The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-07-05
THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1900.
Republican State Convention.
Milwaukee, Wis, May 28th, 1900

Milwaukee, Wis, May 2Sth, 1900
To the Republican Electors of Wisconsin;
In accordance withs usa &c, and by direction
of the State Central Committee, a convention
OF the Republican electors of the State OF Wis
eonsin will be held in the Exposition building
in the city of Milwaukee, on the 8th day OF
August 1900 at II o'clock, noon, for the pur-
pose of nominating Republican State ticket,
namely, Governor. Lieutenant Governor sec
Rotary of State, States Treasurer, Attorney
General State superintendent, insurance
Commissioner, and Railroad Commissioner to
be voted for at the general election in Novem-
Der next: and electing a chairman OF the Re-
publican State Central Commute, ana TWO
members from each Congressional district 10
constitute such committee; and the tfansac-
tion OF such other business as may properly
come before the convention.
The Republican electors Of Wisconsin, and
all voters, without regard to past pol1tlcal al
Mutations, who believe in Republican primer
ciples and propose to support the Repubncan
ticket at the coming general election, are cor
daily invited to unite under this call III send
ing delegates to said StateConventton.
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 shall be elected by assembly district
conventions, and the names of the delegates so
elected 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 or majOr"part thereof
cast at the last preceding Presidential cleo
ton. Upon this basis of representation Keno
sha County VIII be entitled to eleven CD 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-
tfons to elect delegates to the State COnven-
ton must be called on a notice of not less than
four weeks, andgthat 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 nOticesIare 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
4vardeG to the Secretary, att Republican State
Central Committee headquarters in Milwau-
lxee, Immediately upon their election in all
cases giving the namessin full and post Office
addresses.
J. B. TREAT, Chairman.
GARDNERsP. STICKNEY, Secretary.