Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-02-28
HazeltOn.Keyes Committee.


LANCASTER, WIS, Feb'y %, 1884.
TO the Editors Of The State Journal and
the Grant County Herald:
DEAR SIRs:-On December 18th last.
as | am informed, w FL. Bennett, ESQ,
Editor of the Mineral Point Tribune,
mailed to each member of the two Con-
gressional Committees of this Third
District, known as the Hazelton and
Reyes committees, the following COM
munication:
MINERAL PorNT, WIS.,, Dec 18th, 1888.
DEAR SRA majority of the Republican jour
mails of this Congressional District have expires
sed desire that the dual committee resultant
from the unfortunate division originated at Mon
roe in 1892. be resolved into one body which will
be recognized by all members of the party as
having the only authority to call the next district
convention and perform such other duties as or
dinarily devolve upon a congressional district
committee. Undoubtedly all good Republicans
are in accord with the party press There is but
one mind as to the Importance of this desire
being soon realized In what manner it shall be
arrived at is the only point of difference.
With hope that the end sought may be reached
thereby. you respectfully requested to
append answers to the questions propounded
below, sign your name thereto as one of the dual
committee and forward the same to Hon. Geo.
Clementson, Judge of the 18th circuit, at Lancas-
ter, at your earliest convenience.
Judge Clementson has signifed his willingness
to receive these communications, and when all
members of the two committees are heard from,
to announce by publication in the State journal
of Madison and the GRANT COUNTY HERALD of
Lancaster, the number, without giving names,)
answering affrmatively, and the number making
no answer to each interrogatory.
If majority answer the first question afiir-
matiyely, no further action will be necessary. If
majority answer the second question in the
Affirmative Judge ClementsoR will designate a
time and place for such meeting of the gentle
men of the two committees as is contempt ated
by the question. If both questions are answered
by majority in the negative, some new plan
must be devised.
On behalf of the Republican Press, with the
approval of many of the best Republicans in the
district, and having our party's welfare for my
object, have the honor to be,
Very respectfully yours,
W. II, BENNETT,
Editor of the Mineral Point Tribune.
W ESlIONS.
"1st. Do you hereby resign all claim to recog-
milton as a member of the Republican Commits e
1 for the Third Congressional District. and agree
| to recognize the chairmen of the several county
committees, acting together, as the proper and
only Republican Committee for this district:
'2d, Will you meet, at such time and place as
may be designated by Judge Clementson with
| the gentlemen composing the two Republican
| Committees appointed at Monroe, and agree to
be governed by the action of majority at such
meeting in organizing a single Republican Com
mittee for the Third Congressional District2h
The Hazelton committee consisted of
| five members-one for each county
but, as | understand, the member for
Dane county resigned, leaving but four
acting members upon that committee.
The Keyes committee consists of six
members, two for Dane county, and one
for each of the other counties of the
district
| | have received answers to said COM
munication from the four existing MEM
bers of the Hazelton committee, three
of whom answer the second question in
the affirmative, and the first question
in the negative, and the fourth member
in substance, answers both questions in
the negative.
/ have received, directly, answers
from four members of the Reyes COM
mittee, and, indirectly, | have heard
from the other two members of that
committee.
The four who directly communicated
with me answered the second question
in the affirmative; one of them answered
the first question in the affirmative; one
answered it in the negative, and two
made no answer to it. The other two
members of that committee | under
stand to be in the negative upon both
| questions.
A majority, therefore, of each COM
mittee, having answered the second of
said questions in the affirmative, | do
hereby designate the Park Hotel in the
city of Madison as the place, and three
o. clock in the afternoon of Thursday
the 18th day Of March, 1884, as the time
for the gentlemen composing these two
! committees to meet for the purpose
mentioned in said second question.
1t is understood that the committees
will meet on an equality without regard
to the number composing each.
1 Respectfully yours,
GEO. CLEMENTsON.