The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-19
Kenosha County Republicans Elect IL
Delegates to Attend the Congress
sional Convention at Monroe.
INSTRUCTED TO VOTE FOR COOPER
Further Resolutions Are Passed Favoring
the Election of George A. YuIe az Dele
gate to the National Convention.

Congressman Cooper will receive
the twelve votes Of Kenosha county
at the convention to be held at Mon
roe on Friday, as at the county con-
vent1on this morning the friends of the
Congressman were in complete con-
troll and the delegates elected to the
convention were instructed to cast
ithelrsba11ots for his denomination.
Resolutions were passed endorsing
Roosevelt, Spooner, Quar1es and
Cooper and instructing the delegates
to work for the election of George A.
Yule as the delegate from the district
to the national convention.
The convention was carried on in
harmony, many of the towns being
represented by a full delegation and a
few being unable to secure represen-
tation onsaccount of the fact that no
caucusesswere held.
The conventionEwas called to order
by County Chairman Buckmaster, and
Charles H. Gonnermann was elected
as chairman and Otis L. Trenary as
secretary. After the report of the
committee on credentials a committee
was appointed to select list Of dele
kgates to be voted on. The report of
the committee, which was adopted by
a unanimous vote, urged the election
of the following delegates: Charles
II. Gonnermann, Kenosha; O. L. Ire
nary, Kenosha; H. A. Behnke, Keno
sha; John Ha11et, Kenosha; N. E.
Thompson, Somers; r. r. Snyder,
Bristol; ]. r. Thompson, Wi1mot; A.
r. Cornwall, Bristol; S. B. Crop1ey,
Pleasant Prairie; ]. F. Reynolds,
Randall; Otto Gutenberg, Wheatland,
and A. A. Burgess, Paris.
The following resolutions were
adopted by a unanimous vote of the
convention:
'sThe Republicans of Kenosha coun-
ty in convention assembled declare:
First: They heartily endorse the
able, fearless and patriotic admins
tration of President Theodore Roose-
welt and unanimously favor his re-
nomination to succeed himself as
President of the United States.
Second: Wisconsin has just cause
to be proud of her Senators in Con
gress, the Hon. John c. Spooner and
the Hon. Joseph V. Quar1es. We en-
dorse their course in Congress as
showing the highest degree of states
manship, and we urge that every
effort be used to secure the return Of
Senator Quar1es to the Senate to sue
coed himself.
Third: The First District has in
its Representative in Congress, Hon.
Henry A. Cooper, Representative Of
high attainnents, and one who has
well represented his State and Dis
trict We have just reason to be
proud of his work in Congress, and
we note with satisfaction that he has
advanced in that great body until he
is now chairman of one of the most
important committees of the House.
We favor his continuance in office as
Representative from this District,
and we hereby instruct Our delegates
to the convention at Monroe, to use
every effort to secure his nomination.
Resolved, That the choice Of this
convention for delegate to the Ma
tiona1 Convention from this Congress
sional District, is Hon. George A.
Yule, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, and we
hereby instruct our delegates to the
Congressional Convention to use all
honorable methods to secure his cleo
ton.
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