Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-10-27
NOTICE
OF
General Election
STATE OF WISCONSIN, Department OF

" State-ss
Notice is hereby given that at a general
election TO be held In the several towns,
wards, villages and election districts OF the
state OF Wisconsin, on the Tuesday succeed
ing the first Monday being the 9Th day, of
November, A. ID. 1904, the following officers
are to be elected, to wit:
Thirteen Electors OF President and Vice
President OF the United States.
A Governor in place OF Robert NJ. La
Toilette whose term OF Office will expire on
the first Monday OF January, A. ID. 1908.
Q. Davidson whose term OF Office will expire
on the first Monday OF January, A.. ID. 1905.
"A Secretary Of state. IN place Of Walter L.
the first Monday Of January A. ID. 1903.
"A State Treasurer. in place Of John j.
ps MoosG 'e Of 1f 9cs y fSre on
An Attorney General In place OF Lafayette
Nj Sturdevant, whose term OF Office will
expire on the first Monday Of January, A. ID.
a Railroad Commissioner. In place OF
John W. Thomas, whose term OF office ca
pires on the first Monday OF January, A. u.
A Commissioner of Insurance In place
OF Heno NJ. Host. whose term OF office
ff sP5 on the first Monday OF January A. D.
A representative in Congress for the Third
Congressional District. consisting OF the
counties OF Grant, Crawford, Rlchland, Sauk,
Juneau, Vernon and Iowa.
A Member OF Assembly for each OF the
counties OF Ashland Barron. Calumet, Clark
Crawford, Door Dunn, Green, Green Lake
Iowa, Jackson juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee
Lafayette, Lincoln, Monroe, Oconto, Ozau-
lec, Pierce, Portage, Rlchland, Shawano,
-. Croix Trempealeau,. Vernon. Walwor:h,
Wood, Waushafa and WASHINGTON
Also all County Officers required by law to
be chosen at such election.
In accordance with section Of article
XII Of tho constitution of the state Of
Wisconsin the following joint resolution
adopted by the legislature of the state OF
Wisconsin at the regular session of 1903,
Is made part Of the foregoing notice, to-
wit:
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. II.
Providing for an amendment to section /,
article VII, OF the constitution. relat-
Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate
concurring that section OF article VIII
Of the constitution of the state OF Wis
consin be amended by adding at the end |
thereof the following sentence: ''The
legislature may provide for graduated |
Income taN,' SO that when so amended |
said section shall read ms follows: Section |
l. The rule OF taxation shall be uniform |
and taxes shall be levied upon such prop
erty as the legislature shall prescribe
The legislature may provide for a grad
uated income tax"
In nccordnnce with section %, Of chapter
45l. of the laws OF 1903, the following act
known as chapter 451 laws OF 1903, is
made n part OF the foregoing notice, to-
wit:
No 81 Al Published June ), 1908.
CHAPTER 45i.
AN ACT to provide for party nominations
by direct vote
The people of the state OF Wisconsin, rep
resented IN senate and assembly, do
enact as follows
Definition and Construct lun-Sectlon l.
The words and phrases in this act shall,
Rnless the same be inconsistent with the
context he construed as follows;
/ The wort primary the primary
,iectlon provided for by this act. ;. .,o
The words sg nss ger r,%aTEG the te
nominate candidates TO be voted for nj the
ensuing general election:
3 The word election" n general or city
election as distinguished from primary
4. The words November election" the
general election held In November.
e. The word precinct district estnb.
llshed by law within which all qualified
electors vote ut one polling place.
This statute shall be literally construed,
so that the real viii OF the electors may
failure to comply with NIL provisions OF
law In respect to either the giving OF any
notice or the conducting of the primary or
certifying the results thereof.
Candidates, How Nominated 2.
Hereafter, all candidates for elective OH
eos shall he nominated:
By II primary held In accordance with
this act, or
MS provided by existing statutes,
3 Party candidates for the office of
United States senator shall he nominated
~ the manner provided herein Tor the |
nomination of candidates for state offices.
This act shall not apply 10 special elec.
tiuus to fill vacancies nor To the once OF
state superintendent to town, village, ana |
school district officers nor 20 judicial ON
GERS excepting police justices and justices !
of the peace in cities.
Primaries, When and Where Held. See |
ton g. /. The September primary shall he
held at the regular polling places In each |
precinct on the first Tuesday OF Scptcm-
Der, 1906, and biennialy thereafter for the |
nomination Of all candidates 10 hr voted /
for mt the next November election.
2. ANY primary other than the Septcm- |
Der primary shall be held two weeks be. |
fore the election for which such primary |
is held.
ton T. !. Ar lrast sixty days before the |
time Of holding such Scptcmhrr primary, I
the secretary II state shah pr i"rc AMI !
transmit 80 each county, town, city ana ,
village clerk, notice In writing deal cuat. I
us the offices for which .o"h datcs are to
be nominated, at such priua,y.
Upon receipt of such notice, such T.
county clerk shall not less than ten days +,
thereafter, publish SO much thereof MS MAY ,
De applicable 20 his county. once I'm each
week for six consecutive weeks Ia nj least
two, ana not 40 cNrv' Il four. newspapers I
of general circulation published in said
county.
.. Each town. village, and city clerk shah
within ten duf IS uf,cr the receipt of such
notice cause notice ~ such primary To hr
posted iu tlrrr public places IN each pro-
CiuCt In his town, city. ar village, such
notice shall state the time when. md
place whore. the primary viii hr h.ld IN
each prccur therein, together with the
offices for which candidates are to be nom
mated
. In ease of city elections. the city clerk
shall cause one publication OF such notice
t. be given, aul shall also post such no.
precinct therein, such publication AMI post.
less than ten days before such primary
election.
3 Zach county clerk shall. On the first
thereafter, transmit to the secretary Of
state the name ana poStofIice address VI
eacl town, city. ana village clerk In his
county.
Nomination Papers, How Prepared ana
Signed, Section :. |. The name of no can,
0llltc shalt hc printed upon an official
ballot used at amy primary uulcsS ut least
thirty DAYS PRIOR to such PRIMARY nom.
nation pHpnr shall have been filed In his
h"laf 0s pUuvluyd I'm this GC. In suhStau-
U1liv tho fnlrwn. form:
l. the undprsi -nrd qualified Clcctov Of
tthe ,,......-.s... precinct, OF the town ~
......,..,...) or thc ,..........,.. precinct
az the ..s.#..,...... ward OF the city ~
,.................l. county Of ........., o.. 10.
ANA state OF Wisconsin. ana a member OF
the ..,.,.... ........ party. hereby nominate