The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-07-26
THURSDAY, JULY %, 1900.
Republican State Convention.
Milwaukee, wis, May 28th, 1900.

Milwaukee, Wis., May 28th, 1901.
To the Republican, Iectors of Wisconsin:
In accordance with usage, and by direction
of the State Central Committee, convention
of the Republican electors of the State OF Wis
consin will be held in the Exposition building
in the city of Milwaukee, on the 9Th day of
August, 1900, at IL o'clock, noon, for the pur-
pose of nominating Republican State ticket
namely, Governor, Lieutenant Governor sec
rotary OF State, State Treasurer, Attorney
General State superintendent, Insurance
Commissioner, and Railroad Commissioner, to
be voted for at the general election in Novem-
Der next; and electing chairman OF the Re
publican State CentraH COMMITTEE, ano TWO
members from each Congressional district TO
constitute such committee; ana the tfansac-
ton of such other business as may properly
come before the convention
The Republican electors of Wisconsin, and
all voters, without regard to past political al
Mutations, who believe in Republican pr1nc1-
ciples and propose to support the RepConcan
ticket at the coming general election, are cor
daily invited to unite under this call in send
ing delegates to saidSState Convention.
In accordance with resolution recommended
by the State Convention and formally adopted
by the State Central Committee, in 9lect1ng
delegates to the State Convention, in counties
having more than one assembly district Tex
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 Slected 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
(250) Republican votes FOR major part thereof
cast at the last preceding Presidential cleo
ton. Upon this basis of representation Keno
sha County will be entitled to eleven Ql) 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-
tions 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
rnittees are requested and instructed to see
that said notices are properly given, and that
the several conventions are called to electdele-.
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
warded 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,