Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1896 — To Tenth District Republicans. [ARTICLE]

To Tenth District Republicans.

Conventions for the Selcction of Delegates. 1 Rensselaer, Ini, Feb. 3rd, 1896 Pursuant to call the members of the district committee. for the, Tenth congressional district of Indiana x met on Thursday, Jan. | 30th. 1896, and the following calls' were ordered. The convention for the nomination of a candidate »o represent the Tenth congressional district in congress will be held in Michigan City, Laporte county, Ind., on June 4th, 1896. The delegates and alternate dele1 gates to the congressional con venion to be selected on the 23rd. day | of May, 1896; and the ratio of re-, presentation shall be one delegate 1 and one alternate delegate for each one hundred or a fraction of fifty or more of the vote cast for Hon. W. D. Owen, secretary of state, and that each township or preejnet shall be en titled to its prorata share of delegates and said delegates be chosen by the several wards, townships or precincts. It is further ordered .that the con ven tion for the selection of two delegates and two alternate delegates to represent the Tenth congressional district of Ind.i*pa, at the national Republican convention to be at St. Louit,, in Missouri, on the 16th day of June, 1896, be held in the city of Lafayette, Ind., on the 18th day of March, 1896, at 2 p m. That the delegates and alternate delegates be chosen to the district convention, for the selection of delegates and alternate delegates to the national convention, on Saturday, Mar. 14th, 1896 in the same manner as is provided for the selection of delegates and alternates to the congressional convention. The counties composing the Tenth district will be entitled to delegates and alternates to the Michigan City and Lafayette conventions as follows: COUNTIES. VOTES. DELEGATES. Benton, 1,825 18 Jasper, 1,558 16 Lake, 3,844 38 Laporte, 4,197 42 Newton, 1,289 13 Porter, 2.485 25 Tippecanoe, 5,343 Warren, 1,827 18 White, 2,180 22 T. J. McCoy, Chairman. C. E. Mills, Secretary.