Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-12-12
WISCONSIN LAW
HOLDS ITS OWN
NATIONAL COMMITTEE REcOG
NlzES CHANGED CONDITIONS.
Big Republican Nominating Meeting
Goes to Windy City-Matter of
Election of Delegates Left to State
and County Terrific
ries Made Less Important.

Washington, Dec S.-Chicago was
Saturday selected as the place and
June 16, 1908, the time for the meet
ing of the next republican national
convention. This decision by the re-
publican national committee followed a
long contest between advocates OF
Chicago, Kansas City and Denver.
The ballot showed 81 for Chicago,
Is for Kansas City and for Denver,
the vote being made unanimous after
the result was announced.
Everyone accepted the decision
good naturally and the so or 20 Kan
sas City and Denver boomers declared
that they would come back after 1t
again In 1912 and would be sure to
get it at that time"
The selection Of the time for the
convention was a compromise be
tween the first of June and the last
OF June and all were satisfied on that
point also.
No official announcement of the roll
call on the location was made, and
some special effort was necessary tG
prevent a secret ballot. There were
several brief speeches on both sides
OF the question, but the open ballot u
timately prevailed. The committee
however, voted down the proposition
to give the vote to the public, and the
newspapers were forced to the neCes'
sity of getting unofficial figures from
members.
The territories, including Alaska
had the number of their representa-
tiyes in the convention reduced from
6 to 2. After a long debate the com
mittee decided to authorize state anG
county committees to decide whether
the election of delegates to the con
vention shall be by conventions OF
by primaries.
The committee decided that II
states which have primary election
laws it will not be necessary for thf
republicans of those states to hole
conventions to name delegates. This
decision, which is the greatest i'm
portance to wisconsin and other states
which have primary laws was only
reached after the committee had had
an hours debate.
He paid high compliment to the
ability of Gompers as an organizer
and expressed himself els highly
sensible OF the work done by him
within the functions allotted to him
as a labor leader and as president oil
the American federation in behalf oil
the yyorl1ingmen and the country. Co
incid entally he made it plainly known
that he for his part would pursue his
own ideas in legislative matters, IRE
spective of Gomper'z opposition tx
some of them. He said he knew thai
In some things Gompers misrepresent
ed the 100000 men composing Tn
organization which he leads, and ht
(the speaker) had proved this by ap
pealing TO the people from Gomper''
arraignment of him. He said that II
his latest reelection there was cas-
for him larger union labor vote thar
ever before in his political life, ant
that he cook this as decisive yer
dict.
Candidates Reserve Headquarters.
Chicago, Dec. S.-Republican lead
ers have already begun to reserve
headquarters for use during the ma
tional convention. According to an
nouncements made Saturday nigh
Speaker Cannon was the first to make
reservations and as a consequence sc
cured the presidential suite" the
finest apartments in the Auditorium
hotel. Vice President Fairbanks
Governor Hughes of New York, Secre
tary Taft and Senators Foraker anc
Knox have also asked for suites II
the same hotel.
The Auditorium Annex will be head
quarters for the New York, Pennsyl
vania, Massachusetts, Indiana ant
Ohio delegations and probably of Hi
nois; at the Great Northern will be
Missouri, Iowa and Kansas; at the
Palmer house, Michigan, Wisconsin
Nebraska, North Dakota, South Da
kota.