Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1900 — That Representative Convention Muddle. [ARTICLE]

That Representative Convention Muddle.

Reports more or less accurate have been in circulation, that a mistake had beeu made in the delegates from Lake couuty, at the joint representative convention, and which, under the division of the vote as cast would have nominated Mr. Marhle instead of Dr. Ball. Briefly stated, the facts are these: At the Republican state convention, there was one delegate to every 200 Republican votes or fraction (ff*2oo of 100 or more. Mr. Reiter, the Lake county chairman, figured the delegates to the state convention on this basis. This gave North Tp., where Hammond is 5 delegates, and Center Tp., where Crown Point is, 2 delegates. At the joint representative convention, the representation was one delegate for every 100 Republican votes, or fraction of 100 of 50 or more. Mr. Reiter simply concluded that on that basis just to give each township doable the delegates it had to the state convention would be right for the representative convention. This gave Hammond 10 and Crown Point 4 delegates. It is now found that had a new calculation been made on the one delegate to the 100 vote basis, it would have given Hammond only 9delegates and Crown Points^ Mr. Reiter, who is a very honorable man, wants thq matter set right and thinks a new convention had bfest be called. A consultation to settle what was best to do was held Saturday afternoon, at Crown Point.