The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-04-26

"We have met today to put in mo-
ton the machinery which will elect a
President Of the Uuited States. We
have no divided councils, but we meet
as united party to present united
front to the enemy. We meet to re-
new our allegiance to the administra-
ton of President William Mckinley.
Great app1ause.)
eve have great admiration for Con
gresham H. A. Cooper and the dis
tinguished service which he has rem
dered us during his six years in the
Congress of the United States. We
have met here today to see that he is
unanimously re-noninated.
The speech of Chairman Dodge was
received with prolonged applause and
cheers for Mckinley and Cooper.
F. w. Coon, of Edgerton, was then
chosen as secretary of the convention.
AS a committee on credentials the con-
gressiona1 committee, headed by w.
w. Chadwick, was named by the chair.
| While the committee was making
their report the following telegram
was received from Congressman
Cooper by Johnson Jackson.
J. A. Jackson,
Kenosha.
Your wire received. I regret that l
cannot attend the convention on ac-
count of Porto Rican solution coming
up today. H. A. Cooper.
The committee on credentials re-
ported that every county was repre-
scented by it's full quota of delegates.
On motion of James Cavanagh the
chair appointed the following commit
tee on resolutions:
P. A. orion, Lafayette; George A.
Yu1e, Kenosha; Cham Ingerso11, Be
lott; Ma1hon Co1burn, Wa1worth; Peter
3. Nelson, Racine, and Andrew jack
son Gordon, of Green.
Delegate Ingerso11 moved that each
delegation be allowed to cast full
vote if any of the delegates was absent
and the motion was carried. The first
fight of the convention came over the
time of the meeting this afternoon.
| AS soon as the business of the morn
| ing was over a motion was made to
adjourn until two O'Clock, but this was
vigorously opposed by the delegates
from the western part of Racine
county on the grounds that they de-
sired to get home this evening.
Attorney Cavanagh Speaks.
This brought Attorney James Cav
anagh to his feet and in few words
he told the delegates from Burlington
| that the convention could afford to
waste little time on the convention.
He. said that this was a presidential
year and hard campaign would soon
be on and it was necessary that the
delegates to the convention make a
platform that would be one on which
| the party was ready to stand for the
campaign.
A Reformed Democrat.
This speech brought Mat Cunning
| nam to his feet and he declared that he
was hard ahe11ed Democrat reformed
and that he was as anxious to see the
success of the Republicans as any one,
but he wanted to get home tonight.
| He stated further that this was the first
time he had ever sat in a Republican
convention, but that he was fully re-
formed and that he would be always in
his accustomed seat hereafter.
The sentiments of the Burlington
man were received with prolonged ap-
p1ause and this decided the convention
and an adjournment was taken until
one o'clock.
The temporary organization was
then declared permanent and the dele
gates separated to the different hotels
for dinner.
The Afternoon Session.
The first work of the Convention
this afternoon was the adoption of the
following resolutions.
The Republicans of the First Con
gressiona1 District of Wisconsin, here
by declare their unqualified affection
for and confidence in the President Of
the United States, William Mckinley
and hereby declare it to be the unani.
nous wish of Republicans in the Dis.
trict that he be nominated at the
coming Republican National Conven.
ton to be held at Philadelphia.