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

Honorable Henry Allen Cooper was
re-nominated by reclamation by the
First Wisconsin District convention
which was held in Kenosha Tuesday.
The convention, which was held at
the Rhode opera house, brought to the
city the greatest crowd of d1st1n-
guished men that the city has ever en-.
tertained at one time. Besides the
long list of delegates present, many
people were here en- route to the State
convention.
The delegations from different parts
of the district began to arrive on Mon
day evening and the Grant House and
the Hotel KenOsha were filled to over
flowing. The delegates from James
Vile. headed by Senator John M
Whitehead, arrived Monday evening,
and as soon as they were here they be-
gan campaigning for their tavorlte
candidates for delegates to the Nation
al Convention at Philadelphia.
The delegation from Reloit, headed
by Cham Ingersoll, the veteran news
Daper man, was the next to arrive, and
then followed the Monroe delegation,
headed by Chairman W. W. Chadwick.
All night long the delegations cau-
crsed and cauCused. B. B. Blake, of
Racine. had made a strong canvass OF
+he CITY delegates for his election to
the office of delegate, but the men
from the other part of the district were
heading ticket composed of Cooper
for CONGRESS and James Hoskin, of
LAFAYETTE county, and DR.. Reynolds,
of Lake Geneva, for delegates. This
faction made the night one continual
contest and the success of their opera
lions was shown by the work of the
convention. @
Early this morning the rest OF the
delegates arrived and the lobb1es OF
the hotels swarmed with delegates and
their friends. In every corner of the
town mysterious meetings were held to
fix ND the slate for the convention and
the different candidates were busy
marsha11ing their hosts for the contest
this afternoon.
The convention delegates left the
hotels for the opera house shortly be-
fore II O'Clock and a little later the
convention was called to order by
Chairman W. w. Chadwick, of Mon
roe. When the call was read every
county was represented by its full
quota of delegates and many spectators
filed the seats in the rear part of the
house.
On the platform were seated MUM
Der of men from all parts Of the dis
trict, including John Vosburg, Keno
sha: John Wagner, Racine; E. r.
Head. Kenosha; Senator John M.
Whitehead, of GAINESVILLE; Dill Brown,
of Madison; the omnipresent Samuel
Todd, by the grace of God manager for
the American Book Company and dele
gate at large to all conventions of the
Republican party in the United States
and Mr.. Berriman, of Be1oit.
In the long list of delegates there was
one democratic, and he sat with the
delegation from Wa1w0rth county.
When the delegates arrived this morn
ing they were one shy, and going out
on the street the chairman of the dele
cation recognized a travelling man
from the metropolis of Wa1worth by
the name VI L ANASS' III 70
had always been a Democrat, but
when he was approached with the
proposition to serve on the Republican
convention he took it all back, shouted
for Mckinley and Cooper, and was at
once badged as a delegate from Wal
worth county.
A. C. Dodge for Chairman.
AS soon as the call had been read
on motion of Cham Ingerso11, second
ed by G.. A. Yu1e, A. c. Dodge was
chosen as temporary chairman of the
convention.
Mr.. Dodge was escorted to the plat
form by committee from Rock
county, and in accepting the honor
conferred upon him he made the fol-
lowing address;
Gentlemen of the convention: I
thank you for the high honor which
you have conferred upon me by choos-
ing me to preside at this convention,
and I hold it as no small honor to be
chosen to preside over a gathering of
the Republicans of the First District
of Wisconsin.