The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-02
Republican State Convention.
Milwaukee, Wis, May 18th, 100

Milwaukee, Wis, May ESGh, l9OO.
To the Republican, lectors'of Wisconsin;
In accordance with usage, and by d1rectloI
of the State Central Committee, a convention
nj the Republican electors of the State of Wis
consin will be held in the Exposition Dullolng
in the city of Milwaukee, OF the 9th DAY OF
August, 1900, at IL o'clock, noon, for the puf-
pose of nominating a Republican State tlcKet,
namely, Governor. Lieutenant Governor oec
rotary of State, State treasure, Attorney
General, State superintendent, Insurance
Commissioner, and Railroad Commissioner, TO
be voted for at the general election IN NoVem-
her next: and electing a chairman OF the Re
publican State Centralt Commute, ana TWO
members from each Congressional district TO
constitute such committee; and the tranSac-
ton of such other business as may properly
come before the convention.
The Republican electors of Wisconsin, ana
all voters, without regard to past political af-
Mutations who believe in Republican primer
ciples aud propose to support the Repuoncan
ticket at the coming general election, are cor
daily invited to unite under this call IN send
ing delegates to saidE Convention.
In accordance with resolution recommended
nv the State Convention and formally adopted
by the State Central Committee, in elect1ng
delegates to the State Convention, in counties
having more than one assembly district lex
cept Milwaukee County,, the unit basis shall
be the assembly district. In such counties
delegates snail De 6IScUeu ny dSSoL1OlS o1oUA ACo
conventions, and the names of the delegates so
lected shall be certified to the State Central
Committee by the chairman and secretary of
such convention; mall other cases delegates
shall be elected by county conventions.
Under the present basis of representation
the several districts in the State are entitled to
one delegate for every two hundred and fifty
(25O) Republican votes Cor major part thereof
cast at the last preceding Presidential cleo
tion. Upon this basis OF representation Keno
,ha County will be entitled to eleven az dele
gates.
While the present State law only requires a
notice of ten days in the calling of conventions
special attention is hereby called to the fact
that by resolution adopted by the Republican
State Convention on July 26th, 1894 all conven-
lions to elect delegates to the State Conven-
tion must be called on a notice of not less than
four weeks, and that notice of the meeting of
such conventions shall be given in the usual
manner.
The Chairmen of the several county com
mittees are requested and instructed to see
that said notices are properly given, and that
the several conventions are called to elect dele
gates to the State Convention in accordance
with the foregoing.
AS the State Central Committee acts as the
Committee on Credentials, it is requested that
credentials of delegates elected, duly certified
to by Chairman and Secretary of the County
or Assembly District Conventions, be for
warde6 to the Secretary at Republican State
Central Committee Headquarters in Milwau-
kee Immediately upon their election; in all
cases giving the namessin full and post office
addresses.
J. B. TREAT, Chairman.
GARDNER P, STICKNEY, Secretary.