Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-07-26
COUNTY CONVENTION.
Representative and Enthusiastic Gathering
of RepubIIcans-Th Proceedings

of Republicans Proceedings.
The republican county convention
pursuant to call met at the library
rooms in Grand Rapids, Thursday,
July 26, and was called to order by Z.
J. Wood, chairman of the County
Central Committee In the absence
of the secretary the chairman asked
IL. Wlpperman to serve.
The following list of persons were
certified to be entitled to seats in the
convention as follows:
Credentials of Delegates from the
Several Voting Precincts Of Wood
County:
We, the undersigned chairman and
secretary of the Republican County
committee, of Wood County, do here
by certify that the following named
delegates were duly elected in accord
ance with the call of the Republican
County committee, to represent the
several precincts, set opposite their
respective names, at the county con-
yentiOn to be held at Library hall in
the city Of Grand Rapids, on the 18th
day of July. 1900. to elect delegates to
the State Convention to be held at
Milwaukee, on the Sth day of August,
1900.
Auburndale Town, None: Auburn
dale Village, n. NJ. Berg; Grand
Rapids City, 1st Ward, E. Mahoney:
Grand Rapids City, End Ward, L.
Porter. A. L. Fontaine; Grand Rapids
City, Bird Ward, G.. w. Davis; Grand
Rapids City, 4th Ward, A. B. Craw-
ford, H. Wipperman: Grand Rapids
City, 9Th Ward, William Palmer;
Grand Rapids City, 9Th Ward, T. J.
Cooper: Grand Rapids City, It'll Ward,
&. b. FritSinger: Grand Rapids City,
Sth Ward, B. Hansen; Grand Rapids
Town, &. Fl. Wood, Ed. Renne:
Lincoln Town, Henry Ebbe; Marsh
field Town,
Marshfield city, 1st ward, Robert L.
krauS: Marshtield city, End ward,
Edw. l.. Reese; MarShfield city, 3rd
ward, e. A. Upham, Henry Horn, e.
L. Ellsworth: MarShtield city, 4th
ward, Hamilton Roddie, D. G. Gle;
MarShtield city, 9Th Frank A. Cady,
e. p. Winch; MarShtield city, 9Th
ward, julius Speth.
MilladOre town. C. L. Peterson,
Frank Jadack.
Nekoosa village, A. E. Lapham, A.
Z. Marvin.
Pittsville city, 1St ward, G. W..
Brown.
Pittsville city, 2nd ward, L. L. Doud
Pittsville city, 3rd ward. G.. E. Zero.
Port Edwards town, E. EichSteadt,
G.. E. Lester.
Remington town, J. E. Ingraham,
James Nc Laughlin.
RiChtield town, J. G. Davis.
Rock town, Augustus Broker, John
Nc lavish.
Rudolph town, j. e. Duncan, D..
GOuchee.
Saratoga town, Jacob Searles, John
B. Muller.
Seneca town, Jacob Searles, p. F.
Bean.
Sherry town, George Weatherly,
Henry Whitney.
Sigel town, John TOmcZyk, ChaS.
Eklund, Claus Johnson.
VeSper town, M. j. Beaver.
Wood town, L. Shumway, Nash
Mitchell, E. D. Ayers, John A.
OmmOdt.
Dated this Goth day of July, A. D.,
1900. f. j. WOOD,
VIM. HOOPER, Chairman.
Secretary
On motion of f. A. Cddy. ChaS.
ECklund was elected chairman and II.
Wipperman secretary. On motion
the chair was authorized to appoint
committee of five to report list of
eleven delegates to the state cOnven-
tion. The chairman appointed the
following committee: +. A. Cady, A.
L. FOntaine. Geo. w. Brown, A. E..
Lapham and n. NJ. Berg.
On motion tho follow ipr DorCooc
were appointed a committee on resO-
buttons: Robt. L. Krous. L. Porter
and Nash Mitchell
A recess of thirty minutes was then
taken.
After recess the committee on dele
gates made the following report:
To the Republican County conven-
ton of Wood county, Wisconsin,
Gentlemen-Your special commit
tee appointed to select and recon-
gates to the ensuing republican state
Convention at milwaukee, to be held
August s, A. D., 1900, beg leave to
recommend the following named per
sons for election as delegates to said
E. E. Winch, Robert L. KrouS, of
w oil SII1Clu. IlCu kCChulUL. UON Ill vi
Auburndale; Bert Mason, town of
HuckinS, PittsVille; Claus Johnson,
Sigel; A. L. Ridgman, Herman WHIP
perman, A. l.. FOntaine, Grand
Rapids.
All of which is respectfully submit
ted for the consideration of the con-
ventiOn.
FRANK a. CADY,
G.. w. Brown,
n. NJ. BERG,
A. E. LAPHAM,
A. L. FONTAINE,
Committee.
The convention adopted the report
and endorsed the delegates selected
by unanimous vote.
The committee on resolutions then
made the following report:
The Republicans of Wood County,
Wisconsin, in convention assembled,
through and by their duly elected and
empowered delegates, submit the fol-
lowing body of resolutions:
We most heartily endorse and COM
mend the administration of President
Mckinley for the wise and statesman
like manner in which the affairs of
the nation have been administered.
We endorse in whole and every part
of the platform of principles recently
adopted by the National Republican
party at Philadelphia, and we pledge
ourselves to support and defend those
principles during the ensuing cam
paign, and to use every honorable
means within our power to secure the
reelection of that peerless statesman,
William Mckinley, and the election
of his eminent associate on the ma
tional ticket, Theodore Roosevelt,
SAl6ipr and fatnSman