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The Mobridge News
Mobridge, Walworth County, South Dakota
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Republican state committee meets in Huron, South Dakota, selects city as site for state convention on July 2, 1912, to adopt platform and nominate presidential electors. Representation based on 1910 gubernatorial votes for Robert S. Vessey.
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REPUBLICAN PLATFORM TO BE FRAMED AND ELECTORS PLACED IN NOMINATION.
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From the Capitol City, the Various State Institutions and From Many Different Parts of the Sunshine State.
Huron. - A meeting of the republican state committee was held in this city, and Huron was selected as the place for holding the state republican convention July 2. This convention is held for the purpose of drawing up a platform and selecting electors.
The official call issued follows:
Pursuant to statutory requirements, a delegate convention of the republican electors of the state of South Dakota, is hereby called to meet at the opera house in the city of Huron, in the state of South Dakota, on Tuesday, the 2nd day of July, 1912, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon.
Said convention is for the purpose of adopting a party platform and nominating candidates for presidential electors and the transaction of any and all other business that may properly come before said convention.
The basis of representation for each county to said convention is one delegate for each 100 votes, or major fraction thereof, cast by such political party in said county for Hon. Robert S. Vessey, for the office of governor at the general election held in November 1910.
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Huron, South Dakota
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July 2, 1912
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A meeting of the republican state committee was held in Huron, selecting the city as the place for the state republican convention on July 2, 1912, to draw up a platform and select electors. Official call issued for delegate convention at opera house to adopt platform, nominate presidential electors, and transact other business. Representation: one delegate per 100 votes or major fraction for Robert S. Vessey in 1910 gubernatorial election.