Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1908 — CONVENTION APRIL 1 AND 2 [ARTICLE]

CONVENTION APRIL 1 AND 2

Republicans Re-elect Goodrich Chair- . man and Decide on Early Date for State Convention. The members of the republican state committee adjoured Thursday evening after deciding the date for the state convention. A comlater than some preferred it and a little earlierthan others would have selected, but in most respects entirely satisfactory. Jas. P. Goodrich, of Winchester, who has been the state chairman since 1901 was re elected, as also was “Secretary Carl Xv. Riddick, editor of the Winamac Republican. Late in the afternoon Secretary Riddick issued the following call for the state convention: “To the republicans of Indian* and all those who desire to cooperate with them: “Pursuant to an order ot the republican state committee you are invited to meet in delegate convene tion at Tomlinson hall, in the city of Indianapolis, on Wednesday and Thursday, April 1 and 2,1908, for the purpose of adopting a platform for the coming state campaign and nominating candidates for the several offices hereinafter named*; “The convention will assembly at 2 o’clock p. m. on Wednesday, April 1 for election of four delegates at large to the national r£publican convention and fifteen republican national electors and Che transaction of all other business except the selection of candidates. The conventton Mil re assemble at 9 o’clock a. m. Thursday April 2. and nominate candidates for the following state offices, to wit, Governor, lieutentanc governor: secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, attorney general, reporter of the supreme court, -u|>erintendeDt of public instruction, state geologist, state statisncau. one judge of -she supreme court tor the Fifth distrist, one jndge ot the appellate court for First district. •'The convention wjH be composed of 1,467 delegates, apportioned , among the several counties of the on a basty of one delegate for every 200 votes, and for each additional 11 action of more than one hundred voles cast for Fred A. Sinn, for secretary of state, at the November election 1006. Jasper county will be entitled to sevendelegates.