Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-04-11
STATE CONVENTION
MADISON, MAY IS
DATE SET BY REPUBLICAN CEN
TRIAL COMMITTEE.
FORMAL CALL ANNOUNCED
Basis of Representation the Same as
Two Years Ago, With Exception
of Slight Corrections in Gates and
Chippewa counties-No Proxies to
Be Allowed in Convention.

The republican state central com
mittee met yesterday and May Is
was settled upon as the date of tbs
republican state convention, to be
held in Madison for the purpose OF
electing four delegates at large TO the
republican national convention, to
! elect presidential electors, to nomin
ate a republican state ticket and To
/ formulate the platform of the repub
licans of Wisconsin on state and ma.
tional issues.
/ The formal call, involving the basis
Of representation, was also issued
The basis of representation was made
the same as two years ago. Gates
county has one less delegate than
two years ago, ana the second dis
I trict of Chippewa county has one
more delegate than two years ago.
The number of delegates in the con-
vention viii be the same as that o.
two years ago. The formal call IS
as follows:
Madison, Wis, March IS, 1904
To the Republican Electors of Wis
consin:
In pursuance of law, the republican
state central committee directs that 4
convention of the republican electors
of the state of wisconsin be held in
the gymnasium in the city of Madi-
son, on the 18th day of May, 1904, al
- o'clock noon, for the purpose OF
electing four delegates and four alter
mates 10 the republican national con
vention TO be held at Chicago, Hi
nois, on the 21st day of June 1904:
TO nominate thirteen electors of pTesi-
dent and vice president of the United
States; to place in nomination a re-
publican state ticket, viz: Governor,
lieut.. governor, secretary of state,
state treasurer, attorney general, rail
read commissioner and commissioner
of insurance, to be voted for at the
general election in November next.
Also, to select a chairman OF the
state central committee and two mem
/ bers from each congressional district,
90 constitute such committee, and the
transaction of such other business as
may properly come before the cOnven-
ton.
The republican electors of WiscOn-
sin and all voters without regard TO
past political affiliations who believe
in republican principles are cordially
invited to unite under this call in
sending delegates to said state con-
vention.
Each county is entitled to one dele
gate for every two hundred and fifty
republican votes. or major fraction
thereof. cast at the presidential cleo
ton in 1900.
In counties excepting Milwaukee
county, having more than one assem-
bly, district. the convention shall be on
call of chairman of county committee,
and shall be held at the same time,
and the delegates so elected by the
several assembly districts and coun-
ties shall be certified TO the state cen
trail committee by the chairman and
secretary of the county committee.
Chairmen of republican county con-
mittees will take notice that all con
ventions to elect delegates to the state
convention must be called on a no
tice of not less than four weeks; all
town and ward caucuses as primaries
to state convention on a notice of not
less than ten days. and that notice of
the meeting of such convention and
caucuses shall be given in the usual
manner.
As the state central committee acts
as the committee on credentials it is
requested that credentials Of dele
gates elected, duly certified to by
chairman aud secretary of county
committee. be forwarded TO the repub-
lican state central committee head
quarters in Madison Immediately up
on their election, in every case giving
the names in full and post Office ad-
dress.
The representation under the pres
ent state apportionment is as fol
lows.