The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-23
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION.
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
Department of State &c.

/ STATE OF WISCONSIN.
! Department of State,
! NOTICE is hereby given, that at a general
| election, to be held in the several towns,
State of Wisconsin on the Tuesday succeeding
| the first Monday being the 6tn day of Novem-
Der, A. D. 1900, the following officers are TO be
| elected, tO-wit'
| Twelve Electors OF President and Vice
| President of the United States.
Governor in place of Edward Scofeld
whose term of office will expire on the first
Monday of January A. D. 1901.
Lieutenant Governor in place of Jesse
! Stone, whose term of office will expire on the
first Monday of January, A. d. 1901
+ A Secretary of State, in place of William H
FrOehlich, whose term of ONCE will expire on
the first Monday OF January, A. D 1901
/ State Treasurer, in place or James O.
Davidson, whose term of Office will expire or
the first Monday of January A. D. 1901
An Attorney General, in place OF Emmett r
Hicks. whose term of office will expire on the
first Monday of January A D. 1901
i A State Superintendent, in place OF Lorenzo
.. Harvey. whose term OF ONCE will expire on
the first Monday of January, A. d. 1901.
Railroad Commissioner, in place OF
Graham L. Rice, whose term of office w i'll ex
pire on the first Monday of January, A D. 1901
/ Commissioner of Insurance, in place OF
| Emil Giljohann, whose term of Office will ex
pire on the first Monday of January A D 1901.
/ Representative in Congress for the First
Congressional District consisting of the
counties of Racine, Kenosha, Walworth, Rock,
| Green and Lafayette.
A Member of Assembly for each of the
| counties of Barron, Calumet, Clark Crawford,
| Door, Dunn, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jack
/ son. Juneau, KenOsha. Kewaunee, Lafayette,
| Marinette, Monroe, Oconto, Ozaukee, Pierce,
| Richland, St, Croix, SnaWano, Trempealeau,
| Vernon, Washington Waushara and Wood.
Each county constituting separate assembly
| district
Also all County Of6cers required by law to
| be chosen at such election.
| In accordance with section of article XII
| of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin,
| the following joint resolutions adopted by the
| legislature OF the state of Wisconsin at the
regular session of 1899. are made part of the
| foregoing notice, tO-wit:
| (No. 9. So JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1.
Proposing to amend section 10, of article s, OF
| the constitution of Wisconsin, relating to
good roads.
| Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly con-
curing, That section 10 of articles Of the con-
stltution of Wisconsin, be amended by adding
thereunJO the following:
The state may, however, appropriate money
| to be raised by taxation and not in anyWiSe
constitute public debt, to be used in the con-
structiOn or improvement Of public highways,
such construction or Improvement to be made
| in the manner provided by law.
| (No. IL, 81 JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 8.
Proposing an amendment to article XIII of
| the constitution Of the state of Wisconsin to
prohibit the pass system.
| Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly CON
curing, That article XIII Of the constitution
| be amended by adding new section to be
numbered and to read as follows: Section II.
| No person, association o-partnership or cor
pOratiOn shall promise, offer, or give, for any
purpose, tC any political committee, or any
member or employee thereof, to any candidate
| for or Incumbent of any office or position
under the constitution or laws, or under any
ordinance of any town or municipality, of this
state, or to any person at the request or for
1 the advantage of all or any of them, any free
| pass or frank, or any privilege withheld from
any person, for the travelling accommodation
or transportation of any person or property
or the transmission of any message or com
ImUnicatiOn.
| No political committee and no member or
| employee thereof no candidate for and no in
| cumbent of any Office or position under the
| constitution or laws, or under any ordinance OF
any town or municipality of this state shall ask
| for, or accept, from any person, association,
| co partnership, or corporation or use, in any
/ manner, or Tor any purpose, any free pass or
| frank, or any privilege withheld from any
| person, for the travelling accommodation or
4 transportation of any person or property. or
| the transmission of any message or communi-
| cation.
Any violation of any OF the above provisions
| shall be bribery and punished as provided by
| law and If any officer or any member of the
| legislature be guilty thereof, his office shall
] become vacant
| No person within the purview of this act
| shall be privileged from test1fying in relation
/ to anything therein prohibited; and no person
1 having so testified shall be liable to any prose
/ cution or punishment for any onense concern
/ ing which he was required to give his testi-
mOny or produce any documentary evidence.
| The railroad commissioner and his deputy in
| the discharge of duty are excepted from the
| provisions of this amendment.
| mo. Is, Al JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 10.
l Proposing the amendment to article II of the
| the constitution of Wisconsin, giving the
legislature power to pass general banking
| law.
| Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate
| concurring, That article IL of the constitution
i of the state of Wisconsin be and is hereby
amended, by substituting for sections and 5
| thereof, a new section to be known as section
/ 4 and reading as follows:
| Section A. The legislature shall have power
| to enact general banking law for the creation
| of banks, and for the regulation and super
/ vision of the banking business, provided that
/ the vote of twOthirdS of all the members
| elected to each house. to be taken by yeas and
nays be in favor of the passage of such law
| mo. 81, 81 JOINT RESOLUTION NO. Is.
Proposing an amendment to section /, of
article 10, of the constitution of the state of
Wisconsin relating to education
| Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly con-
curriag, That section l, of article 10, of the
constitution of the state of Wisconsin be
amended so as to read as follows
Section l. The supervision of public in
struction shall be vested in state superinten-
dent and such other officers as the legislature
shall direct; ana their qualification, powers,
duties and compensation shall be prescribed
| by law. The state superintendent shall be
chosen by the qualified electors of the
state at the same time and in the
same manner as members of the Supreme
Court, and shall hold his Office for feur
years from the succeeding first Mon
day in July. The state superintendent chosen
at the general election in November, 1902
shall hold and continue in his office until the
| first Monday in July, 1905, and his successor
shall be chosen at the time OF the judicial
election in April. 1908. The term of office, time
and manner o. electing r appointing all other
officers of supervision of public instruction
shall be fixed by law
49, Given under my hand and od1cial
SEAL. seal at the Capitol in the City Of
~ Madison, this lst day Of August A.
D. 1900
To the County Clerk of Kenosha, Co., Wis.
VIM. II. FROEHLICH,
Secretary of State.
Pursuant to the foregoing official notice
from the Secretary of State of Wisconsin, to
me directed, l William G. Crosby, County Clerk
of the County of Kenosha in The State of Wis
consin, have caused the same to be published
in the KenOSha TELEG RAPH-COURIERa weekly
newSnanar nnhliShPd in the citV and comfy Of