The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-22
THE BIG CONVENTION
Republicans are Preparing to Make
the Congressional Convention
a Big Day in Kenosha.
AS A TRIBUTE TO COOPER.

the Position of Delegate TO the National
Convention at Philadelphia.
All interest in politics in Kenosha is
centered in the coming meeting of the
Republicans of the First Congressional
District, which will be held in this city
on April oath.
The former arrangements to hold
the convention at the Court house will
probably be abandoned, as the letters
which are arriving daily go to show
that larger crowd will be in attend
ance at the Kenosha convention than
has ever been known in the history of
the district. On this account it is
probable that the convention will be
held at the opera house.
According to the plan there will be
but one convention of the district this
year, and the duties of the convention
will be to nominate a representative in
Congress and delegates to the State
convention at Milwaukee, on April Is.
This latter convention will choose the
delegates to represent Wisconsin at
the coming Republican National Con-
vention at Philadelphia.
From the observations of the state
press and statements made by the vari-
GUS politicians in the district, it is
evident that the meeting of the district
Republicans in this city will be little
more than a ratification of the acts of
Congress sman Fl. A. Cooper. The work
of Congressman Cooper in Congress
this year, and the prominent place he
has taken in the affairs of the nation,
seem to indicate that his nomination
will occur without opposition.
All the old feeling in the district has
been removed and the party will meet
in this city solid for Cooper. On this
account our people shoul1 make an
effort to make the convention a great
welcome to the Congressman, who has
done so much for Kenosha. Congress
man Cooper will attend and undoubt-
eddy will be asked to make an address
during the day and the people should
turn out and give him such a reception
as was never given an Office holder in
Kenosha before.
But there will probably be some
thing of a contest in regard to the Sc
| lection of delegates to the state con-
vention, as there are many aspirants
in the district who desire to sit in the
| National Convention as representatives
of Wisconsin. According to the rota-
ton of the delegates Kenosha county
should send a delegate, and while sew
era1 names have been suggested, no
one has publicly announced his candi-
dacy as yet.
AS to the crowd that will be here to
attend the session of the convention
Committeeman Jackson says that it
will number at least 200. There are 10
delegates and many others will come
to assist to welcome Mr.. Cooper.
This is the opportunity of the city
to show to the Republicans of the First
District what a city Kenosha really is,
and it is to be hoped that every one will
| turn out and work to make the visit Of
of the politicians a day long to be re-
membered among them in southern
| Wisconsin.
The official call for the convention
was issued yesterday as follows:
A Republican Convention for the
First Congressional district of Wiscon-
sin will be held at Kenosha, Wisconsin
ON TUESDAY, APRIL "a, 1900,
at II o'clock a. m, for the purpose of
placing in nomination a candidate for
Congress, naming two Delegates to
the Republican National Convention
to be held at Philadelphia, June 9th,
1900, also one E1ector, e1ecting First
Congressional district committee, and
for the transaction of any other bust
ness which may properly come before
the convention.
Each Assembly District will be en-
titled to one delegate for every $50
votes cast for the Republican Candi-
date for President in 1896, and an adj
ditiona1 delegate for major fraction.
The several Assembly district will
be entitled to representation in con-
vention as follows:
Green, ID; Kenosha, II, Lafayette,
u; Racine, First district y, Second
district II; Rock, First district 9, Sc
cond district II, Third district 10;
Wa1worth, First district 10, Second
district H.,
Dated March 13, 1900.
w. w. CHADWICK, Chairma an.
A. c. DODGE,
J. A. JACKSON,
F. @. TICKNoR,
CHAM. INGERSOLL,
G. G. BENNETT,
DEWITT STANFORD,
First Congressional District Repub-
1ican Committee.
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