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The Indianapolis Journal
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
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Republican State Convention set for Springfield, Illinois, on June 24, with key contest for State Treasurer between Franz Amberg and Cicero J. Lindley. State central committee appoints temporary officers including Chairman Horace S. Clark and adjusts judicial convention timing.
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Temporary Officers of the Republican State Convention at Springfield To-Day.
SPRINGFIELD, June 23. -The Republican State convention will meet in this city to-morrow. A large number of prominent Republicans are already on the ground. The principal contest is for the nomination for State Treasurer, the leading candidates for which are Franz Amberg, present city treasurer of Chicago, and Cicero J. Lindley, county judge of Bond county and president of the Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association. The State central committee met to-night and selected the following temporary officers: Chairman, Horace S. Clark, of Coles county; secretary, Graham Stewart, of Chicago; assistant secretaries, J. C. Edwards, of Peoria, and John Lynch, of Olney; chaplain, D. Hillman (colored), of Springfield. It was also ordered by the central committee that the judicial convention, which had been called to meet at 11 o'clock, one hour before the meeting of the State convention, should meet instead immediately after the adjournment of the State convention.
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Springfield
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June 23
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The Republican State convention will meet in Springfield to-morrow. A large number of prominent Republicans are already on the ground. The principal contest is for the nomination for State Treasurer, the leading candidates for which are Franz Amberg, present city treasurer of Chicago, and Cicero J. Lindley, county judge of Bond county and president of the Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association. The State central committee met to-night and selected temporary officers: Chairman, Horace S. Clark, of Coles county; secretary, Graham Stewart, of Chicago; assistant secretaries, J. C. Edwards, of Peoria, and John Lynch, of Olney; chaplain, D. Hillman (colored), of Springfield. The central committee ordered that the judicial convention meet immediately after the adjournment of the State convention.