which such delegates are to be chosen.

CHARLEY HARLEY,

Chairman Tenth District.