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Show WHICH! STATE coin is GALLED Tho Republican state convention In Provo May 1, to elect delegates to the national convention In Chicago, will comprise 783 delegates. The apportionment appor-tionment was announced In the official offi-cial call for tho convention Issued 3'PBterday from the pfflce of H. L. CummlngB, secretary of the Republican Repub-lican state committee. The apportionment is on the basis of one delegate for every seventy votea, or major fraction thereof, cast for E, O. Leatherwood or Joseph Howell, How-ell, Republican nominees for congress, con-gress, two years ago. It was decided by the state committee Saturday that the votes for congressmen should be the basis for the apportionment, it being agreed that the vote for Senator Sen-ator Reed Smoot was "not truly representative rep-resentative of the Republican vote of tho state," In the counties of the First congressional con-gressional district the vote for Congressman Con-gressman Howell two years ago is the basis, and In tho counties of the Second Sec-ond district the vote for Leatherwood Is the basis. This apportionment gives 419 delegates for the First district dis-trict and 464 for the Second district. Following the state convention In Provo tho two congressional districts will convene to elect two delegates and two alternates each to the national nation-al convention. The state convention will elect four delegates at large and four alternates. The state convention will be called to order at 11 o'clock May 1. An hour prior thereto the state committee commit-tee vl hold a meeting at the Roberts hotel In Provo. At the same hour the congressional committees will also al-so meet. Chairman T H. Burton of the First district committee yesterday issued a call for this meeting and for the congressional convention, to follow the state convention. Hardy Signs Call. The call for tho state convention le signed by John K. Hardy, vice chairman and presiding officer of the committee, sinco the resignation of Chairman C. E. Loose, and by Secretary Secre-tary II. L. Cummings. The apportionment of delegates by counties Is as follows: Vote for con- Dele-eCounty. Dele-eCounty. gressman. gates Beaver 843 12 Boxelder 2.108 30 Cache 3,369 48 Carbon , 1.244 18 Davis 1.G34 23 Duchesne 942 13 Emery SSO 13 Garfield ... ......-. 63S U Grand 227 3 Iron 907 13 Juab ,. ... 1,297 19 Kane ; 437 6 Millard 1,146 16 Morgan ..; 523 7 Piute 278 4 Rich 371 5 Salt Lake :. 16,699 239 San Juan 220 3 Sanpete 2.953 42 Sevier :.... 1,758 25 Summit 1,414 20 Tooele 1,120 16 Uintah '. ' C5B 9 Utah 6.006 86 Wasatch 1,067 15 Washington 751 11 Wayne 285 4 Weber 5,167 74 Totals 54,940 783 The chairman of the Republican county committee In each county Is directed to call the county committee commit-tee and provide for the election of delegates, either by county convention conven-tion or by primaries held in the several sev-eral voting precincts In the county. oo |