Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1898 — To Jasper County Republicans. [ARTICLE]

To Jasper County Republicans.

Call For a Republican Nominating Convention. X The Republican voters of Jasper County, will meet at their respective voting places or at places designated by the township chairmen, on Saturday the 19th day of March ' 1898. at two o’clock p. m. And Select delegates and alternates to the Republican County nominating convention to be held Monday, March 21,1808.

The basis of apportionment is one delegate for every fifteen votes cast for John Thayer Republican Elector at the general election held in 1896. And one for every fraction of fifteen of ten or over. The several precincts will be entitled to delegates as follows: Hanging Grove Township 5 Gillam * ... .8 Walker 7 Barkley twp. east precinct 7

“ “ west- “ 6 Marion twp. Ist precinct 11 “ “ 2nd “ 1] “ “ 3rd “ 7 “ “ 4th “ ....9 Jordan 4 Newton 5 Keener 10 Kankakee 4 Wheatfield 7 Carpenter, east 7 “ south 9 “ west 7 Milroy 2 Union north 5 Union south 4 Total number of delegates 135. The delegates so selected will meet at the court house in Rensseaer,

Monday , March 21st 1898 , at 1 o’clock p. m., and proceed to nominate candidates for the following county officers: County Clerk, “ Auditor, Treasurer, “ Sheriff, “ Coroner, “ Surveyor, “ Com missionei for the First District, County Commissioner for the Second District. The Convention will also select delegates to the Republican State Conventiop, to be held at Indianapolis Indiana 1898. By order of the Republican Central Committee. C. W. Hanley, Chm. J. F. Warren, Sec’y.