The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-06-16
r;oht IF dNleoates TO sit in the state

and in assuming to exc
cute such determination by unseat-
ing delegates duly and regularly GER
titled as delegates to such conven-
ton and seating in their places other
persons not so certified as delegates
to said convention, was in viola
ton of all custom, usage and party
law that had prevailed for some fifty
Years in the republican party II
Wisconsin. and was revolutionary III
character and if submitted to would
have operated to deny to the repuo
lican voters of many sections OF the
state the right to presentation IN
the party of which they were mem
bers. and to substitute the state
central committee, organized as
above stated, in place of the state
convention.
''TLat having so artitarily and H.
legally made up a primary roll TOR
said convention, the state certral
committee, organized as aforesaid,
attempted to carry it's unlawful de-
termination into effect and to enforce
it's findings first by the adoption of
the following resolutiou-tO wit.
Resolved. That each delegate
determined by this committee as en-
titled to a seat in the convention be
provided with - badge by the serge
ant at arms. and that delegates be
required to present and show such
badge at the enterance Of the conven-
ton hall to suchsergeant at arms, or
his assistant, in order to gain ad-
mission, That no person be admit
ted to that part OF the convention
hall assigned for delegates except
those whose names appear on the
roll of delegates ,prepared by this
committee and who have such badges
to identify them as such, and that
the sergeant at arms be instructed
to carry this resolution into effect. "
That said committee thereupon
caused all entrances but one to that
part of the gymnasium hall assigned
to delegates to be closed and barred
an d caused the sergeant at arms Sc
lected by it as hereinafter stated
and who, under it's direction, had
called to his assistance large num-
Der of athletes, prison guards, dep
uty sheriff's and policemen to guard
the one entrance to that part of the
convention hall assigned to delegates
n such manner as to make it abso-
lutely impossible for any persons to
enter said hall who was not provided
with and who did not openly display
the badge required by said resolution
and that the delegates who had been
regularly certified as such, and who
had oeen so arbitrarily and illegally
attempted to be unseated, some fifty
in number, were forcibly excluded
from Said convent zion hall by the
sergeant at arms, and were not d.
bowed to participate in the deliber-
atoms Of the pretended convention
thereupon held in said hall, or at
any time to be heard in their own
behalf, and were not even furnished
tickets of admission to any portion
of said building wherein said pre-
tended repu olican convention was
be ng held.
THAT the said state central com
mittee, ms tead of recommending to
the convention, as is customary.
the names of persons who should act
as the temporary officers of the con-
vention, and leaving it to the COL
vention to select such persons SO
recommended, did,. arbitrarily, IL
legally and in violation of custom Sc
lect as such temporary officers the
following persons: Temporary
chairman, [. T.. Lenroot; temporary
secretary, G. D. Marsh; sergeant at
arms, A. Fl. Kayser, and assumed to
place said men in said offices with
OUT in any way consulting the con-
vention or giving the convention
an Y voice in the matter.
At this point the report shows
that the organization appointed as
above took absolute control of the
convention, that the state central
committees roll was recognized in
voting and that no duly and legally
credentiated delegate had any voice
in the ton or the power to
vote unless upon this roll.
The fiUht to recognize the dele