Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1898 — Call For Republican State Convention. [ARTICLE]

Call For Republican State Convention.

To the Republicans of Indiana and All Others who desire to Co-op-erate with them: You are invited to meet in delegate convention at Tomlinson Hall, in Indianapolis, on Wednesday and Thursday, August 3rd and 4th, 1898. The convention will assemble at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 3, for the purpose of adopting a platform and for the transaction of all other business except the selection of candidates. The convention will reassemble on Thursday, Aug. 4th, at 9 a. m. for the selection of candidates for the following state offices: Secretary of State, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, Attorney-General, Clerk of the Supreme Court, Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Statistician, State Geologist, Judge of the Supreme Court for the Second District, Judge of the Supreme Court for the Third District, Judge of the Supreme Court for the Fifth District.

The convention will be composed es 1616 delegates, apportioned among the several counties on the basis of one delegate and one alternate for each two hundred votes and each fraction of one hundred or over cast for Hon. Henry G. Thayer, first Elector at Large, in 1896, and are as follows: TENTH DISTRICT. No. Vote Delegates. 1896. Benton 10 1,998 Jasper 10 2.032 Lake 24 4.883 Laporte 23 4,691 N ewton 8 1,545 Porter 14 2,853 Tippecanoe 31 6,239 Warren 10 2.045 White 12 2,383 Totall42 The delegates froni the counties composing the several districts will meet in Indianapolis at 11:30 a. m.. Wednesday, August 3rd, at the fol. lowing places, to select officers and committeemen: Tenth Dist., State House, Fooju 54, Second Floor. Tickets to the Convention will be distributed by the District Committeemen at the district meetings. Delegates should be in their seats ready for business at 3:30 v m. ■harp, Wednesday, Aug. 3rd. Doors

to the convention hall will be open at two o’clock. Charles S.Hernly, S. H. Spooner, Chairman. Secretary.